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The Bridesmaid Chronicles: First Date

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I really enjoyed reading this book. It didn't take me long at all to finish it. It was pretty light and very fun! It's a story about a snap engagement that provokes the protective sister to come in and try to stop the wedding. Of course there are misunderstandings and scheming plans and personality conflicts. That only makes the book more fun entertaining to read. The main character did get on my nerves a little bit due to the fact that she is very controlling and extremely nosy and worst of all, self-loathing. Enter sexy hero. He convinces her that she is sexy and desirable and they fall in love and she stops hating herself. Everyone lives happily ever after... at least until the next in the series, First Kiss
-recommended

Every time I read one of Karen Kendall's books, it is better than the last one! I would normally run like the wind from a series about bridesmaids (IMHO, the stuff of nightmares) but, since Karen wrote it, I gave it a chance--and LOVED it. So much, in fact, that I've already started on FIRST DANCE, another of the books in the series. In fact, I'm trying to figure out how to get Fredericksburg, Texas into my 2006 travel schedule. The womanizing Texas hunk meets Jersey-girl-with-an-attitude romance made me want to two-step with someone in a Stetson hat.

Starting in June 2005 - you will be able to read 4 books in 4 months with a brand new series of romantic novels entitled The Bridesmaid Chronicles. It's a series all about weddings - starting with 3 books, each about a bridesmaid's love story, and leading up to a bride's big wedding day in the fourth book.

Karen Kendall has written the first book First Date in The Bridesmaid Chronicles . . . Jersey girl Sydney is determined to put a stop to the upcoming wedding of her little sister and her Texan boyfriend who she's dated only 1 month. There's one problem though . . . Sydney's heart gets distracted by the groom's sexy best friend Alex in the process. First Date is a joy to read and filled with both laughter and sentiment. Collect all 4 novels for yourself or give the entire set as a bridesmaid gift.

Additional novels in the collection will include: First Kiss by Kylie Adams, First Dance by Karen Kendall and First Love by Julie Kenner.

Sure that her sister is making a terrible mistake, Sydney Spinelli is determined to stop her from knowing a man she's known for a month. However, the best man's job has always been to protect the wedding couple from interference, and Alex is indeed the best man for that job. Running interference between Syd and her plans to stop the happy event turns into something that has nothing to do with duty. Whether Alex can convince Syd that her sister and his best friend belong together or not, he wants to convince her that she belongs with him.

*** Lightweight fun that you have come to expect from Karen Kendall is in full force here. If you need a breezy read to while away the summer hours, then this will do so very aptly. ***

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore, freelance reviewer.

The first of a four book series entitled THE BRIDESMAID CHRONICLES, Karen Kendall's FIRST DATE starts it off with a bang! To be followed by Kylie Adams with The Bridesmaid Chronicles: First Kiss (Bridesmaid Chronicles), continued by Ms. Kendall with The Bridesmaid Chronicles: First Dance (Bridesmaid Chronicles), and finished up with Julie Kenner and The Bridesmaid Chronicles: First Love (Bridesmaid Chronicles), this series is sure to be a hit.

Harried and overworked Sydney "Syd" Spinelli isn't at her best when her father demands her to leave Princeton, New Jersey, and come home to South River to evaluate his accounting books. Already angry at having to jump at her father's demands, and worried about the absence of her father's bookkeeper, Betty Lou-not to mention the money that disappeared right along with her-it's no wonder she doesn't take her younger sister's email very well. It seems that Julia, whose always seemed to be the incompetent one, regardless of her job as manager of the smallest hotel in the Marv's Motor Inns motel chain, is in an even greater bind this time-she's getting married to Roman Sonntag, a man she's dated for-gulp!-one entire month.

Hightailing it to Fredericksburg, Texas, is the last thing Syd wants to do, but when Julia fails to take her sister's worry seriously via email and telephone, she knows that she's the only one who can make her sister see reason. Being irresponsible is one thing, but ruining your life by marrying a virtual stranger is, most definitely, something else entirely.

There's only one problem with Syd's plans-one best man by the name of Alex Kimball. After all, the best man's job is to make sure the wedding goes off without a hitch, right? So there's a redheaded sister-of-the-bride who wants to string him up by his boot heels on his case-Alex is sure he can handle whatever she throws his way. What neither of them bargained for was a red-hot dose of passion that makes Julia and Roman's month-long courtship look like a ten-year engagement.

Funny, witty, and sizzling, FIRST DATE is a book sure to tickle your funny bone and zap your romance button. If the following three books in THE BRIDESMAID CHRONICLES are all like this one, you'll need to make room for more books on your keeper shelf.

When this series first came out I read the summary and wasn't too interested. Last week I bought this book to pass a few hours and I really liked it. Thankfully I bought the first one. I have since ordered the others but haven't gotten them yet. Can't wait to read the 3rs one since Karen Kendall wrote it too. The second didn't get that great reviews but I am going to try to read it. I liked this book enough to check out some other titles by KK.

I found it boring. I have read this author before and enjoyed her other books.

This is the story of the Bridesmaid women who falls in love after one month to a Texas wine maker. This story is of 'brides' sister who flys to Texas to stop the engagement. Everything goes wrong and she finds love along the way with a hot business man who daples in Emu's ranching....

Meet Julia, Sydney, Alex and Roman..
 
Julia Spinelli, young blond goddess, is getting married. She's already going crazy over wedding arrangements. If only her sister could be happy for her..
 
Sydney Spinelli is Julia's red-haired intelligent sister. When she first hears her sister is getting married she books the first flight to Texas to go and change her sister's silly mind. What else could have gotten into her?
 
Roman Sonntag manages a vineyard and has found the woman of his dreams in Julia. But he has to prevent Julia's evil older sister to interfere with their wedding plans. Maybe this is where Alex, his best friend, comes in handy. Time for some "you-owe-me-something".
 
Alex Kimball is running an Emu farm with his Uncle Ted. At home he and his father have to deal with his mother's early on-set Alzheimer. He agrees with Roman to distract stubborn know-it-all Sydney.
 
Although it took me a couple of pages before I really got into the story (because of the switch of characters) once you get there, you'll be hooked! First Date is a very light-hearted humorous book which will leave a "sweet" impression on you afterwards. Karen Kendall handles a serious issue like Alzheimer in such a sweet, comforting and learning/interesting way. It's like this book involved a little first-aid kit for when you meet people with Alzheimer. Karen Kendall's writing style is very unique (some slang), very comical and it takes courage to handle a serious subject like she did and yet put it down in such a loving way. I found this story very original and entertaining and I hope the others from the Bridesmaid Chronicles will be as good as this one.
 
reviewed by Eveline for Euro-Reviews

In South River, New Jersey Marty demanded his daughter Syd Spinelli drop everything to come home to evaluate his books since his assistant of thirty years Betty Lou Fiotche embezzled money from the Marvs Motor Inn chain. Syd, an accountant, resents her task as she knows Marty can afford to hire a team to do what she is doing for free and that the loot stolen amounts to an insignificant total.

However, everything at home seems unimportant when her younger sister Julia, who manages the smallest motel in the chain in spite of her seeming incompetence, sends an email announcing she is engaged to a Roman Sonntag. Syd drops everything and quickly heads to Texas to stop her sibling from a disaster. As she interferes with the plans of Julia and Roman, the best friend of her future brother-in-law Alex Kimball tries to preoccupy her. Soon "Jersey" and the "toad" begin to fall in love, but he knows he owes her the truth as to why he initially pursued her.

Big sis Jersey's invasion of Texas leads to a fine contemporary romance starring a likable cast. The Toad knows he has much to make up for if he wants to keep his Jersey girl with him, but that is for the next few books to determine how successful Alex is. Syd is a delight although dropping everything to protect an adult from herself seems odd especially since their parents seem numb and dumb. Fans will enjoy the amusing chick lit FIRST DATE between Syd and Alex and look forward to Karen Kendall's next step in the Bridesmaid Chronicles FIRST KISS.

Harriet Klausner