39 of 41 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars 5+ Stars: A romance that sparkles right off the pages into the heart!, April 7, 2008 Liz Fielding's THE BRIDE'S BABY is a short romance that moves the heart with smiles, laughter, tenderness and emotion. Events manager Sylvie Smith's friend Candy left her friend with one huge mess! First she roped Sylvie into doing the planning for her wedding to the rich, powerful and handsome Tom McFarlane and then she walks out on the groom, the same groom who is now going over each event detail cost, line by line, with eyes glaring. Glares turn into sparks, an electric chemistry that neither Sylvie nor Tom can resist.
Now months later, Celebrity magazine comes to her with a proposition to profile her company, as company that has planned some of the most talked about weddings. Design the wedding of dreams and let readers catch a glimpse of what she herself would choose. With a chance to promote all the local Wedding Fayre exhibitors with the benefits going to charity, Sylvie has others counting on her. Just when Sylvie thought she had put the past behind her, her worst nightmare comes true! Standing in her ancestral home, in walks the new owner --- Tom McFarlane to overlook the events.... no way will he not notice that Sylvie is pregnant! Sylvie might be able to design a perfect wedding for Celebrity magazine but what is a wedding without a groom? Can true love and serendipity provide what the best wedding planning cannot? Can broken hearts find love beyond even their wildest dreams?
THE BRIDE'S BABY hooks the reader in from the first paragraph and never lets go. Liz Fielding's characterization and dynamic descriptions place the reader right there, next to Sylvie as she goes down the failed wedding receipt check list. Sylvie is a spunky, intelligent heroine with a heart of gold. The hero Tom is a powerful successful businessman, an Alpha male with a delightful wounded soul mix. From the beginning, the reader has empathy for him. This man knows how to really move a woman, body, heart and soul.
THE BRIDE'S BABY writing sparkles with emotion and romance. Liz Fielding writes descriptions with beauty and precision. The reader easily visualizes the scenes and the emotions through the imagery itself. The decisive action of an article of clothing or a certain color reappearing make the story vibrant and alive. Liz Fielding writes memorable moments and action scenes packed with the perfect mix of concrete description and imagery that stay in the memory long after the reader places the book on a bookshelf.
The plot of THE BRIDE'S BABY moves smoothly from energetic romantic conflict to moments of powerful chemistry between the hero and heroine, from conflict to heartwarming tenderness, with several wonderful surprises along the way. Heart-warming scenes in this romance reach out beyond the hero and heroine's story to the reader's heart. THE BRIDE'S BABY is a romance that a reader will want to share with friend's and family. THE BRIDE'S BABY is a wonderful short romance that awakens both the tender heart of the young girl and the deep emotions of the woman in a reader. A keeper!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?32 of 35 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing read!, July 22, 2009 The book blurb made me think this was a Secret Baby story... Well, it was but, at the same time, it really wasn't considering the fact that the baby wasn't a secret. Confusing? Yes, that's the feeling I had throughout most of the book.
Tom and Sylvie had a brief meeting when she was introduced as the wedding planner for his upcoming nuptials to her friend Candy. An unexpected attraction sparked on both sides but, considering that he was about to get married, Tom and Sylvie shoved that feeling aside and never let anyone - including themselves - realize it. But after 6 months of heavy planning and preparation, Candy ditched everything to elope with one of Sylvie's employees 3 days before the wedding. Naturally, Tom felt it was his due to unload all his "annoyance" on Sylvie - after all, she had plagued his dreams since he had met her - and, before they knew it, their mutual suppressed attraction took over and they were having unprotected sex on his bed... Since this is Romancelandia, the "worst" thing you can get from unprotected sex is a pregnancy, so that's what Sylvie got. Unfortunately, Tom was no longer in the picture when Sylvie found herself pregnant, since he had left the country the day after their one-night stand. Unable to reach him by telephone, she had no choice but to deliver him the news by letter. Obviously, he never got to receive that letter and so this Failure to Communicate story took off...
This was one of those stories that wouldn't make past the 1st chapters if the hero and the heroine sat together and spoke CLEARLY with each other. Regardless, Tom and Sylvie were very likable characters, and that kind of "saved" the book for me and prevented me from throwing it against the wall - figuratively speaking, since this was an e-book. I rooted for their HEA and was glad when the darn Big Misunderstanding was finally resolved.
As for the writing, Ms. Fielding had the distracting habit of inserting the word "then" between the lines of the characters' speech. For example:
"Is that a fact?" Then, "So? Where are they?"
"I'd come and give you a hand but I have to take delivery of a cake." Then, "Do you need a hand up?"
I have to ask, what was the purpose of the word "then" in there? To gave us pause? To help her reach the necessary word count to meet the publisher's requirements? I know I'm nitpicking but that word was used over and over again in the story, and it was annoying.
All in all, I'm glad this was a freebie because I would have been "mad" if I had paid anything for this book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfully endearing tale!, May 1, 2008 After his fianc? ran off with the events assistant, billionaire Tom McFarlane is saddled with the expenses incurred planning for the wedding. Rather than simply pay the bill and get it out of the way, he insists on going over every charge on the bill with the events manager - and even insists on receiving as many of the things he's paid for as possible.
Events manager Sylvie Smith can't understand why Tom feels the need to go over every single expense his fianc? authorized. She hasn't had the best of luck with love either but certainly never would have dragged out every pain-filled moment of being dumped.
Sylvie does as Tom requests and gathers the `expensive but completely useless junk' and brings it all to his place. While they're both attracted to each other, neither of them anticipated the sheer passion that broils over and leads to an encounter they won't soon forget. That night results in a pregnancy and while Tom and Sylvie aren't a couple - and she hasn't even seen him since that night, Sylvie writes Tom a note to inform him of the pregnancy and let him know that she didn't expect anything from him.
Tom's been out of the country so he's unaware of everything that's occurred in the past several months. He certainly didn't expect to return to news that Sylvie's pregnant and according to the tabloids expected to marry her ex Jeremy Hillyer. The huge shocker though is learning that she's planning a wedding at her ancestral home, which technically belongs to him. Is he too late to win the woman he's been unable to erase from the forefront of his mind?
THE BRIDE'S BABY is Liz Fielding's fiftieth book and it's a fun witty book full of misunderstandings and heart wrenching situations. Tom and Sylvie complement each other beautifully. She's willing to accept whatever life throws at her. Tom's extremely business oriented and he's more inconvenienced then hurt by his fiance's change of heart. I was so caught up in their myriad of misunderstandings and emotional turmoil that I wasn't able to put this book down and stayed up way too late reading - and don't regret a single moment of the lost shut eye.
THE BRIDE'S BABY is the first book in the A BRIDE FOR ALL SEASONS series. The other books are as follows:
SAYING YES TO THE MILLIONAIRE by Fiona Harper (June 2008)
THE MILLIONAIRE'S PROPOSAL by Trish Wylie (September 2008)
MARRY-ME CHRISTMAS by Shirley Jump (December 2008)
Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)
Share your thoughts with other customers: Most Recent Customer Reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment