GIRLSâ WEEKEND IN VEGAS
Four friends, four dream weddings!
On a girly weekend in Las Vegas, best friends Alex, Molly, Serena and Jayne are just supposed to have fun and forget menâbut they end up meeting their perfect matches! Will the love they find in Vegas stay in Vegas?
Find out in this sassy, fun and wildly romantic mini-series all about love and friendship!
JACKIE BRAUN is a three-time RITA>® Award finalist, a four-time National Readersâ Choice Award finalist, and a past winner of the Rising Star Award. She worked for nearly two decades as an award-winning journalist before leaving her full-time job to write fiction. She lives in mid-Michigan with her husband and their two sons. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached through her website at www.jackiebraun.com
Myrna Mackenzie on Jackie Braun:
âJackie Braun writes a book with plenty of emotion and a touch of sizzleâ¦From the moment Serena and Jonas stepped onto the page in INCONVENIENTLY WED! I was hooked. Serena is fun and funny, and Jonas is the man every woman wants to wake up next to.â
Serenaâs blog prior to the girlsâ wild Vegas weekend
New York might be Frank Sinatraâs kind of town, but Vegas is mine, baby. Youâve got to love a place where you can eat, drink and dance whatever the hour. Being outrageous isnât frowned on there. Itâs practically a must. Forget slots and cards. Iâve never been lucky when it comes to games of chance. But sign me up for the sights. Every colour looks better in neon. Well, maybe not that hot pink I tried on my hair a few years back.
I hope my friends are up for a wild good timeâespecially Jayne. She deserves one after what her ex-fiancé did to her. Another good reason to steer clear of the altar. Menâeven the seemingly good onesâoften turn out to be jerks. But thatâs behind her now, and Iâm betting on Vegas to help her forgetâat least for a while. Perfectly level-headed and otherwise reserved people go nuts while theyâre in Vegas. Levelheaded and reserved are descriptions that could apply to my friends. I, on the other hand, have never been mistaken for either. Weâre going to have a blast!
Alex
SAVING CINDERELLA!
by Myrna Mackenzie
June
Molly
VEGAS PREGNANCY SURPRISE
by Shirley Jump
July
Serena
INCONVENIENTLY WED!
by Jackie Braun
August
Jayne
WEDDING DATE WITH THE BEST MAN
by Melissa McClone
September
Writing is usually a very solitary profession, so I jumped at the chance to be part of the Girlsâ Weekend in Vegas continuity series with fellow authors Myrna Mackenzie, Shirley Jump and Melissa McClone.
We put our heads together, electronically speaking, for several weeks to come up with the overall concept. Then, as we wrote our individual books, we kept in touch via e-mail to exchange information on our characters and to share how our stories wereâor in some cases were notâcoming along.
At times I found it difficult to keep our timelines straight and the details clear as our stories intersected and our characters interacted. But I wouldnât have missed it for the world. In a way, the four of us had our own Girlsâ Weekend in Vegasâthough it lasted a bit longer than that, involved more work than play, and we never got to set foot on the Strip.
I hope you enjoy Serena and Jonasâs storyâand donât forget to pick up Melissa McCloneâs book next month to find out how the series ends!
Best wishes
Jackie Braun
My thanks to Melissa, Shirley and Myrna for including me in the fun.
FOR a woman like Serena Warren, Las Vegas was heaven. Everything about the place was outrageous and over the topâjust like she was. Too bad she was only there for the weekend. Sheâd come on a sisterhood mission of sorts, with her three friendsâMolly Hunter, Alexandra Lowell and Jayne Cavendishâafter Jayneâs fiancé had turned out to be a lying, cheating, son of aâ¦jerk.
Theyâd kicked up their high heels on Friday night and most of Saturday. Even Jayne had managed to have some fun. Sheâd gone to a salon and had her trademark long locks snipped off into an adorable short do that would have left her ex suitably appalled. But as Saturday wound down, so did Jayne.
Even though the friends had planned a second storming of the Strip, Jayne decided to spend the evening in the hotelâs spa and pool complex. And Alex, her roommate for the evening, had opted to stay with herânot only to keep Jayne company, but because she had a lot of thinking to do herself. The owner of McKendrickâs, the resort where they were staying, had offered Alex a job. It was an incredible opportunity, but if she took it not only would she have to move to Las Vegas, she would have to stay behind when the others returned to San Diego the following day.
âTear up the Strip on our behalf,â Alex instructed after Molly and Serena had offered to share some spa time, too.
âAre you sure?â Molly asked.
âPositive,â Jayne said. âThereâs no reason the two of you shouldnât go out and have a good time.â