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Diary of a Single Wedding Planner (Tales Behind The Veils Book 1) by [Violet Howe]

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by Violet Howe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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She’s giving up on fairy tales, but does that mean she’s given up on love?

Tyler wants to find a love like the fairy tales she grew up reading, but so far, life hasn’t sent her a Prince Charming.
She’s sick of horrendous blind dates. She’s fed up with obnoxious bridezillas. But when your job is built around romance, it’s hard not to hope for your own happily ever after!

Can Tyler find a real-life love as passionate and true as the fairy tales promised? Or is she doomed to be a single wedding planner forever?

This delightful first volume in the Tales Behind the Veils series chronicles Tyler’s wacky misadventures, both personal and professional. Between the Southern humor and the insightful journal format, you’re sure to be charmed and entertained by the Diary of a Single Wedding Planner.

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June 18, 2015
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After spending fifteen years in the event planning industry, I knew I wanted to write from the wedding planner's point of view. Being a planner gives you a unique insight into the relationships, family dynamics, history, and personalities of the clients you work with. For a single wedding planner, it's somewhat daunting to be surrounded by love and romance all day. Some days bring examples of love to be hoped for, and others bring scary portrayals of dysfunction.

Like my heroine, I want to believe that love can conquer all, but I also acknowledge that real life/real love faces challenges. People are messy, and love can hurt. I didn't want to write a cheesy romance where the characters immediately know they're in love and with one kiss they ride off into the sunset. I wanted something a bit more realistic, because lets's face it--a lot happens between Once Upon A Time and Happily Ever After.

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Wedding planner Tyler Warren left heartbreak behind when she ran away from her small Southern hometown and started a new life in a big city. Years later, she wants to believe in the fairy-tale endings her job promotes, but the clients she meets day after day seem to be more Crazily Ever After than Happily Ever After.

Meanwhile, her own attempts at romance play out as bizarre comedies rather than love stories, and she's starting to think Prince Charming either fell off his horse or got eaten by a dragon. When unresolved issues from Tyler's past complicate things even further, she discovers she may yet have some things to figure out before she can find her own happy ending.

This delightful first book in the Tales Behind the Veils series chronicles Tyler's wacky misadventures, both personal and professional. Whether she's getting insane requests from brides or outlandish requests on dates, you're sure to be charmed and entertained by the Diary of a Single Wedding Planner.

ASIN : B00ZZP1Y2I
Publisher : Charbar Productions LLC; 1st edition (June 18, 2015)
Publication date : June 18, 2015
Language : English
File size : 2735 KB
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Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Print length : 336 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #705,737 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,819 in General Humorous Fiction
- #12,409 in Humorous Fiction (Books)
- #12,677 in Clean & Wholesome Romance (Books)

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cj.

Boring/cliffhanger

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018

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if I could give this a zero, I would. All you ever wanted to know about wedding planning and random weddings, which is filler and pretty much irrelevant. None of the characters are likeable. Not recommending this, nor will I purchase the second or third book in this series. 👎

26 people found this helpful

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Megan E. Klatt

Meh

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018

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I really wanted to like this book, but I found that I detested the main character so much, it ruined the entire thing for me. This fictional character is immature, petulant, self-righteous, and extremely arrogant. I almost couldn’t finish the book because with every chapter, I found another thing to dislike about her. The way I was reading, it did not seem as though Tyler herself was a wedding planner so much as she was a worker within the business. She did not appear to make plans herself as much as she carried out orders from her supervisors. The ending was rather apparent, which is why I really didn’t see the actual need to finish it, but each book I start, I must finish out of respect to the author. That being said, I have no desire to start the next book in the series. A single dose of this brat was more than enough.

20 people found this helpful

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FangFreakinTastic Melanie

I almost wet myself laughing so hard

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2017

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I don’t read Romance. I avoid it at all costs, yet I somehow found myself dragged kicking and screaming into Diary of a Single Wedding Planner. I don’t know how it happened really. I was minding my own business, and the next thing I know, I’ve bought, read and loved all the books.

This is a book for chicks who don’t like chick books. It’s freaking hilarious. If you have ever been married or a bridesmaid you can probably relate to a lot of what is in this book. The people Tyler encounters while planning weddings are truly insane.

There were times where I wanted to grab her by the face and shake the crap out of her. She didn’t always make decisions I was happy about, but the overall story itself had me hooked from the first paragraph. Besides, in reality, who makes perfect decisions every time? I wish she had been a bit less of a pushover, but it’s not my book.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a gut busting laugh that will make you question whether or not you were this insane when you were planning your own wedding. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be glad you don’t have Tyler’s job! If you don’t like romance, but do like to laugh at it, this may be the book for you.

18 people found this helpful

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KathyB

Vacuous

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2019

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I made it to 23%, and I’m not sure how or why.

This whatever- it-is is as insubstantial and see through as the dress on the cover. It’s fluffy without much of anything to hold onto, and oh, no! it’s the first in a series. At least it’s calorie free.

I have such a hard time accepting that people actually ‘force’ themselves to finish a book like this. Stop torturing yourself already.

9 people found this helpful

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KAS1607

Will not finish, dislike heroine

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019

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As other another one star review mentioned, Tyler isn’t so much a wedding planner as a worker bee.

I could not stand her and finally gave up at 65% in the middle of a chapter. That’s how much I don’t care especially after finding out it ends on a cliffhanger and there are two or three more books. No thank you.

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Alyzu

Wanted to like it more

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017

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It started off great. I was laughing out loud at a few points.
Then Cabe, the leading man, started playing mind games with her. He started ripping into her for speaking with her ex, and ragging on said ex for doing things that, quite frankly, were very similar to what he himself had done. I found myself getting very angry with him, lol!
And what's with EVERYONE from her home town dragging her for not being married at the ripe old age of 25?!?! Especially since their own marriages were nothing to write home about?
Honestly, I didn't think either man was good for her. And, while I'm curious to see how the story ends, I'm not sure I can deal with 2 more books.
However, I do hope the author keeps writing. She has a great sense of humor, and I'd love to see that developed more in the future.

12 people found this helpful

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Princess Lizzz

Light & fun if you're looking for that

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020

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If you're looking for a frothy, fairly light romantic book, this is it. There are only a few criticisms I have:
1.) At times, I think the author tries too hard to make the book seem more literary than it is, and it doesn't work. The parts about the protagonist "channeling" her "inner Oprah" were cliched and trite.
2.) The ending is completely obvious, and the author really doesn't make much of an effort, in my opinion, to hide that. It's a little frustrating because I felt like I was reading through a lot of extra stuff that I neither needed nor wanted to read just to get to the inevitable conclusion.
3.) Some of the few central plot points/questions are never resolved or answered. For example, why Cabe left Ty to begin with (there's sort of an explanation, but not really an adequate one).
4). Don't read this if you're looking for anything other than a light, Cinderella-esque tale. This is not literature, nor does it (for the most part) pretend to be.
5). At times, the plot drags on unnecessarily or is kind of boring, and the ending could be done a bit better. After waiting for the entire book for that "fairy-tale" (as the main character puts it) ending, it would have been nice for the characters to exchange fervent vows of love and commitment, something a little more than a kiss and the protagonist's epiphany. It sort of felt like after I read through an awful lot to get to the end, the author wrote her ending in a hurry or didn't really thoroughly wrap it up. I didn't expect a marriage proposal, but something more would have been nice.
6). Sometimes, it's hard to understand why the author is so into the leading man. He has plenty of flaws (which is normal--it's just that Tyler makes it clear that she's basically looking for he perfect man throughout the book). Yes, he is a good kisser, good-looking, and enjoys the same activities as Tyler. However, his excessive drinking, lack of (at lest to me) a compelling reason why he left Tyler to begin with, and his erratic behaviors don't necessarily put him in the "Prince Charming" category. It also feels like this is clearly a rebound romance, and I'm not sure how I feel about that or it's future prospects (yes, I know there's more to the series and that it gets serious--not the point.).

Pros:
1.) If you are looking for a light, fun beach read, this one is a pretty good pick.
2.) Parts of the book make the characters more human and vulnerable, which is nice.
3). The main characters, though not terribly well-developed beyond a mostly superficial level, are likable, interesting, and unique. They even have some lovable quirks. The best friends' characters aren't really developed well, but it's still a fun read.
4). This book gives people a chance to escape and to at least believe that happy endings are possible (if only in fiction).
5). You get more than a peek into the world of wedding planning, much of which is pretty interesting and often funny. There is quite a bit of humor in this book, some of which is pretty funny.

All in all, this book isn't groundbreaking, doesn't deliver any earth-shattering wisdom, and isn't particularly deep, BUT it does offer a fun and interesting read or for those who aren't looking for anything serious. It's not literature, but it's not bad.

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Suzie

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2020

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More of a crime/thriller reader than this genre, but loved it. Couldn’t stop reading. Funny, emotional and moving. Thoroughly enjoyed every page and wanted more. Assumed the author was a Wedding Planner in real life. The diary entries of each wedding did sound believable.

Amazon Customer

Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2018

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I got this book through Bookbub offers and either free or 99p. Well worth it at twice the cost.
I really enjoyed the book. Witty, even inciteful and the style of writing made the story flow easily.
There were a few clips of bridal behaviour that make you cringe, whilst others make you smile.
Tyler is a great heroine and although I wanted to shake her, she came good at the end.

Catsonthebed

Single

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2017

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The life, loves and trials of a single gap wedding planner. After a terrible break up she moved to Florida only to have her very best friend Cabe meet and marry a girl in quick order. Nothing stays the same.

Lilihob

Ok.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2016

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It was ok. Nothing special. Decent work. Be warned, the heroine is a pound shop Bridget Jones, the two men she had to choose from were unexciting, I could not care less what happens next. But it was well edited, no glaring mistakes, just blah.

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Kindle Customer

Lovely little book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2018

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Nice and comforting. The girl gets the right guy in the end. A story of enlightenment and moving forward. A pleasing tale.

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