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Fairy Tale Wedding

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This is definitely a rags to riches Cinderalla story with a modern day twist, making it a sweet romance for the reader. The two younger sisters of the story's main character are delightful companions who make this story have a fun twist to it that adds to the plot in a clever way. The story shows that sometimes we can find love in the most unlikely of places - a car wreck and a business deal - and sometimes when we least expect it. Definitely worth the time to read!

A Fairy Tale Wedding is a Cinderella story for modern times. Summer Barton is
a twenty-four year old woman who was left five years ago by her mother to care
for her two younger sisters, Amber and Raven. This responsibility turns
Summer's life upside down. She is forced to drop out of law school and assume
the role of sole caregiver for seven year old Raven and eleven year old Amber.
The trio have a hard life as Summer has no skills and makes so little money
that there's barely enough to feed them. However, after a horrendous day at
work followed by a car accident, Summer meets Alex McAllister and her life
begins to change.

Alex McAllister is the heir to a Fortune 100 Company who is set on rebelling
against his dominant grandmother. Upon meeting Summer, he sees the perfect
opportunity and sets things in motion. What is Alex rebelling against? How
does this change Summer's life? Read Fairy Tale Wedding and find out. It is a
delightful, sweet story that will leave the reader with a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Reviewed by Diane Marbury (HonestD)
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Alex McAllister is everything a current day Cinderella wants or needs. And he's got the endearing idiosyncrasies to keep her interested.
FAIRY TALE WEDDING is one heck of a read! With great characters and an engaging plot, it's the perfect prescription for anyone who's looking for a believeable fairly tale.
I started reading this book one day when I had a few minutes to kill. I didn't put it down til the happy ending.
Hats off to Natasha Usher, a great new voice in romantic fiction. I can't wait to read her next one!

I recommend Fairy Tale Wedding as a read that will be difficult to put down. This story was truly a fairy tale and a definite page turner. The character development was wonderful, we were given enough information on the characters to feel emotions for them. I look forward to future work by Natasha Usher.

-Chiquita Ferrell, PSSST Bookclub

I found Fairy Tale Wedding to be a delightful, heart warming read. Contemporary romance isn't usually my thing, but after picking it up <after a close friend suggested it> I couldn't put it down. I have to admit that it's been a while since I've believed in fairy tales coming true, but Raven and her "minions" have helped restore the hope that fairy tale dreams can happen...they just need a little help!

Summer Barton didn't think things could get much worse. Summer and her sisters, Raven and Amber, are living hand to mouth as it is. This has been their way of life ever since their mother took off and left the girls with Summer. After getting fired from her job at a grocery store, Summer finds her sisters in the car waiting for her. They have to find another place to live now as well. So Summer decides to take her sisters to Burger King for lunch.

Alex McAllister isn't having a very good day either. His grandmother has had papers drawn up whereby she will be selling some of her stock in the family business if he doesn't marry within one month. Alex also has to remain married for a period of one year. Alex was raised by his grandmother after his grandfather and parents were killed when he was three years old. He's pretty upset about this. He has no intentions of ever getting married. He's not familiar with the area he's driving through and pretty distracted and slams right into an old beat-up station wagon.

Alex gets out to check on the woman. He can see that they are dirt poor. Summer even turns down medical care, even though she has a cut on her forehead. As Alex is arguing with Summer, he gets an idea. He decides that he should give his grandmother exactly what she wants. He knows that it would not be possible to find a more unsuitable bride than this woman: jobless, not married, with two children. The McAllisters have money and he knows that his grandmother will have a fit and will demand that he annul the marriage.

Summer can't believe that this very obviously rich man has just asked her to marry him! When Alex offers her a unbelievable amount of money to enter into a business arrangement for a short period of time, Summer can't turn him down. She knows how much this wil help her sisters to finally have nice clothes, enough to eat and possessions.

So begins the comedy of errors as the girls and grandmother plot together to make these two realize that they were made for each other.

This is a wonderful little "feel good" story, complete with the heartfelt sigh at the ending. I love how the grandmother enlists the aid of the girls and all the things they do to make the marriage a real one. This is a great story and I recommend it to all lovers of romance. If you're looking for something light and quick to read with that "feel good" ending, this is definitely the book for you!

I recently picked up this charming novel from a book store in Cumberland Mall. I'd seen it there several times and as a newly published author, I like to support and encourage other new authors by purchasing their material. Natasha did a great job on this freshman work. What a splendid fairy tale indeed! As I read this book, it took me back to my all-time favorite on-screen love story, "Pretty Woman." Rich guy (Alex) meets poor girl (Summer) and in the middle of what was supposed to be a business arrangement, they fall madly in love. Alex doesn't want to face his love for her and Summer leaves, not able to continue the facade as she falls in love with him as well. In the end, Alex literally rides in on a white horse to bring her back to be his wife 'for real'. It was a delightful and an easy read. The only reason I'm not rating it five stars is because Raven, the young and talkative seven-year-old in the story was just a bit too unbelievable at times. Her character was strong and she played a great role in the story, but her vast knowledge and use of the English language was a bit much. Her underpriviledged background coupled with her limited access to television, books and her sheltered and inexperienced youth, made her proper use of words and phrases such as 'quarsequal', 'dock the pay', 'anticipated', 'trequel' and the like, seem too advanced. All in all, though, "Fairy Tale Wedding" is a very good read and well worth the literary journey. Natasha proved that a black author is very capable of writing a wonderful love story wherein all the major characters are white. Great job, Natasha.

--Kendra M. Norman-Bellamy
author of "For Love And Grace"

Fairy Tale Wedding is a great story, a one-night book (the kind you don't put down until it's finished). It's a modern romance with a Cinderella twist that will have you too believing in happy endings. In Fairy Tale Wedding, Natasha Usher has created a memorable group of characters, especially Raven, the seven year old going on thirty, who will keep you thoroughly enthralled. I hope there is a sequel in the works somewhere.

Fairy Tale Wedding is a fun read. I chose this book as a gift for my wife, and I ended up reading it myself. Normally I am
more of a Steve Martini type when it comes to reading, but once I heard my wife laughing I had to see what she was
laughing about. Fairy Tale Wedding is both funny and smart. Once I started reading I could not put the book down.