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Abingdon Press (2012), Paperback, 320 pages
Description
After designing dresses for nine of her girlfriends, wedding dress designer Audrey Regan has taken a vow to "just say no." But when her very best friend Carly asks her to design her wedding gown, Audrey can not turn her down.
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LibraryThing member Glenajo
Good, Clean Fun!
Audrey grew up in Atlanta, but for years, she has tried to make it in New York as a wedding dress designer, designing individual wedding gowns. She is at the end of her inheritance and her luck. Now, she has to go back to Atlanta to see her best friend married in one of her gowns.
This is definitely fun, clean, chick lit. The characters are people you would like to have as your circle of friends, and the southern, down home feel of the culture is as inviting as Paula Dean. Bricker uses great comparisons, adding to the rich southern texture of the book making it an above average romance. Good clean fun, and something you might want to pick up to spend a few hours at a relaxing diversion.
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Audrey grew up in Atlanta, but for years, she has tried to make it in New York as a wedding dress designer, designing individual wedding gowns. She is at the end of her inheritance and her luck. Now, she has to go back to Atlanta to see her best friend married in one of her gowns.
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While she is there, her world turns upside down both with her business and her love life, and new opportunities opening up all around.This is definitely fun, clean, chick lit. The characters are people you would like to have as your circle of friends, and the southern, down home feel of the culture is as inviting as Paula Dean. Bricker uses great comparisons, adding to the rich southern texture of the book making it an above average romance. Good clean fun, and something you might want to pick up to spend a few hours at a relaxing diversion.
Received Galley from NetGalley.com
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LibraryThing member showmegirl
4.5 Stars/Fiction; Christian Romance
I love, love, love this Emma Rae series. Sandra Bricker does it again with this, the third installment of the series, by bringing us back together with the well loved cast of the Tanglewood Inn.
This time the focus leads us to Audrey Regan, a struggling wedding
Told in a way that Bricker does so well, Always the Designer, Never the Bride is lighthearted and funny. It is a quick read and can be read as a stand alone novel, though I highly recommend the entire series.
I love, love, love this Emma Rae series. Sandra Bricker does it again with this, the third installment of the series, by bringing us back together with the well loved cast of the Tanglewood Inn.
This time the focus leads us to Audrey Regan, a struggling wedding
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designer who has plenty of talent but not the right connections to catch a break in the very competitive fashion industry. Traveling to Atlanta for friend Carly's wedding; Audrey finds herself questioning her unknown future, her loyalty to her friends and whether or not she will ever find her own Prince Charming.Told in a way that Bricker does so well, Always the Designer, Never the Bride is lighthearted and funny. It is a quick read and can be read as a stand alone novel, though I highly recommend the entire series.
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LibraryThing member jbarr5
Always the Designer, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
ISBN: 9781426732232
Audrey always dreamed of a wedding dress and the ceremony with her grandmother helping. She had the fashionasta bug and had relocated to NY where the action was, after her grandmother had passed away leaving her an
She was on her way to Carly's wedding in atlanta-her best friend with hopes upon her return somebody would have bought her wedding dress gown design.
JR arrived on his motorcycle to be Devon's best man and has kept glancing at her through lunch.
When the ladies went to watch Carly try the gown on agian Audrey fears she has cut it to make it different.
Tragedy, Kim, hotel millionaire heiress doesn't like the design Audrey has drawn for her, she wants to see Carly's dress on the bride. Kim wants Carly's dress.
Ah the recipe for the wedding cake is included and others!
Love new things I learned: Marine Corps tradition at the wedding, technology of ordering at the 50's style diner.
And the ceremony takes place but a health issue arises... a major one.
Must be something in the water or the air, everybody is getting married.
Party was extended a few more days for them to enjoy their time together, giving those not married time to connect with their love interests.
Single people were at the Inn and before they knew what hit them, they were in love and some were getting married.
Each chapter starts out with important information about a specific topic of the wedding.
Like how the production of a wedding dress is done between Audrey and Kat working together to make it all happen. There are so many little details that in the long run are going to make it what they need it to be.
Shame they don't have a lot more time together as each of them must go back to their corners and work obligations.
ISBN: 9781426732232
Audrey always dreamed of a wedding dress and the ceremony with her grandmother helping. She had the fashionasta bug and had relocated to NY where the action was, after her grandmother had passed away leaving her an
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inheritance that was almost gone.She was on her way to Carly's wedding in atlanta-her best friend with hopes upon her return somebody would have bought her wedding dress gown design.
JR arrived on his motorcycle to be Devon's best man and has kept glancing at her through lunch.
When the ladies went to watch Carly try the gown on agian Audrey fears she has cut it to make it different.
Tragedy, Kim, hotel millionaire heiress doesn't like the design Audrey has drawn for her, she wants to see Carly's dress on the bride. Kim wants Carly's dress.
Ah the recipe for the wedding cake is included and others!
Love new things I learned: Marine Corps tradition at the wedding, technology of ordering at the 50's style diner.
And the ceremony takes place but a health issue arises... a major one.
Must be something in the water or the air, everybody is getting married.
Party was extended a few more days for them to enjoy their time together, giving those not married time to connect with their love interests.
Single people were at the Inn and before they knew what hit them, they were in love and some were getting married.
Each chapter starts out with important information about a specific topic of the wedding.
Like how the production of a wedding dress is done between Audrey and Kat working together to make it all happen. There are so many little details that in the long run are going to make it what they need it to be.
Shame they don't have a lot more time together as each of them must go back to their corners and work obligations.
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LibraryThing member jendoyle2000
From the book cover: Audrey Regan spent years establishing herself as a wedding dress designer, and to-date she's been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. Request #10 follows her vow to "Just say no!" and comes from her very best friend. She can hardly turn Carly down!
Audrey
This had a touch and go start for me. The first few pages grabbed my attention, but then there was a chapter or two when I almost just decided to stop reading altogether. It did pick up again, though, and started gaining steam again, enough to keep me reading. I liked the secondary characters (and was pleased to see that this is actually the third in a series, so some of those characters already have books of their own) and I'm a sucker for the whole wedding planning thing, so that was a plus. I did like Audrey and J.R., although there were points where J.R. just didn't seem to be that interesting (maybe I've been reading too many really Alpha Alpha males). I'm also a sucker for the brother thing, so the J.R./Devon relationship was another plus, even if their interchanges didn't seem entirely true in a this-is-how-brothers-talk-to-each-other kind of way.
The one other thing that was a bit jarring was the whole bible/faith aspect. I didn't totally mind it, it just really seemed to come out of the blue -- and then all of a sudden people were talking about bibles and faith.
Oh, and I really get annoyed by discussion questions at the book. I have no idea why, it's just something I dislike immensely and always leaves a bit of a bad taste in the end.
Overall, though, I did enjoy it and am looking forward to going back and reading the other books in the series.
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arrives in Atlanta to perform all of her maid-of-honor duties, and the festivities make her question whether there's a prince of her own anywhere in her future. Enter the groom's brother and best man. J.R. Hunt couldn't be any more different from Prince Charming if he rode in on a Harley Davidson. Oh, wait. He actually did ride in on a Harley!This had a touch and go start for me. The first few pages grabbed my attention, but then there was a chapter or two when I almost just decided to stop reading altogether. It did pick up again, though, and started gaining steam again, enough to keep me reading. I liked the secondary characters (and was pleased to see that this is actually the third in a series, so some of those characters already have books of their own) and I'm a sucker for the whole wedding planning thing, so that was a plus. I did like Audrey and J.R., although there were points where J.R. just didn't seem to be that interesting (maybe I've been reading too many really Alpha Alpha males). I'm also a sucker for the brother thing, so the J.R./Devon relationship was another plus, even if their interchanges didn't seem entirely true in a this-is-how-brothers-talk-to-each-other kind of way.
The one other thing that was a bit jarring was the whole bible/faith aspect. I didn't totally mind it, it just really seemed to come out of the blue -- and then all of a sudden people were talking about bibles and faith.
Oh, and I really get annoyed by discussion questions at the book. I have no idea why, it's just something I dislike immensely and always leaves a bit of a bad taste in the end.
Overall, though, I did enjoy it and am looking forward to going back and reading the other books in the series.
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LibraryThing member jnut1
This is part of a serier od books by Sandra but you most definately do not need to read them in order. Each stands alone but does bring the other couples from her other books into the story.
This is Audrey's story. Audrey, is a struggling designer and has designed her best friend, Carley's wedding
There are many things that happen in this book - all are entaining and cute. Plus there is a bonus of recipes at the end of some chapter, at other chapters there are facts.
Another good read by Sandra.
This is Audrey's story. Audrey, is a struggling designer and has designed her best friend, Carley's wedding
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dress. She flies to Atlanta to be the maid of honor at the wedding. There she meets John Robert and as much as she tries she likes him. There are many things that happen in this book - all are entaining and cute. Plus there is a bonus of recipes at the end of some chapter, at other chapters there are facts.
Another good read by Sandra.
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LibraryThing member Y2Ash
I love when stories are connected by characters. When done correctly, the end result is awesome. I do not know why I continue to read Bricker's work because once you read one, you have read them all. I have grown to hate and be utterly annoyed with her writing. It reads like a very bad Hallmark
I am done with this series and this author!
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movie with awful stereotypes (New York is cold and just plain awful, the South is the best and praying for things will solve all of your problems.) I am done with this series and this author!
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LibraryThing member Y2Ash
I love when stories are connected by characters. When done correctly, the end result is awesome. I do not know why I continue to read Bricker's work because once you read one, you have read them all. I have grown to hate and be utterly annoyed with her writing. It reads like a very bad Hallmark
I am done with this series and this author!
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movie with awful stereotypes (New York is cold and just plain awful, the South is the best and praying for things will solve all of your problems.) I am done with this series and this author!
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LibraryThing member Y2Ash
I love when stories are connected by characters. When done correctly, the end result is awesome. I do not know why I continue to read Bricker's work because once you read one, you have read them all. I have grown to hate and be utterly annoyed with her writing. It reads like a very bad Hallmark
I am done with this series and this author!
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movie with awful stereotypes (New York is cold and just plain awful, the South is the best and praying for things will solve all of your problems.) I am done with this series and this author!
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LibraryThing member aharey
Out of this series, I really think this may be my favorite. I really love the main characters. I love that they talk about plus-size brides and their difficulties and I love the humor.
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320 p.; 5.39 inches
ISBN
1426732236 / 9781426732232