SOS Marry Me!. Melissa Mcclone

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      The Wedding Planners

      Planning perfect weddings…

       finding happy endings!

      It’s the biggest and most important day of a

       woman’s life—and it has to be perfect.

      At least that’s what the Wedding Belles believe, and

       that’s why they’re Boston’s 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. Right….

      This month:

      SOS Marry Me!

      by Melissa McClone

      Designer: Serena’s already made her dress,

       but a rebel has won her heart….

      And don’t miss the exciting

       wedding-planner tips and author

       reminiscences that accompany each book!

      Melissa spills the beans about her own wedding dress:

      “I was a practical bride on a budget—a mechanical engineer who couldn’t conceive of spending tons of money on a dress I would wear only once. But there was a secret romantic in me, a woman who wrote romance novels on her lunch hour and dreamed of feeling, for one special day, like Grace Kelly or Princess Diana or Cinderella.

      Never mind, I told myself firmly as I went shopping. It’s only one day. It’s only one dress.

      I visited store after store. I found practical gowns. Budget-priced gowns. I tried on dress after dress. And staring in the mirror, I never saw the bride of my romantic longings smiling back at me.

      Nearing desperation, I went to a bridal boutique a coworker had recommended. The gowns I tried on were far from practical, and not one was on sale. But finally, as I was zipped and hooked and buttoned into what must have been my hundredth dress, I turned to the mirror and saw…a bride. Me. The girl of my romantic dreams. The woman who was ready to pledge her life to one special man.

      Only one day. Only one dress.

      I bought it.

      As I wrote SOS Marry Me!, I thought about the friend who helped me find my gown and the woman who designed it. She knew what was important to brides. And so does my wedding-dress-designer heroine, Serena James.

      Hear all about Melissa’s latest news at www.melissamcclone.com And for more wedding fun check out www.harlequin-theweddingplanners.blogspot.com.

      SOS Marry Me!

      Melissa McClone

      TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON

       AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG

       STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID

       PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND

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      For my own Belles: Shirley Jump, Myrna Mackenzie,

       Linda Goodnight, Susan Meier and Melissa James.

       Talented Harlequin authors and amazing friends!

      Special thanks to: Missoula County Detective David Brenner,

       Idaho County Sheriff Larry Dasenbrock, Virendra Gauthier,

       John Frieh, Virginia Kantra, Michael Leming, Dru Ann Love,

       Mike Mooney, Anne Ryan, Tiffany Talbott and last, but not least,

       Carol Hennessey, Jen Hensiek and Le Ann Martin

       with the Clearwater National Forest.

      I take full responsibility for any mistakes and/or discrepancies!

      Planning perfect weddings…finding happy endings!

      In April: Sweetheart Lost and Found

       by Shirley Jump

      Florist: Will Callie catch a bouquet

       and reunite with her childhood sweetheart?

      In May: The Heir’s Convenient Wife

       by Myrna Mackenzie

      Photographer: Regina’s wedding album is perfect.

       Now she needs her husband to say I love you!

      In June: SOS Marry Me!

       by Melissa McClone

      Designer: Serena’s already made her dress,

       but a rebel has won her heart.

      In July: Winning the Single Mom’s Heart

       by Linda Goodnight

      Chef: Who will Natalie cut her own wedding cake with?

      In August: Millionaire Dad, Nanny Needed!

       by Susan Meier

      Accountant: Will Audra’s budget for the big day

       include a millionaire groom?

      In September: The Bridegroom’s Secret

       by Melissa James

      Planner: Julie’s always been the wedding planner—

       will she ever be the bride?

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      EPILOGUE

      CHAPTER ONE

      “I’LL go to the bridal show,” Serena James announced. “I’ve always wanted to visit Seattle.”

      Not that she cared where she went as long as she could get out of town.

      Four of her coworkers at The Wedding Belles, a Boston-based full-service wedding planning company, turned surprised looks in her direction. Oops. Serena tried not to grimace. Had she sounded too enthusiastic for a woman with a devoted boyfriend?

      “That