Title: THE WEDDING FAVOR
Series: Your Invitation to Romance #1
Author: Caroline Mickelson
Publisher: Caroline Mickelson
Publish Date: 01.30.2014
Category /Genre: Sweet Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to fade-to-black romance
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Received from: Caroline Mickelson (as a gifted copy)
Goodreads link: The
Wedding Favor
Date completed: 03.30.2020
Description from the publisher:
When Ava McKenna left the
neighborhood she grew up in, she never planned to look back. And for ten years
she didn’t. Not until Mateo Ortega, the handsome and charming boy next door,
showed up to ask for her help.
Mateo needed a favor, actually he
needed a pretend fiancée, and he thought Ava would be the perfect woman for the
charade. Ava knew that she owed the Ortega family a favor but when she looked
into Mateo’s gorgeous brown eyes she realized that repaying an old debt might
jeopardize her heart.
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THE WEDDING FAVOR is the first book
in the Your Invitation to Romance
series. Each is a stand-alone, fake
marriage – to – love romance.
When Mateo tells his Abuelo (grandfather)
that he is engaged, the only woman who comes to mind is Ava, the girl from next
door whom he hasn’t seen in ten years.
To me that shows that he is already half in love with her before he even
proposes the ruse to present themselves as engaged in order to provide his abuelo
with happiness in his final days.
Ava already admitted that, after the
generosity, kindness, and care shown to her family when she was a child, she has
always wanted to be in the Ortega family.
Of all of the Ortegas, when told that someone from the neighborhood
wanted to meet with her, her first thought was Mateo. Those two facts tell me that she was already
infatuated and when she agrees, and one-ups the proposition, I’m convinced that
she is showing her secret desire to build a real relationship with him.
Their relationship may be rushed (on
the surface) in the beginning, but ultimately love has to win. I believe this with my whole heart. I love sweet love stories – such as this one –
that reinforce that concept.
The majority of what I have read
from Caroline Mickelson has been paranormal romance, but she writes
contemporary sweet romance beautifully, as well. I look forward to reading
more!
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC
via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Your
Invitation to Romance Series:
1.
The Wedding Favor
2.
The Wedding Chapel
3.
The Wedding Charade
Also from Caroline Mickelson:
·
A Love So True
·
A Pine Island Christmas
·
Witch Christmas
Christmas
Central Series:
5.
The Christmas Makeover
6.
Eve’s Christmas Wedding
7.
A Very Marisol Christmas
Miss
Prim & Proper Mysteries:
1.
Summer in the Bayou
2.
One Night in the Bayou
3.
A Bayou Wedding
4.
A Sinful Mistake
Santa Rosa
Royal Romance Series:
1.
A Royal Chef (Midnight in Monterra)
Sophia
Mancini Mysteries Series:
1.
From Mangia to Murder
2.
Lights Out in Little Italy
Special Gifts Series:
1. Witch Weigh
3.
Mermaid Inc.
4. Maid for Love
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