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Happily-ever-afters continue to bloom in book three of Roberts's sugary Bride Quartet (after Bed of Roses) as the spotlight shines on pastry chef extraordinaire Laurel McBane. Vows, the Greenwich, Conn., wedding business run by the four BFFs, is also a hotbed for romance, as two of the friends... read more
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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac - the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut's premier wedding-planning companies.
Laurel McBane has always relied on her friends for support, especially... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Laurel McBane: The main character of the book, an extraordinary talented cook who has a crush on Del Brown , Parker's brother, since childhood.
- Delaney Brown: Parker's older brother and Laurel's love interest. AKA: Del.
- Parker Brown: One of Laurel's childhood friends who helped created Vows wedding-planning business.
- Mackensie Elliot: One of Laurel's childhood friends who helped created Vows wedding-planning business.
- Emmaline Grant: One of Laurel's childhood friends who helped created Vows wedding-planning business. AKA Emma.
- Carter Maguire: Phd in English literature who is a teacher at the local high school and Mackensie's fiancee.
- Mrs. Grady: The cook and mother hen at the Brown estate.
- Malcolm Kavanaugh: Auto repair shop owner. Friend of Del's.
- Jack Cooke: Engaged to Emma, and best friends with Delany.
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“I know you think you're being funny, and okay, you're not entirely wrong.”
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“Maybe I'll forgive you.Maybe I'll leave you. Goodnight.”
Laurel, Del Brown
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It’s the promise. It’s the knowing someone wants me to be part of his life. Someone loves me, that I’m the one for him. That’s not just enough, it’s everything.”
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Confidence, she reminded herself, was like lip gloss—all you had to do was put it on.
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Love’s supposed to be scary.” “Why?” “Because if there’s no fear there’s no thrill.”
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“I do, for some of us. For others, if things don’t work, or you lose someone, there’s another. But for some there’s the one, beginning to end. No one else can fit. No one else gets into the heart the same way, and lives there.”
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“Love,” she murmured as she washed. “Nobody inside it knows how the hell to handle it.”
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Laurel understood the need to feed, the desire—even the passion—to put food in front of someone and urge them to eat. It was life and comfort, authority and satisfaction. And if you’d prepared that food with your own hands, your own skill, it was, in a very real way, love.
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The way Jack brushed a hand down her arm, casual and intimate, the way a man did when he simply needed to touch what he loved.
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“But I guess I need to know I’m the one. I can’t work my way into being the one for him. I just have to be the one.”
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“But life’s rarely a matter of truth and lies, without the gray in between.”
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CHAPTER NINETEEN CHAPTER TWENTY Teaser chapter
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First Sentence edit
As the clock ticked down on her senior year in high school, Laurel McBane learned one indisputable fact.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in Bride Quartet. (standard series)
Preceded by Bed of Roses, and followed by Happy Ever After.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nora Roberts (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 27, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425233689
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 27, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425233689
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: AdultsDefinitely a book for adults or a mature older teenager with her head in the clouds about love and romance. There are some adult-related scenes as these are adult characters in consenual relationships. Great book though for someone who is mature enough to read it.
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