My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding (Boys of the Bayou Book 1)

Erin Nicholas

Apr 2019 · Erin Nicholas

About this ebook

A sexy, small town, fake relationship rom com!

 Josh Landry is one of the hottest bartenders in New Orleans. He's shown many a female tourist that things are definitely big and easy down here.

And he's now been celibate for a year. Because he finally met her.

Yes, her. The One.

But, after nothing more than a hot goodnight kiss and a promise to meet up again next year if they're both still interested, she went home to Iowa.

It's been a long year.

But now it's Mardi Gras again and he's ready for his happily ever after.

If she shows up.

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Oh, she shows up. For her best friend's wedding.

But Tori is a terrible bridesmaid because all she can think about is her knight-in-shining-Mardi-Gras-beads from last year.

Well, and because she accidentally lays a hot kiss on her BFF.

Aka, the groom.

Unfortunately, no one believes that it was a case of mistaken identity. So, now she has to convince everyone she has no intention of ruining the wedding. She's going to need a crazy-about-her boyfriend ASAP. Even if he's just faking it.

Well there's only one other person she knows in Louisiana...

Josh is all in. In fact, he's thrilled. And he's not faking anything.

But the groom isn't faking his sudden case of cold feet either.

And now Tori might have a choice to make.

Ratings and reviews

MY BEST FRIEND’S MARDI GRAS WEDDING is the first instalment in Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BAYOU erotic, romance series, a spin-off from the author’s BOYS OF THE BIG EASY series. This is bartender/bouncer and Bayou tour boat operator Josh Landry, and twenty-eight year old veterinarian Dr. Victoria ‘Tori’ Kramer’s story line. MY BEST FRIEND’S MARDI GRAS WEDDING can be read as a stand alone. It is not necessary to have read the previous series. Told from dual third person perspectives (Tori and Josh) MY BEST FRIEND’S MARDI GRAS WEDDING follows the second chance, building relationship between bartender/bouncer and Bayou tour boat operator Josh Landry, and twenty-eight year old veterinarian Dr. Victoria ‘Tori’ Kramer. Approximately one year earlier, during the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana Josh Landry met and fell hard for Tori Kramer, a veterinarian from Iowa but a woman who had quickly stolen his heart. With a promise to meet one year later, Tori went home but Josh never forgot about the one that got way. Fast forward to present day wherein Tori has returned to New Orleans for her best friend’s wedding, a return she hopes will reunite long, lost loves. Enter Josh Landry, the man with whom Tori will fall in love. What ensues is the rekindling relationship between Josh and Tori, and the potential fall-out as the New Orlean’s wedding plans spiral out of control. Tori Kramer’s best friend Andrew believes himself to be guardian and protector of our story line heroine. With Andrew’s wedding only days away, Tori begins to fall hopelessly in love with a man she met one year earlier but a man Andrew struggles to accept or defend. Josh Landry knows Tori Kramer is his happily ever after but her best friend Andrew continues to run interference at each and every opportunity. The relationship between Tori and Josh is one of second chances (of a sorts); a rekindling romance between two people separated by distance and obligations. Josh is determined to make Tori his own including proving he is worthy of her happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. We are introduced to a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Tori’s best friend Andrew, and his fiancé Paisley, and several members of the bridal party; Josh’s NOLA extended Landry family, friends and business partners: Owen, Kennedy and Sawyer: their father Jeremiah, grandpa Leo, grandma Ellie, cousin Mitch; and Aunt Cora. The world building continued to focus on the building relationship between Tori and Josh; Tori and Andrew’s friendship but also looked at the Landry family dynamics, their friendships, love and loss. I am looking forward to their stories. The family stories are fun and exciting. MY BEST FRIEND’S MARDI GRAS WEDDING is a story of family, friendship, second chances and love. The premise is engaging and captivating; the romance is sexy and spicy; the characters are charismatic, sassy and spirited. MY BEST FRIEND’S MARDI GRAS WEDDING is an energetic and heart warming story.

This is book one in the Boys of the Bayou series and it features Josh and Tori. These two have explosive chemistry and it shows when they’re alone together but add Andrew to the mix and the chemistry just gets all mixed up and shoved to the side. Even her normal quirky and fun personality changes when she’s around Andrew, which was VERY irritating. Needless to say, neither Tori nor Andrew made the list of characters that I liked even a little. Josh is totally amazing! He’s sexy, charming and is not afraid to admit that he’s been popular with the ladies in the past. His family is equally amazing. I mean who wouldn’t want a grandma like Ellie? I’m definitely looking forward to the next book by this fabulous author.

“We’ll give it a year. And then, if we’re still thinking about each other and want to see each other again, we’ll both show up at Bourbon O on Mardi Gras. If we’re both there, we’ll know.” ⁣ My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding is a romantic comedy about hoping that if you let something go that you truly want and hoping it comes back is true. ⁣ Josh is one of the most popular bartenders in New Orleans. After experiencing a hot goodnight kiss with a beautiful woman during Mardi Gras he makes a promise to meet her in one year if they were still interested. Tori returns one year later for her best friend's wedding, but her mind is completely on trying to make her way back to Josh. When Tori accidentally lays a kiss on her best friend, he gets cold feet for his wedding because of her, and Josh shows up, Tori has to make the biggest decision of her life. ⁣ I loved the premise of this book and loved the anticipation of Josh and Tori meeting back up at Mardi Gras one year later. I love the Landry family and am sure that they are going to be fun and annoying all at the same time through this whole series. This book cemented my want to make it to Mardi Gras and New Orleans sometime in my lifetime. Erin Nicholas has easily become a one-click author for me as she can always put a smile on my face with her books. ⁣ Audio: Neill and Amanda did a good job of bringing the characters and story to life.

About the author

Erin Nicholas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun. She loves to write about reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines and happily ever afters. She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they're shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).

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