Here's the blurb -
On maid of honour duty with her best friend, Mae,
fiercely independent Paige Danforth finds herself surrounded by
hundreds of bridezillas at a factory outlet wedding dress sale when
something catches her eye... Suddenly, there's a tightening of her
throat, a lightness in her head…. A glimpse of chiffon in dark champagne.
And before she knows it, self-confessed cynic, Paige, the girl who swears
blind that happy ever after is an evil myth perpetuated by florists and
bakers, has just bought herself a wedding dress! One problem… no groom… or
wedding!
Determined to put this wedding dress debacle down to
a deliriousness caused by her 'dating drought', Paige decides she needs a
man and fast. Enter dark, brooding adventurer Gabe Hamilton... the
very next man to step into the lift in their apartment block. So against
her type, Gabe is dark and diabolically hot... and only in town for a few
weeks! She doesn’t have to have a relationship with the guy. She needs a
date. A kiss. A night. A good and proper tumble. A way to find her dating
legs again. No promises made, no promises broken. And after witnessing her
parents messy divorce and her cricket star dad's notoriously philandering
ways, Paige is determined to never let herself be hurt in the same way and
this fun-only fling with Gabe is perfect... for now.
Until Paige begins to realise that by purposefully
keeping Gabe - the guy who inspires all these new, exciting feelings in
her - from getting close, she's creating her own unhappy ever after.
And here's the first page -
Paige Danforth
didn’t believe in happily ever afters.
So it was a testament to how awesome a friend she was that she stood freezing
her tush off outside a dodgy-looking Collingwood warehouse in the grey half-light
of a misty Melbourne winter’s morning with her best friend Mae who was there to
buy a wedding dress.
Wedding Dress Fire Sale! Over 1000 new and
used dresses, up to 90% off! read the massive hot pink banner flapping
dejectedly against the cracked brown bricks of the old building. Paige
wondered if any of the other women in the line, which by that stage snaked all
the way around the corner of the block, saw the irony of the hype masking the
depressing reality. By the manic gleams in their eyes they all bought
into the fantasy, for sure. Each and every one of them convinced they
were the ones for whom the love songs and sonnets rang true.
And here's a link for iTunes, Australia
Sexy Duo/The Secret Wedding Dress/Driving Her Crazy - Ally Blake
"Fast paced, funny, warm and deliciously hot, this is the kind of
can't-put-down story Ms. Blake is famous for writing. What's more, she has
a magical way of making it feel like the heroine is a best friend who is
telling her story over cocktails instead of within the pages of a book. I
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE!"
...Trish Wylie, Goodreads
"If you enjoy fun, flirty,
contemporary romances, you'll love The Secret Wedding Dress. Paige
is ballsy and quirky, Gabe is flawed and incredibly sexy. Thoroughly
enjoyed!"
...Nicola Marsh, USA Today Bestselling author
