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The Right Wedding Gown (Kimani Romance)

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First let me be clear Samara and Justin did NOT previously have any flame or relationship.

Samara met Justin when she first arrived in the D.C. area and he asked to share a table with her while eating in a cafeteria. A few days later he asked on a date and his estranged wife (They still lived in the same house) showed up at the restaurant and showed out. He hadn't told her he was married so she left. After he was divorced he asked for date number 2 and his now ex-wife showed up and asked for his help with car trouble. He left Samara sitting at the table and went outside only to find she wasn't having trouble. His ex asked him to get into the car to talk and drove off with him inside. This is supposedly a man with a top level government job in an office that is so secret that no one knows exactly what it is that they do. Justin saw Samara at an antiques auction and went to her job to ask for yet another date. When he finally got her to go on date number 3, he didn't show up because of a family emergency. On date number 4 he did show up and promptly left her sitting in the Kennedy Theater when his cell phone rang. It was his job calling, he couldn't tell her why he was leaving and never said anything about her getting home safely. At this point I see the pattern even if Samara doesn't. I forced myself to read a little more just to see if she finally got a clue. She met with her four (professional) girlfriends and told them she was through with him. They told her not to be so hasty in dumping him because women outnumber men a hundred-to-one in D.C. At this point I'm thinking she not only need to find a different man, but needs to find a whole new set of friends that has self esteem. He showed up at her house several days after the Kennedy Theater incident in the middle of the night. She told the night guard at the front desk to let him up to her apartment while she then ran around trying to put clothes on. Samara asked him if he would like something to eat or drink? After she cooking him breakfast and watching him eat it, they started kissing and this led to her bedroom. I stopped reading at page 89 because the lead female character was stuck on stupid. That was a bc if I had ever seen one. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE EXCERPT!!!!! Borrow it from the library if you must read it.

Love and marriage are destine to fail, so why bother? That is according to Samara Scott. So when she accompanies a friend to an antique auction and purchases a trunk, the contents were like a cruel joke: a beautiful antique wedding gown! That wasn't all she got at the auction. She also received the attention of Justin Beckett. She doesn't believe in Justin just as much as she doesn't believe in love and marriage. Justin knows that he has his work cut out for him if he is going to have any kind of relationship with Samara. For the past couple of years, nothing seems to go as planned when he is with Samara. He is determined to make her realize that nothing is guaranteed, but their relationship is worth taking a chance on.

The Right Wedding Gown is a well written story. It reads like a story that one of your girlfriends is telling you about how she met her husband. Hailstock does a great job with the plot. The story flows and keeps you engrossed from beginning to end. She also does a wonderful job with the development of the primary and secondary characters.

Reviewed by Tenecia
for Urban Reviews

This is my first book by Shirley Hailstock, but it won't be the last. It was so good that I couldn't put it down until I finished. Be sure to pick another book in this series: Wrong Dress, Right Guy (Kimani Romance)

This was a great love story about one woman's view on love and marriage after having friends divorce and parents getting divorced. Her heart begins to thaw after she runs into a former flame who is now divorced and tries to rekindle what they had in the past and hoping that she will listen to his reasons why he kept some things from her that caused their break up. She ends up buying a trunk at an antique auction thinking it could possibly have some old documents or letters since her job was working with old documents. Inside is an antique wedding gown and it makes he wonder if it is a sign. Justin Beckett never got over what he had with Samara and despite the fact that he is now divorced, he still believes in love and marriage. His goal now is to make Samara a believer too and take a chance on him for the long haul. Great story!

I enjoyed reading about Samara and Justin, although it took them a while to get it together. The book was good it just that in the beginning of their first meeting Justin was married and did not to mention he was married when met Samara. So I understand her not wanting to involed with him, but they got itogether in the end.

I read Wrong Dress Right Guy and this is Cinnamon's sister Samara who does not believe in marriage. Samara dated Justin about two years ago and things didn't work out but the chemistry is still there. Once Justin convinces her to go out with him again her statistics on divorce seems to get lost. This was a wonderful book Justin has a very loving and supportive family and Samara has a loving and supportive group of friends who's alway ready to give her advice. I would highly recommend this book once you get started you want be able to put it down.