A Storybook Wedding
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- £6.99
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Publisher Description
Watch out for karaoke mishaps that result in a fake engagement…because weddings are forever…
When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily’s family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they’re back on Block Island, pretending to be a real married couple, and finding that however fake the relationship may be, the mutual attraction is all too real. With Cecily vying for a literary award, Nate striving to get past his writer’s block, and plans to annul the marriage after the MFA program ends, what could possibly go wrong?
Praise for The Book Proposal:
"Sassy, smart and wicked fun!" —Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author
"A wonderfully real main character and a sparkling new voice. Every page is a rom-com lover’s delight." —Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of Do I Know You?
"With witty banter and a clever, self-aware plot, this romantic gem marks Micciche as a writer to watch." —Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
"Ridiculously endearing and entertaining, this debut rom-com…will have fans of bookish romances laughing out loud, unable to stop turning the pages." —Library Journal
“Full of laugh-out-loud passages, great characters who seem ready to walk right off the page, and some fun raunchy bits, this is a joy to read." —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Micciche's sparkling sophomore outing (after The Book Proposal) follows aspiring YA writer Cecily Jane Allerton, who cares far more about landing a book deal than landing a man. Cecily's thrilled to earn a scholarship to Mathias University's MFA program and study under the acclaimed Nate Ellis, "a PEN Award winner who is disturbingly 1) young and 2) handsome," but she's entirely unprepared for the harsh critiques of her more literary-minded peers, who dismiss her as a genre writer. Meanwhile, writer's block and imposter syndrome plague Nate, whose editor is furious at him for repeatedly blowing deadlines. He'd hoped the teaching gig would help him reset, but, having never gotten an MFA himself, he too is shocked by his students' snobbery. The budding friendship and simmering attraction between Nate and Cecily takes a turn when they drunkenly kiss at karaoke—a moment that's caught on camera, landing Nate's career in hot water. Cecily discovers a loophole however: the college's fraternization rules make an exception for teachers and students who are married. It seems like a simple solution—they just have to convince everyone they're in love. Micciche's portrait of the writerly world rings true and Cecily's outsider status in academia elicits both laughter and sympathy. Micciche's fans will eat this up.
