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Fixer Upper #2.5
Here Comes the Bride
She’s found her “Happily Ever After” – but will she get a happy ending?
Melanie Cobb has met her Prince Charming. Christopher is everything she'd ever dreamed she'd find in a kind, loyal, devout, and wealthy. I mean, have you SEEN her ring??
But as the wedding night approaches, anxiety builds for Melanie around the wedding night. She knows that Christopher is the love of her life, but they've never taken their passion beyond a few chaste kisses. When she asks her bridesmaids for advice, they come up these girls have spent their summers at church camp and youth group, not gossiping over teen magazines and Cosmo quizzes. And when it comes to learning about sex, they're all looking to Melanie, the first of their BFF trio to get married, to give them the scoop.
So who else can Melanie turn to but her older brother Shawn to help her navigate the maze of a man's more worldly persuasions? Will his hesitant advice be enough to help her properly consummate her engagement? Or are she and Christopher doomed to awkward and mediocre sex 'til death do they part?
Little does she know, she isn't the only one who's been doing some research...
This story is a bonus novella for the Fixer Upper Romance Series, and occurs at the same time as Hot Rod Hookups.
Melanie Cobb has met her Prince Charming. Christopher is everything she'd ever dreamed she'd find in a kind, loyal, devout, and wealthy. I mean, have you SEEN her ring??
But as the wedding night approaches, anxiety builds for Melanie around the wedding night. She knows that Christopher is the love of her life, but they've never taken their passion beyond a few chaste kisses. When she asks her bridesmaids for advice, they come up these girls have spent their summers at church camp and youth group, not gossiping over teen magazines and Cosmo quizzes. And when it comes to learning about sex, they're all looking to Melanie, the first of their BFF trio to get married, to give them the scoop.
So who else can Melanie turn to but her older brother Shawn to help her navigate the maze of a man's more worldly persuasions? Will his hesitant advice be enough to help her properly consummate her engagement? Or are she and Christopher doomed to awkward and mediocre sex 'til death do they part?
Little does she know, she isn't the only one who's been doing some research...
This story is a bonus novella for the Fixer Upper Romance Series, and occurs at the same time as Hot Rod Hookups.
90 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 17, 2023
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April 3, 2023
Let me say this first: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.
This is a short, sweet and, at times, hilarious story.
READ THIS BOOK! But first, read Hot Rod Hookups! Actually, read the entire series; it will be well worth your while. That’s how you get to know the characters and, believe me, you want to know them! Each book in this series is better than the others.
Melanie and Christopher are newly engaged and planning their wedding… but neither of them have had sex before. First, Melanie asks her brother, Shawn, about it and then she googles it. (Too bad Google didn’t exist when I was young!)
I laughed out loud when reading this book. It was too funny.
This is a short, sweet and, at times, hilarious story.
READ THIS BOOK! But first, read Hot Rod Hookups! Actually, read the entire series; it will be well worth your while. That’s how you get to know the characters and, believe me, you want to know them! Each book in this series is better than the others.
Melanie and Christopher are newly engaged and planning their wedding… but neither of them have had sex before. First, Melanie asks her brother, Shawn, about it and then she googles it. (Too bad Google didn’t exist when I was young!)
I laughed out loud when reading this book. It was too funny.
January 30, 2026
I had gone into this pretty blind. I was expecting it to be a pretty smutty book but it was actually pretty wholesome and I would recommend it for people who are learning more about sexual relationships. Especially women coming from conservative households who haven’t explored intimacy with others and don’t know where to start! It’s a very enlightening story and super sweet! Also, her brother Shawn is the GOAT in this story, all the uncomfortable conversations he has with his sister! He deserves a medal! LOL
May 1, 2023
I read this story as part of the entire series just to finish the series. It was a cute extra addition although it could not snag my attention, Melanie wasn't an interesting character to me in the previous book so reading this one with her as the MC was ok but nothing more than that. I didn't know her or Christopher enough to care about the story but that's mostly me. I need my build up to get me involved.
January 1, 2025
final chapter
The series was really cute. Although this book was kind of not the ending I was expecting. I do appreciate the author capping the level of smut, but out of all the books this one really should have been well detailed. The first to me seemed more in depth than this one. It left no rock unturned and no detail left forgotten, but I just felt it was missing some pizzaz. There was definitely missed opportunity.
The series was really cute. Although this book was kind of not the ending I was expecting. I do appreciate the author capping the level of smut, but out of all the books this one really should have been well detailed. The first to me seemed more in depth than this one. It left no rock unturned and no detail left forgotten, but I just felt it was missing some pizzaz. There was definitely missed opportunity.
November 23, 2025
I found it to be a sweet, cozy story and has elements that could appeal to everyone. I read this one first out of the ones in the series. I appreciated the comedy in between certain moments and the back and forth between Melanie and her brother had me chuckling. I really liked the line “anger was just one small sliver of the angst pie baking in her heart”. lol. And “you eat bananas, right?…well, just like that except without the biting”. 👌🏻😂
June 15, 2025
This bonus story revolves around Shawn's younger sister Melanie who's about to marry her long time beau, Christopher. It made me chuckle in so many places and brought back awkward memories of being a teenager and wondering how sex really works. It was a fun little bonus to add to the three cute stories that preceded it. It's a Hallmark movie with an extra side of spice!
February 7, 2024
This book was perfectly written and I loved the innocence and having them to find their own path.
June 16, 2025
It's really awkward reading about a repressed christian woman discovering masturbation, so I dnf'd very early on
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