Rom-Com Collection (Part1)
The Best Man
Somebody to Love
Catch of the Day
The Next Best Thing
Kristan
Higgins
www.millsandboon.co.uk
The Best Man
Kristan
Higgins
Sometimes the best man is who you least expectâ¦.
Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, sheâs ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her familyâs vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, thereâs some great scenery thereâ¦.
Like Levi Cooper, the local police chiefâand best friend of her former fiancé. Thereâs a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and itâs not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is sheâs having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin her wedding all those years ago. If she can find a minute amidst all her family drama to stop and smell the rosé, she just might find a reason to stay at Blue Heron, and finish that walk down the aisle.
Praise for the novels of New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
âKristan Higgins specializes in the kind of prose that makes you laugh out loudâ¦hilarious on the surface, but with a bittersweet subtext.â âNational Public Radio
UNTIL THERE WAS YOU
âHigginsâ¦employs her usual breezy, intimate style, which is sure to engage her fans.â âPublishers Weekly
MY ONE AND ONLY
âA funny, poignant romance.â âPublishers Weekly, starred review
ALL I EVER WANTED
âHiggins has a special talent for creating characters readers love.â âRT Book Reviews, 4½ stars
THE NEXT BEST THING
âA heartwarming, multi-generational tale of lost love, broken hearts and second chances.â âBookPage
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
Winnerâ2010 Romance Writers of America RITA® Award âCheeky, cute and satisfying, Higginsâs romance is perfect entertainment for a girlâs night in.â âBooklist
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
âHiggins provides an amiable romp that ends with a satisfying lump in the throat.â âPublishers Weekly
CATCH OF THE DAY
Winnerâ2008 Romance Writers of America RITA® Award âA novel with depth and a great deal of heart.â âRT Book Reviews, top pick, 4½ stars
Hello!
Thank you for picking up The Best Man!
One of the things I wanted to do with this book was to describe a place that would feel like home and also like a vacation, a place you could see as clearly as if you were there.
The Finger Lakes region of New York is one of the most beautiful places Iâve ever been. The lakes are long and narrow, and very deep, giving them an ethereal, dark blue color. The hills are golden with grapevines, and the autumn foliage is beyond compare. The hills are populated with vineyards and Mennonite farms; itâs not at all uncommon to be waiting at a stoplight next to a horse and buggy. Manningsport is based on Hammondsport, and a prettier town Iâve never seen. Glens and waterfalls are plentiful; the sound of rushing water is never far away, and the sense of community and pride the Finger Lakes residents have for their home is palpable.
I also wanted to write a story where the hero and heroine had a lot of reasons to stay apartâ¦but you know how it is. Love has a way of sneaking up on people. Faith and Levi are a case of opposites attract, but they may have more in common than they might think. Both characters love their families and communities, and both have to get out of their own way to get that happily ever after.
Hope you like the book! Drop me a lineâI always love hearing from you.
Kristan
www.kristanhiggins.com
Thanks so much to my wonderful and wise agent, Maria Carvainis, and to Martha Guzman, Chelsea Gilmore and Elizabeth Copps for all their support and help. Thanks also to the incredible team at Harlequin, especially my editors, Keyren Gerlach and Tara Parsons, as well as the many others at Harlequin for their faith and enthusiasm for every dang book Iâve written. Thanks to Kim Castillo of Authorâs Best Friend for being truly that, and to the lovely and insightful Sarah Burningham of Little Bird Publicity.
I could not have written this book without the generosity of the warm, down-to-earth people of the Finger Lakes wine industry. I owe a great deal to Sayre Fulkerson, owner of Fulkerson Winery, who gave up half a day to show me around his beautiful fields and woods. John Izard, vice president of operations at Fulkerson, answered many, many questions, and I am very grateful to him, as well. Thanks to Kitty Oliver and Dave Herman at Heron Hill Vineyards and to Glenora Vineyards for such wonderful hospitality. Morgen McLaughlin at Finger Lakes Wine Country arranged my introduction to the area, and Iâm happy to say it was love at first sight. Kimberly Price at Corning Finger Lakes was wonderfully helpful, too.
Thanks to Paul Buckthal, M.D., who answered my questions about epilepsy, and to Brad Wilkinson, M.D., whose name I left out of the last book (sorry, Brad!). Thanks also to Sergeant Ryan Sincerbox of the Hammondsport Police Department, who was so helpful, to Staff Sergeant Ryan Parmelee, United States Army, and the very nice information officer at the Army recruiting office in Horseheads, New York. When I asked if heâd like an acknowledgment in the book, he only laughed and said, âThank the U.S. Army instead.â And so I do, not just as an author, but as a grateful citizen, as well.