Maybe it was the short cut of his thick, brown hair. “He was tall and somehow managed to look ruggedly sexy, despite the rather conservative dark gray suit and blue tie he wore. Now meet the hero, Vaughn Roberts, a special agent with the FBI (what else *rolleye*) in Chicago:

The final effect is like with these Barbie dolls – the hair and eye colour can change, the hue of their complexion can change but they remain, surprise, surprise, very much alike. Mind you no matter what the colour of their hair and eyes is, they are always unfailingly beautiful – there’s no other option available. A scrumptious redhead? She hasn’t featured yet so here you go. In fact, everything about her looked stylish and put-together, from her ivory ruffled blouse to her sleek gray pencil skirt to the light summer scarf around her neck.”Ĭorrect me if I am mistaken but it seems Julie James uses a checklist to go through heroines. “Her auburn hair fell past her shoulders in a stylish, layered cut. Meet the heroine, Sidney Sinclair, a director of a private equity firm in Chicago: There were no stupid mistakes like opening a bottle of champagne with a corkscrew still dicing the tomatoes left me puzzled – perhaps they grow cube-shaped tomatoes in James’s America? Anyway I managed to finish it – overall not bad for one of Ms James novels. The book was a breeze to read despite all these weird wedding preparations (a ceremony rehearsal? seriously? what’s the difficulty after all – walking down an aisle?). Prepare your tissues and boxes of chocolate – a lot of ‘aWhat I liked: Two brothers – a best man and a bridegroom-to-be, both of them in love. Two sisters – a bride-that-never-was and a bride-to-be, one of them pregnant.

Because the one woman who refuses to be caught may be the only one Vaughn can’t live without… Only what starts out as a battle of wills ends up as a serious play for her heart. So Sidney’s refusal to fall for his charms only makes him more determined to win over the cool and confident redhead.

She’s stuck with him, for better or worse, until her sister walks down the aisle, but that doesn’t mean she has to give in to his smooth advances, no matter how tempting they are…īUT HE MAKES IT HARD TO SAY “I DON’T” Special Agent Vaughn Roberts always gets his man on the job and his woman in bed.

But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, she’s thrown in to close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants to avoid-the gorgeous best man. SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO SAY “I DO” After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men.

It Happened One Wedding by Julie James