Make-Believe Wedding

Sarah Mayberry

Jul 2014 · The Great Wedding Giveaway Book 9 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

The Great Wedding Giveaway - Book 9

Everyone in Marietta, Montana, is in love and getting married - at least that’s the way it feels to Andie Bennett the night of the Valentine’s Ball. As she watches the man she’s loved from afar for half her life dance with another woman, Andie allows herself a moment of sheer fantasy as she fills out a stray entry form for the Great Wedding Giveaway. Andie channels years of fantasy and yearning for Heath McGregor onto the page, but she never intends to actually enter the Giveaway. Only a crazy woman would do that. But fate has other ideas….

When Heath learns he and Andie are last minute finalists in the Great Wedding Giveaway, he’s completely baffled. How on earth could anyone make such a ridiculous mistake? When it becomes clear that Andie will be humiliated if the slip-up becomes public, Heath does what any good friend would - he suggests they pretend the engagement is real until the Giveaway is over and then quietly “break up” when no one is paying any attention. It’s the perfect solution, except Heath very quickly realises that pretending Andie is his is no hardship at all. In fact, it may just be the best thing that’s ever happened to him…

Ratings and reviews

4 stars — Well that one read up really fast! And it was exactly what I was looking for, a solid contemp romance. Andie and Heath were pretty typical of what I expect from this kind of romance — small flaws but generally pretty easy to love. Andie had spent a lot of time with insecurities about herself mostly wrt the fact she didn’t look like Heath’s typical woman, and that probably got older for me now than it would have 10 years ago…but at the same time it didn’t take over the narrative. I loved that she was pretty confident in herself in all areas of her life outside of her love life. She was a smart and capable electrician, she had no problems with her outdoorsy hobbies — all that was refreshing. And I appreciated seeing her play the balance of standing up to her brother, while not pushing him away. Heath was one of those guys who probably had a bit of an unfair reputation because he just hadn’t met the girl who wowed him. I enjoyed how once his eyes were opened, he didn’t hem and haw about it too much. I mean, he was shocked for sure, but he recognized that what he was feeling was different than with other women he’d dated. And they had great chemistry once those doors had been opened! I definitely felt the connection. The giveaway stuff was probably a teensy bit hokey, in that everyone raved about their entry and it seemed solid, but not rave-worthy. But it was still cute and satisfying for my romantic heart. Shout out to Lily as well, she was a pretty great friend. Can’t help but wonder if she has her own love story, there definitely felt like hints. All in all it hit what I was looking for, which was something easy and quick.

This is a very sweet story, albeit steamy at times. The protagonist's thoughts and reactions are very realistic, and I felt for her at the beginning for her and cheering for her happy ending. This is not a novel, it's a novella so don't expect something too deep or layered. It is an easy, fluffy read; a story without any notorious villains.

I loved it. I tend to stop reading for awhile when things get intense in a book. I am sooo glad I didn't with this book and kept on reading.. well worth your time...

About the author

Sarah Mayberry is an Australian romance author. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia where she discovered romance novels through her grandmothers. After high school she earned a Bachellor of Arts degree in Professional Writing. Her first job was in journalism writing about hardware. From journalism she moved into corporate communications for a major retailer. launching a new consumer magazine for them. She finally ended up working in television on Australia's seriel drama Neighbours. This job taught her about character, story, structure and story telling. She went back to writing and became successful within a year and a half. Sarah also co-created a teen-drama series called Karoke high. She was nominated for a 2015 RITA Award in the category of Contempory Romance Mid-Length for her title Her Kind of Trouble. Her novel Anticipation won the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards for Favourite Erotic Romance.