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There Goes the Bride

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Delaney Cartwright's wedding to Dr. Evan Van Zandt will be the social event of the year, if Delaney actually goes through with it. Delaney is having second thoughts because there is no passion in their relationship.

Nick Vinetti is an undercover cop on medical leave after getting hurt on the job. Since his wife left him, Nick has lost his belief in romance and love. Meeting Delany changes his views, but she's engaged and therefore off limits.

Delaney's mother cares more about her social standing than her daughter's feelings, which she proves with the deep, dark secret she is hiding, and her father has buried his feelings for so long he doesn't know how to dig himself out.

Can a "magic" veil or talks with her sister in her dreams help Delaney decide what to do?

I have mixed feelings about There Goes The Bride. On one hand Delaney finds her soul mate and it's romantic and touching, but on the other, she is engaged and her actions are not very affable. I really like Nick and I wanted him and Delaney to be together, bit I felt bad for Evan. There Goes The Bride is a good story and Delany's mother's predicament adds suspense, but I think it romanticizes unfaithfulness.

Nannette
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

In Houston the upcoming marriage between Delaney Cartwright and her fiancé orthopedic surgeon Dr. Evan van Zandt makes all of the societal pages of newspapers and magazines. However, the bride has doubts although she admits her fiancé is a nice likable person; she wants sparks and there are none. She even agreed to his suggestion no sex until they marry because she does not expect to miss it at least with Evan.

Delaney stops at a consignment shop that sells wedding attire; there she buys a veil that seems to be calling to her and makes a wish to get out of her nuptials. Her friends persuade her to abduct Evan and have her way with him. Instead she almost kidnaps Evan's patient, undercover Detective Dominic Vanetti, whom she has seen in a vision when she first touched the veil. Still her plan now is to hire someone to abduct her so she does not have to say I do, but someone else has the same agenda with a different outcome.

THERE GOES THE BRIDE is a Wilde madcap contemporary romance with paranormal elements. Delaney is a nice person that readers will not initially respect because of her fear of behaving wrongly in the eyes of her societal mother. That includes avoiding telling her she does not want to wed Evan; this leads to her concocting this maniacal scheme even as she knows her fiancé is a kind person deserving better treatment from her.. Ironically her plot becomes real with the cause inadvertently being the prime reason her mother demanded proper behavior from her, her late older sister and her father.

Harriet Klausner

. . . from the very first page! Quite a departure for Lori Wilde, as this book is not an adventure-romance like her most previous novels (though she can't quite help herself and includes a slam-bang car chase towards the end). This is a straight-on romance, with delicious sexual tension vibrating through the entire story between lovely, sheltered bride-to-be Delaney and the down to earth cop Nick from the large Italian family. There's a great cast of supporting players, with seniors Trudie and Lucia the laugh-out-loud best of the rest.

Excellent writing with a little bit of magic, a lot of humor, all adding up to a true winner. Wilde proves herself one of the sharpest romance writers of recent years and is getting better with each book. You'll fall in love with this one!

I have ordered several Lori Wilde books and they are all very good. I will continue to order books from Amazon as long as I can read.

On the one hand it was a quick read that I enjoyed, on the other hand I kept getting frustrated with the repeated dialogue in the book. I felt like almost every page of the first 3/4 of the book was Delaney talking about why she should not be attracted to Nick, except when Nick was talking about how he should not be attracted to Delaney. To read this same dialogue over and over and over again got really frustrating. It was a really cute story, but I it could have been written in half of the pages and been a lot more enjoyable.

I wish there were more stars to check off for this. Loved it and the whole series! I would definately recommend this.

The book arrived in great shape, and arrived faster than I had anticipated. Great service.

A very fun and entertaining romance. I love both Delaney and Nick. Delaney is such a people pleaser (and I understand her, I am similar) and she is marrying because she can't bear to hurt her fiance or her mother. She's already postponed the wedding twice and when she meets Nick and feels the sparks fly (the whammy, I love that term), she knows she shouldn't be getting married.

Nick has been left by his wife on his honeymoon and he's currently off of his undercover detective job due to a knee injury. When his grandmother and her friend Trudie conspire to bring him together with Delaney, they had no idea the passion that would ignite. But is Nick ready for this after being jilted as he was and does he want another man to be jilted the way he was?

The characters in this book felt very real to me and I liked that they never took the completely easy way out. There is also another subplot going on that lends a light suspense to the storyline, but the romance is what shines through here. This was such a feel-good book for me. I loved Nick's family and the stories of his grandmother and grandfather being struck by "the whammy". So much goes into this book and I was actually sad when it ended (not over the ending), but I wanted more of Nick and Delaney and their families. A wonderful start to a series that centers around a "magical" wedding veil - the series is named "Wedding Veil Wishes". I am about to delve into Once Smitten, Twice Shy next and can't wait to get more of Delaney's friends.

Love romances by Lori Wilde, and this was onei hadn't readit came in great shape and great to read.

I won't go into the summary of the story since others have already covered it. This book was a lot of fun to read. The pace is fast and the author really engages the readers with the quick moving plot and the witty dialogue. The magical aspect of the story was done right, just enough to be intriguing and fit right into the story. The side characters are also wonderful and funny, with personalities of their own. I look forward to reading the next in the Veil series.