Blurb
Who
needs a SWAT team to escape from their own wedding? Me.
My
Momzilla turned us into hostages at our own ceremony, so Declan and I
are getting married the good old-fashioned way, just like everybody
else.
By
calling in his private security team, stealing away before the
ceremony by helicopter, connecting to his corporate jet and heading
for Las Vegas.
The
Boston wedding of the year is about to become a trashy Elvis
drive-thru ceremony.
Until
the best man spills the beans and Mom, Dad, my sisters, his brothers,
my maid of honor, my friend Josh, and even my cat, Chuckles, all come
along for the ride.
I
can’t win, can I?
Oh.
Yeah. I already did.
Love
conquers all.
Even
my crazy family.
Shopping
for a Billionaire's Wife is the 8th book in the New York Times and
USA Today bestselling Shopping for a Billionaire series. After Declan
convinces Shannon to escape from their own wedding minutes before the
ceremony begins, the madcap adventures are just getting started. When
the mother of the bride pries their location out of the tortured best
man, the whole crazy crew follows the bride and groom to Las Vegas in
this romantic comedy from Julia Kent.
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Excerpt
Bzzzz.
“I’m
ready to throw my phone into a running jet engine,” Declan says
against my mouth, the vibration of his deep voice making me shiver.
“Better
than throwing in my mother,” I joke.
His
silence makes me stomach clench.
“Declan!”
I say with a nudge.
He
laughs, the chuckle a tactile sensation I feel through his chest. My
hands are still on his neck and back, and he’s pressing his
forehead against mine.
“Let’s
not talk about Marie right now,” he says.
“Agreed.”
Without
effort, we pivot and return to the path toward the terminal. My
wedding dress has a long train, covered in silk, tartan, tulle and
what feels like chain mail. Declan seems to anticipate any potential
mishap I may experience, expertly shoving various pieces of fabric
out of the way so I can move with freedom and grace. Who on earth
thought this monstrosity of a wedding dress was a good idea for a
July ceremony in Massachusetts?
Oh.
Right.
She
Who Must Not Be Named.
I
love my mom. I do. But I don’t love what the wedding made her
become.
We
enter the private airport lounge, where a large, thin-screen
television is bolted to the ceiling in one corner. When I was a
little girl, Dad liked to bring me, Carol and Amy to the local small
airport. The place had a diner in it, and we’d order French fries
and strawberry milkshakes, spending an hour or two watching the
planes land and take off. If we were lucky, a helicopter would come
along.
Once,
a really friendly pilot let us climb in his plane.
The
place is nothing like that little airport. This is where
millionaires and billionaires go to avoid the TSA.
The
rich really do live different lives than the rest of us.
This
lounge is all clean glass and smoky brown leather. If you told me
that the same interior designer who decorated James McCormick’s
office at Anterdec had done this job, I’d believe you.
It
looks like Teddy Roosevelt came back from the dead and demanded his
own airport.
The
small bar chairs, dark brown and creased with the kind of patina and
age that looks shabby on cheaper leather, but chic and old-world
sophisticated among the wealthy, are filled with a smattering of men
and women, most in their fifties on up.
All
of the servers and bartenders are in their twenties, and not a single
one has an extra ounce of fat on them. It’s like Crossfit decided
to hold a bartender school.
As
we walk into the lounge, every single pair of eyes swivels to take us
in.
“Why
are they staring at us?” I ask Declan, clutching his arm.
“Because
you’re wearing a wedding dress and I look like something out of a
BBC documentary?” he answers smoothly.
I
look down at myself. Look over at him. Take in the kilt, the socks
covering his calves, the laces on his special Scottish shoes.
“Oh.”
One
of the patrons, a man who is sitting next to a woman who looks like
an adventurous traveler and not a mannequin on a rich man’s arm,
points to the television, then back to us.
“You
two on the run?”
About
Julia Kent
New
York Times and USA
Today Bestselling Author Julia Kent
writes romantic comedy with an edge, and new adult books that push
contemporary boundaries. From billionaires to BBWs to rock stars,
Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every book she writes, but unlike
Trevor from Random Acts of Crazy,
she has never kissed a chicken.
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1 comment:
You're a very funny lady, Julia! Well done!
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