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*****

In a twist on Planes, Trains and Automobiles, two strangers—Kate’s en route to be a bridesmaid, Joe’s en route to a life-altering job interview—battle a storm, a transportation strike, and each other in a cross-country race to make it to the wedding on time.

I have to say that I think Julia London is one of my favorite authors.  It doesn’t matter if it is contemporary or historical, her books always leave me smiling (although she does break my heart a little first sometimes).  And The Bridesmaid is no different.  It’s funny, charming, entertaining, quirky, cute, sexy …. I could go on and on but I won’t.

Kate and Joe are fantastic together and London makes their falling in love in a span of just a couple of days believable and touching.  As a novella it isn’t very long, about 100 pages, and I breezed right through it (mostly because I couldn’t put it down).  I laughed and sighed and grinned like an idiot.  It picked me up, dropped me a bit and then ended with a wonderful happy ever after.

If you’ve never read one of London’s books then The Bridesmaid is a great place to start.  It’s short, sweet, and wonderfully captures the sassy and loving nature of London’s writing.  But don’t blame me if you have to go out and pick up a bunch more to read right away.