The Wedding Beat (a novel)

Review: Gavin Greene is a peculiar man. Not just peculiar, he is definitely not what you would picture as a wedding columnist. As a man with a love for weddings and a strong desire to get hitched some day, he can't seem to even get up the courage to be assertive with women. There is just something about him that makes you want to love him, while wondering how he has survived on the New York Streets so long unattended. When a chance meeting with a woman, named Melinda, at a house party where he was a +1, may just make his life finally come into focus. If only he hadn't let her walk away without getting her last name or number.
With a burning desire to know this woman, and advice from a client on how to take charge, plus a best friend full of her own romance follies, Gavin is in for the ride of his life to find his perfect mate. Will finally finding her be everything that he wants or will he realize that fantasy may in fact be better than reality when it comes to love?

Melinda is the perfect woman, at least to Gavin. While she comes with her own secrets and a past that doesn't lead to the best conclusions, she isn't really introduced as more than a fantasy woman until the last half of the book. Her erratic and adventurous spirit would seem to be the perfect match for Gavin's grounded and reality stricken behavior. But with her comes a slue of problems and hurdles these two much overcome to be together. With a hand full of lies, misinterpretations, a heart attack, cheating fiancee, and a best friend with a killer right hook, these two will have to really want it to make this relationship work.

his was a great story from an up and coming author that really showcased her personality and cheeky sense of humor. The story of Gavin and Melinda was well rounded, and while it did get a bit long winded in some parts, turned out just the way I had hoped it would.

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