Wedding Of The Year (American Romance) [Paperback]

Elda Minger (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 253 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373301200
• ISBN-13: 978-0373301201
• ASIN: 0373163142
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,088,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in a small English village . . .
Actually, no. I was born in Hollywood, California, and have lived in Southern California most of my life. My parents were both teachers, so I grew up in a house filled with books and music. Also animals, and lots of relatives.
My grandmother taught me to read before I went to school. I can't remember a time I wasn't reading. We read everything. Comic books, the backs of cereal boxes, and lots of books. She also taught me to keep a journal from the time I was nine, so the pathway from my brain to a pen was developed early.
I never thought of being a writer. My uncle published a biography of Mozart. My father, a history professor, published three textbooks. As a child, I imagined that writers were alone at their desks, always isolated. They also got depressed when the rejections arrived. Not what I wanted to do for a living!
My parents always encouraged me to dream. Nothing was seen as out of reach, and a career in the arts was respected. When my father died two months before I graduated from college, I started writing a novel. It was my way of trying to find order in chaos and pain. Six years after I started, I published that novel, and went on to write a few dozen more.
I was so wrong about the writing life. You're never alone, you're surrounded by your characters, always thinking about them, laughing and cheering them on or crying when they face heartbreak. And as for the rejections? The truth is that writing is not for the faint hearted. You need a certain toughness which was hard for me to learn. But my Dad used to always say, the way to get Elda to do something is to tell her she can't. (Works like a charm.)
I've been a writer for many years now, and I can't think of a better way to live my life. My goal was always to give a reader a bit of the pleasure that countless authors have given me, and I hope I've done that.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Groom isn't the Groom after all, January 24, 2010

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This review is from: Wedding Of The Year (American Romance) (Paperback)

Alexandra "Alex" Michaels is the Director of Catering for the prestigious Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel and part of her job is planning weddings that take place in the hotel. She is thirty-seven years old, has been celibate for the last fourteen months and has a mother who wants her to find a man post haste and marry him.

When snobbish and pushy Constance Bradford tells Alex that she wants the wedding of the year for her daughter Elizabeth, nicknamed "Muffy", Alex takes a look at the mousy girl and immediately feels sorry for her. Who wouldn't with a bloodless mother like that.

Sean Lawton, the supposed groom, is wealthy beyond anybody's wildest dreams. His best friend Phillip is desperately in love with Muffy, but Muffy's dear old mom doesn't think he's worthy, as he isn't wealthy enough and he won't go into the family business. So Phillip persuades Sean to pretend to be the groom, right up to the wedding. Then, just before they are supposed to say their respective "I do's", Phillip will step up and switch places with Sean.

Cupid shoots his bow and it strikes Alex just as she meets Sean, but how can she feel as she does, he's about to be married, after all. And what about Sean, all of a sudden he's got designs on the wedding planner, what's he going to do about that?

This story was divine. One of the best romance novels I've ever read and I've read plenty. "Wedding of the Year" has it all, humor, suspense, great characters, terrific writing, witty dialogue and so much more. Pick it up, give it a read, you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous and endearing, January 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wedding Of The Year (American Romance) (Paperback)

All he asked of her was a promise...."all I want from you is a promise that you'll see me until the wedding and not go out with any other man." The problem was that he was the groom of this wedding and she was catering it.
This is a great book. I fell in love with the characters of this book. It is one surprise after the next and the grand finale of them all will have you amazed.