Once Upon a Bride: A Novel (Second Chances) - Softcover

Stone, Jean

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9780553586855: Once Upon a Bride: A Novel (Second Chances)

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ISBN 10: 0553586858 ISBN 13: 9780553586855

Publisher: Bantam, 2005

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Can love, romance, and marriage really be better the second time around? That’s what four best friends are about to find out in Jean Stone’s sexy, smart, and poignantly funny new novel about saying “I do” all over again.
It’s an idea just crazy enough to work–a wedding-planning business tailored for second weddings run by four single best friends who’ve loved, who’ve lost, and who are ready to start again. A successful Boston publicist, Jo Lyons has returned to West Hope after a devastating breakup left her career and her heart broken. Now she’ll try to pick up the pieces among the three women she knows best. Lily, the fun-loving, free-spirited eternal optimist. Sarah, the strong-willed unconventional artist. Elaine, the would-be domestic diva. It’s Elaine’s upcoming second marriage that will be the inspiration and test model for their new business, Second Chances. For Jo it just may be an unexpected second chance of a different, far more romantic kind, but only if she’s willing to give love–and life–another try.

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If Elaine hadn't wanted to get married again none of this would have happened. But she was forty-three now, had been divorced from Lloyd for two years, and was tired of pretending she was happy on her own.

Then she'd met widower Martin Schiffman, a sweet, unassuming man who moonlighted as an actor at the summer playhouse in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. The only thing she needed was a wedding. The one thing that would make it perfect was if her old college roommates were her bridesmaids.

They came together: brainy and beautiful Jo, carefree and wealthy Lily, exotic and mysterious Sarah. And Elaine. Small-town homemaker Mom, car-pooling Elaine. The women are more than happy to help their dear friend Elaine, but when they realize the scarcity of resources for a second wedding, these talented women decide to turn an opportunity to help their friend into a saavy business decision: a wedding planner service for second-time brides.

About the Author:

Jean Stone ran her own award-winning advertising agency for fifteen years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

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