Meredith Townsend is a wedding planner who loves to give other people their very own slice of "Happily Ever After". Married to the man of her dreams, with plans to buy a house and start their own family, and with a best friend who keeps her in a steady supply of freshly-baked cakes, life is perfect. But, as a handsome stranger will explain to her, all marriages end in tears, one way or another. For Meredith, they're tears of grief, when she becomes a widow at the age of thirty-two.
Smothered by overbearing parents and a close-knit group of friends who try to wrap her up in cotton wool, Meredith struggles to cope with life after Rhys. She can't eat, she can't smile, and she can't bear being surrounded by excitable brides. She's drowning, and she needs someone to save her.
Jude Jackson is going through a messy divorce. He's a cynical wedding photographer who catches Meredith's grief on camera. A virtual stranger, he sees her tears as inevitable, but beautiful. Their instant chemistry could be just the lifeline Meredith needs.
But how soon is "too soon" to start dating again? For Meredith and for Jude? Does she really want this serious, complicated man in her life, or is she just desperate not to be alone?
Thomas Miller hasn't had great luck with women. His first wife left him while pregnant with another man's babies, and his second was killed in a tragic car accident. Since then, afraid of having his heart broken, he has let himself be used as a professional husband in short marriages of convenience to women who need insurance and a place to stay for a bit. But now that he's older he wants to try for a real relationship again. Is it too late for love? He just needs to take on one more temporary marriage and then he's hanging up his rings until the real things comes along.
Avery Simmons is the sole survivor from a deadly crash that killed her parents and twin brother. Broken physically and in spirit, she marries Thomas as a last resort until she can get back on her feet again.
Thomas and Avery don't have a regular relationship, they're married before they know much of anything about each other. But in marrying Avery, Thomas gets his whole flipped on its head when all is revealed. But is it for good or bad?
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