The Wedding Planners
Planning perfect weddings...finding happy endings!
Itâs the biggest and most important dayof a womanâs lifeâand it has to be perfect.
At least, thatâs what The Wedding Belles believe, and thatâs why theyâre Bostonâs top wedding planner agency. But amidst the beautiful bouquets, divine dresses and rose petal confetti, these six wedding planners long to be planning their own big day!
But first they have to find Mr Rightâ¦
This month: Melissa JamesTHE BRIDEGROOMâS SECRET
Planner: Julieâs always been the weddingplannerâwill she ever be the brideâ¦?
And donât miss the exciting weddingplanner tips and author reminiscencesthat accompany each book!
Melissa shares her own unique wedding and honeymoon experience with us:
âAs far as weddings go, mine was very simple. We were pretty poor, and it seemed a waste of money to me to buy an expensive dress. So I bought an ex-rental at a store for $50. We had the reception at my grandfatherâs bowling club. The whole wedding cost less than $2000. We started our married life in a small apartment near a prison, and our first house, a year later, was a tiny one in a run-down area. None of this made the marriage any the worse, since weâve now been married almost 25 years, with three children and still going strong.
âIt also seems I followed in the best tradition of The Wedding Planners authors and had an unusual start to my wedding, when a sudden storm broke out as we pulled up. It was blinding rain, and the chauffeur carried me into the church!
âWe also didnât have the usual honeymoon destination. In a country where almost everyone chooses Bali, Fiji, The Gold Coast or the Whitsunday Islands on the Great Barrier Reef, we took a driving tour along the Bushranger Roads of our state. We hid behind Captain Thunderboltâs (âthe gentleman bushrangerâ) Rocks, stood where his woman, Maryanne, was caught, visited his folk museum and the prison he was housed in, and where his gang holed up. We also stayed in a tiny cabin in the middle of nowhere in a National Park. Romance in rustic surrounds!
âIn THE BRIDEGROOMâS SECRET, youâll discover Julieâs hidden talent for finding unusual honeymoon destinations. This talent changes her lifeâ¦thanks to Matt. Most of the places mentioned are places Iâve been blessed enough to visit in my life. Since we moved to Europe, Iâve definitely found many new and unusual placesâ¦and amazing people wherever we go. I hope you find a few of those places and people enriching the story.â
Catch up with Melissa and her latest news atwww.melissajames.net
Visit http://harlequin-theweddingplanners.blogspot.com to find out moreâ¦
THE BRIDEGROOMâS SECRET
BY
MELISSA JAMES
www.millsandboon.co.ukJulie is an aspiring honeymoon planner at The Wedding Bellesâhere are her ideas on ways to plan a truly memorable holiday with your husband-to-be!
A memorable honeymoon need not be expensive. So many people build their expectations so high that when the âperfectâ honeymoon doesnât eventuate, tears and fights do (especially over expenses)! So think about planning for what you both like to do, instead of a traditional five-star resort on an island or on the beach. A honeymoon is only a week or twoâyour life together lasts much longer. So choosing the destination for you is more important than merely âperfectâ. Your life together has already begunâif you canât afford perfect, be happy with the reality you can afford.
Go for happy comfort over cranky glamour. Wear shoes that fit, sunscreen and hats, and protect yourself against wildlife/bugs.
Remember, like the wedding day, the honeymoonâs soon over, but the memories remain for a lifetimeâ¦good or bad. The famous saying âthere is greater happiness in givingâ applies especially to your partner in life. You want to look back on your wedding/honeymoon and smile with love. And remember to laugh!
CHAPTER ONE
SO THIS was how it felt to be a queenâ¦.
Her engagement party was being held in Celebre, Bostonâs best restaurantâthe place where Matt had first proposed to her. The champagne was flowing. There were red roses by the dozen on every table, and fairy lights lit the satin-draped walls. She wore a watered-silk dress of softest silver green and the McLachlan family diamond necklace, earrings and bracelet set, all supplied by her adoring fiancé.
Given the stress of the past nine months, after Mattâs fatherâs death and the near collapse of both his business and hers, it felt amazing that they were here now.
Well, amazing that she was here, anyway. Matt fitted into this world perfectly.
The cream of Boston societyâall childhood friends of Mattâsâfilled the room and spilled out onto the terrace. Her own family hadnât been able to make it from Sydney at such short notice. But her friends, affectionately known as The Wedding Belles, because they ran a complete-wedding-package business in Boston, were here either with their own wonderful men or working the room. They were creating new business just by being there, because they were responsible for this âwedding of the year.â