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The Wedding Date
Reader Score
76%
76% of readers
recommend this book
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#5 LibraryReads Pick
"A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm."--Entertainment Weekly (The Must List)
"What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel....One of the best books I've read in a while."--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist.
On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend....
After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other....
They're just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century--or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want....
One of...
Entertainment Weekly's "12 Romances for V-Day" - Cosmopolitan's "2018 Anticipated Reads" - Elle's "2018 Must Reads" - Harpers Bazaar's "New January Must Reads" - The Fug Girls' "Best Books of the Year" - Elle UK's "Books to Get You Through 2018" - Nylon's "January Must Reads" - Hello Giggles' "New Release Recs" - Electric Lit's "Books by WoC to Read in 2018" - Bitch Media's "2018 Must Reads" - BookBub's "2018 Romance Must Reads" - Bookriot's "Must Read 2018 January Releases" - RetailMeNot's "2018 Must Reads"
Book Details
- Publisher: Berkley Books
- Publish Date: Jan 30th, 2018
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.62lb
- EAN: 9780399587665
- Categories: • Romance - Multicultural & Interracial• Romance - Contemporary• Women
About the Author
More books by Jasmine Guillory
What people are saying
Linda Holmes is an author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.
Everyone should read Jasmine Guillory — feel free to start at the beginning with THE WEDDING DATE. https://t.co/jc2NG9v1Lv
☆ good sense of humor ☆ strange mind ☆ gentle heart ☆ clumsy ☆ cvor nurse ☆ sarcastic ☆ work in progress ☆ I snort when I laugh ☆ tweets are my own
Prompt #10: A romance with a fat lead: "The Wedding Date" by Jasmine Guillory First things first: I do not like the wording of this prompt at all. Secondly, I think the categorization of "curvy" as synonymous for "fat" is mind-boggling. This book was a cute little story 1/2
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Some options: Rachel Kushner's bleak, complex The Mars Room, Jasmine Guillory's steamy, engaging Wedding Dates series (start with The Wedding Date), and Abbi Waxman's sardonic The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. #AskALibrarian https://t.co/xn9kK9NwfM
Praise for this book
"A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm."--Entertainment Weekly
"Guillory's debut is as enchanting as her characters--bright, bold, warm and wonderful. Even better, there's a proposal to rival any commercial that Madison Avenue can deliver."--WashingtonPost.com
"This novel reads like a truly contemporary contemporary romance in that the hero and heroine grapple with issues anyone dating today will relate to."--NPR.com
"Kudos to Guillory, whose lively dialogue is matched by her multifaceted characters."--Essence Magazine
"For those who need their comfort with a side of spice, look no further than the masterful Guillory."--People
"The novel is a light-hearted and quick read with fully drawn characters."--Associated Press
"A romance novel that will make you believe in happily ever afters."--Nylon.com
"What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel. I couldn't put The Wedding Date down. I love a good romance and this delivered from the first page to the last...One of the best books I've read in a while."--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger
"This much-needed dose of escapism charts an unexpected bond between two strangers brought together by a fateful elevator encounter."--Harper's Bazaar
"This romance novel promises to be the perfect beach read: rich, charming characters and a love story with substance. We recommend getting this one ASAP."--Apartment Therapy
"Three cheers for an interracial relationship."--HelloGiggles
"Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date is able to pull you in and keep you reading all the way to the end."--Culturess
"Will charm rom-com fans."--Kirkus Reviews
"The Wedding Date brims with personality. It's funny, deeply honest, and above all, truly swoony--the kind of all-consuming romance where you hold your breath with delight as two wonderful people start to find each other, like the best possible version of real life. We can't wait to read more from Jasmine Guillory."--Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, bestselling authors of The Royal We
"It has been a long time since a romance novel written by a Black woman that centers a Black heroine took my collective breath away, stopped me in our tracks, and helped me remember that Black women can fall in love outside of the pages of novels...The Wedding Date ends that unnecessary drought."--Bitch Media
What people are saying
Linda Holmes is an author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.
Everyone should read Jasmine Guillory — feel free to start at the beginning with THE WEDDING DATE. https://t.co/jc2NG9v1Lv
☆ good sense of humor ☆ strange mind ☆ gentle heart ☆ clumsy ☆ cvor nurse ☆ sarcastic ☆ work in progress ☆ I snort when I laugh ☆ tweets are my own
Prompt #10: A romance with a fat lead: "The Wedding Date" by Jasmine Guillory First things first: I do not like the wording of this prompt at all. Secondly, I think the categorization of "curvy" as synonymous for "fat" is mind-boggling. This book was a cute little story 1/2