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My Best French Wedding
Hildy Johnson has a magazine to keep afloat and an exclusive French wedding to cover. Walter Burns wants the same story. Their professional contest brings back a teenage friendship that ended badly, giving a week of luxury wedding festivities plenty of opportunities for unfinished arguments.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Most of the time.”Read the full description at Amanda Sellet, My Best French Wedding, opening excerpt provided by St. Martin’s Griffin
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What makes it funny?
Walter’s opening insistence on his professional detachment lasts until he sees Hildy and dribbles wine down his chin. Trying to explain their rivalry to sports journalists, he reaches for comparisons he can’t quite finish.
The comedy at work
The reporters’ barbs give them a way to keep talking without admitting why they pay each other so much attention. Walter’s private thoughts repeatedly give away the attraction he tries to hide in public.
Try this if…
Readers who enjoy romantic sparring can follow this rivalry through a destination wedding in the French countryside. The professional stakes give Hildy a reason to keep competing even when Walter makes concentration difficult.
Good to know
Sellet draws on His Girl Friday, moving its rival-journalist romance into the world of glossy magazines and destination weddings.
A few distinguishing details
- Rival journalists competing for wedding coverage
- A week of celebrations in southern France
More funny contemporary romance
Sources & further reading
- Publisher and opening excerpt
Publisher
- Kirkus review
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