I was the queen of wedding knowledge even though I was still single. I had 377 pins on my Wedding Ideas Pinterest board. I’d started a wedding scrapbook when I was eleven. Trisha continued with her detailed explanations, which were the reason I’d zoned out in the first place. And finally, Ian Reid, the best man-a misnomer if there ever was one. First, Abby, then her beaming groom, Mason Harrington. She made us all pretend to sign an invisible piece of paper. The bride and groom sign the marriage certificate first, then the best man and maid of honour sign as witnesses.” Trisha, the woman in charge of this wedding venue, positioned me by the shoulders-as if I were the ditziest member of the wedding party.

If it were my wedding, I would already be auditioning replacement maids of honour. “Oh gosh, I’m sorry.” I scurried over to the registry table.Ībby Boyko, the bride and my best friend, gave me a Mona Lisa smile. Had I zoned out in the middle of the wedding rehearsal? Ian Reid’s loud voice broke into my daydreams of white tulle and pink rosebuds. My Christmas Charade is out on December 1st and can be preordered here. While the original story was under 12K, the book is 66.5K words long there’s a lot more here including Abby and Mason’s wedding, more economics jokes, and a sex swing (phew.) I wanted to answer the question of whether two such opposite people could find real love. While I did use some parts of that story in this book, I had to change a lot. Some readers may have already read the story, Her Best Worst Boyfriend, in the USAToday best selling Hockey Holidays anthology. Ian’s feelings are more complex-at least they would be if he did complex. Em Davis has hated Ian Reid from the moment they met back in My Viral Valentine. Well, it’s finally here! The last book in the Holiday Hat Trick trilogy is the romance we could all see coming.

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