Review: <i>Runaway Bride's Guide to Love</i> by Chelle Sloan

November 03, 2024

Review: Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan

“Between the sincerity in Emmett’s eyes, the words he’s choosing to use, and the kiss I can still feel, I’m more confused than fall in the South. Is it hot? Is it cold? That’s exactly Emmett.” (p. 265)

★★★★☆
🌶🌶

Series: Guide to Love, Book 1

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Review:

First, I would like to thank the author and Valentine PR for providing me with an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Witty, sexy, and downright hilarious

After being gaslit so much that she even gaslights herself, Stella finally reaches her limit when she walks in on her groom-to-be in a particularly compromising position. Rather than face her family or her 400 guests, she runs–straight to a dive bar in the most hideous wedding dress ever made. Emmett can’t help but be drawn to the beautiful disaster sitting across the bar. And when he is sent to check in on a rental property for his boss, the last thing he expects is to run into her, armed with a stiletto, spending her honeymoon alone. Stella knows rebounds aren’t healthy, and Emmett has never done relationships, so what happens when they can’t seem to avoid bumping into each other?

Chelle Sloan’s romantic comedy Runaway Bride’s Guide to Love is not only witty and hilarious, but it is passionate, both in spice and in relearning how to love oneself. Emmett falters at times, but he is a supportive, caring, and thoughtful partner, even when they agree not to make any commitments beyond the “honeymoon” period. This is the kind of story that needs a film adaptation. I am really excited to read the next book in the series about Stella’s sister Maeve! I’m on board with this series for the long haul.

Audience: adult
Trigger warnings: body shaming, cheating, toxic relationship, gaslighting
Recommended for fans of: romantic comedy, age gap, brother’s best friend, secret relationship, workplace romance, vacation fling, city girl/country boy

Publisher's Synopsis:

A swoony, age gap, brother’s best friend, runaway bride romance from bestselling author, Chelle Sloan.

What happens when a dream wedding turns into a complete nightmare?

Horrible Dress - Check ✔️
No Flowers - Check ✔️
A cheating groom pretending to be my Prince Charming - Check ✔️

What should have been a highlight of my life turned into me becoming a runaway bride after seeing my fiancé doing something no bride should ever see.

And instead of celebrating my marriage at my reception with my loved ones and adoring new husband, I'm getting drunk at a dive bar with a handsome stranger.

A stranger who shows up at my brother’s beach house, where I’m spending my honeymoon – alone.

But it turns out that my handsome stranger isn’t a real stranger at all. Emmett Collins is also my brother's best friend and business partner.

I never pictured myself wanting a man like Emmett in his country boy jeans. But he turns out to be exactly who and what I need.

Two weeks. That's what we've given ourselves. It's the perfect vacation fling. He doesn't do relationships and my life is…well…a mess is putting it lightly.

There's just a few problems. Emmett makes me feel safe. His quiet smile lights me up inside. And that first time he kisses me? He brings out butterflies I never knew I could feel.

I think I'm falling in love with a man who doesn't believe in forever.

And there's no guide to love for that.

Source:

Valentine PR

©Chelle Sloan: October 17, 2024
Edition: Digital ARC
386 pages

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