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Put a ring on it

Title:

Put a ring on it

Author:

Kendrick, Beth, author.

Series:

Black Dog Bay ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"The author of New Uses for Old Boyfriends returns to the Delaware seashore town of Black Dog Bay, where one woman learns to put passion before practicality... Brighton Smith doesn't do outrageous. As an insurance actuary, it's her job to assess risk and avoid bad investments. But when her fiancé calls to confess he's married someone else on a whim ("I looked at her and I just knew!"), she snaps... That night, at a local bar, Jake Sorenson--hot, rich, and way out of her league--buys Brighton a cocktail. At midnight, she kisses him. And by dawn, they're exchanging vows at a drive-through chapel. Brighton knows Jake is a bad bet, but she doesn't care. After a lifetime of playing it safe, she's finally having fun. Until the whirlwind romance gives way to painful reality...and Brighton finds out the truth about why a guy like Jake married a girl like her. With her heart on the line and the odds stacked against them, Brighton must decide whether to cut her losses or take a leap of faith that this love affair is one in a million."-- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

Includes discussion questions.

Includes excerpt from New uses for old boyfriends.

Physical Description:

306 pages ; 21 cm

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Subject Term:

Single women -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Marriage -- Fiction.

Publisher:

New American Library,

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9780451474186

Publication Information:

New York : New American Library, [2015]

Call Number:

KENDRIC

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

As an insurance actuary, it's Brighton Smith's job to assess risk and avoid bad investments. But when her fiance calls to confess he's married someone else on a whim, she snaps.That night, Jake Sorenson - hot, rich and way out of her league - buys Brighton a cocktail. At midnight, she kisses him. By dawn, they're exchanging vows at a drive-through chapel. Now, after a lifetime of playing it safe, Brighton's finally having fun. Until the whirlwind romance gives way to painful reality and she must decide whether to cut her losses or take a leap of faith.

Author Notes

Beth Kendrick is the author of several women's fiction novels, including Once Upon a Wine , Put a Ring On It , New Uses for Old Boyfriends , Cure for the Common Breakup , The Week Before the Wedding , The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service , and Nearlyweds , which was turned into a Hallmark Channel original movie. She lives in Arizona with two big rescue mutts and vacations at the Delaware beach, where she devotes a great deal of time to eating local strawberries and drinking wine. You know, for research.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Kendrick (New Uses for Old Boyfriends) opens her quirky, charming contemporary with cleverly mismatched lovers marrying each other within hours of meeting. Uptight actuary and jewelry hobbyist Brighton Smith visits a friend in Black Dog Bay, Del., a resort town with heartbreak-themed retailers,. She's grieving her very recent broken engagement, made worse by her ex-fiancé spontaneously marrying someone else, Brighton tells her troubles to the Black Dog Bay wine bar's most captivating, gorgeous seducer of the brokenhearted, "rebound guy" Jake Sorenson. Before long, Brighton and the absurdly wealthy Jake have traveled to Las Vegas in his private jet and married at a drive-in chapel. Brighton wants to play the revenge rebound game, but Jake's intentions are a mystery. When they sober up, Brighton and Jake talk divorce, but their attraction to each other is intoxicating, prompting the emotionally unavailable, low-key Jake to finally confront his past. Animated and witty characters and a highly original setting make this light, feel-good romance a winner. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.