Always a Bride: A Sweet Small Town Contemporary Romance

Michelle MacQueen

Oct 2021 · Always in Love Book 1 · Michelle MacQueen

About this ebook

From bestselling author Michelle MacQueen comes a new sweet small town contemporary romance perfect for fans of Elana Johnson, Rachel Hanna, and Anne Marie Meyer.

She’s the subject of town gossip…

… and he’s the man from her past. 

How did she get here? It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Finley Kelly has dreamed of her wedding day for years. But those dreams didn’t include standing up in front of everyone she knew. Alone. 

And it didn’t include doing it two more times.

Three weddings. 

No marriage. 

A new nickname as the “unwed bride.” 

Now that she’s engaged again-- this time to her wealthy boss-- Finley is determined to make the fourth time stick. When she leaves the church, it will be with a husband at her side. 

She just never considered that her fiancé might not love her.

When a man from her past returns to town, it threatens to destroy yet another supposedly perfect day. Knox Morgan is everything she never dared to want, everything she never thought she’d have. 

But she made a commitment, and the clock is ticking. This time, when she reaches the end of the aisle, will she get her happily ever after? 

Escape into this sweet romance that will give you all the feels. Always a Bride is the first book in the Always in Love series. Enjoy small town beach life with sweet and swoony men, strong-willed women, and family ties that can’t be broken. 

Written with humor and verve, Always a Bride rolls merrily along to its predictably happy ending. Refreshingly, there are no sex scenes; the emphasis is on love and romance, not sex and steaminess.

Michelle MacQueen has a good time bringing her couple and her readers to the happy ending. She genuinely likes the characters she is writing about, and it comes across on the page. 

--Publishers Weekly, Booklife

Ratings and reviews

Finley has been down the aisle three times and hasn't managed to get an I do out of it. Now a year after her last failed attempt she is trying again will the fourth time be the charm for her. She has so much going for her but when it comes to marriage it seems to evaporate before she can grasp it. This story had my emotions all over the place and me in Finley's corner cheering her on to getting her chance for happiness. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

After three failed attempts at getting married Finely is trying once again, Austin seems nice and she is sure she could fall for him and when he unexpected proposes she decides to say yes not know there is more going on behind the scenes. Knox is back home for his sisters birthday and expects it to be another pop in and out visit until he catches up with his old friend Austin and finds out not only is he getting married but to Finley a girl who he noticed a lot at school but they were never friends. You get plenty of laughs (a big thank you Finley's brothers lol) as well as heart ache, finding that family means different things to different people, old memories and actions no taken as well as the hope of Finely finally getting a wedding she deserves BUT also to the right guy that makes her. I can not wait to read the next book and see what happens with Rae and Shane!!!! I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Loved everything about this book, other than the Bennetts. I wish I had a Gram like Finley. I enjoyed being part of Finley crazy mixed up life. I can relate with some of the feeling she goes through. It will be interesting to see what happens with the rest of the Kelly Clan. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

Michelle is just a golden retriever mom living on a family compound in rural Ohio. A simple, sweet life filled with writing days, her pup, and plenty of iced chai tea lattes. 

She writes a variety of things including fantasy romance, sweet contemporary romance, spicy romance, and has even dabbled in dystopian. She believes changing things up and taking risks stretches her writing muscles and makes her a better author. 

But more than that, writing about various human experiences helps her be a better daughter, a better aunt, a better sister, and a better friend.