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Three BFFs and a Wedding #3
I Do Resist You (Three BFFs and a Wedding 3)
Runaway Bride meets Celebrity Crush
Nach ihrer katastrophalen Fast-Hochzeit fliegt Emma Monroe allein in die Flitterwochen. Dass sie dort eines Nachts ihren Nummer-1-Celebrity-Crush Jonas Rutherford, Filmstar und Erbe eines milliardenschweren Entertainment-Konzerns, betrunken auf der Veranda ihres Bungalows vorfindet, hat sie nicht erwartet. Dass er sie nach ihrer gemeinsamen Nacht direkt ghosten würde, auch nicht. Drei Jahre später crasht Jonas die Hochzeit von Emmas Bruder und staunt nicht schlecht, dass der zweijährige Junge dort nicht bloß der Ringträger, sondern ihm auch wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist ...
»Die Geschichte von Emma und Jonas ist mein absoluter Liebling der Reihe und die Kirsche auf der Sahnehaube. Pippa Grant hat sich definitiv das Beste für den Schluss aufgehoben.« Professor Romance
Band 3 der THREE-BFFS-AND-A-WEDDING-Reihe von USA-TODAY-Bestseller-Autorin Pippa Grant
Nach ihrer katastrophalen Fast-Hochzeit fliegt Emma Monroe allein in die Flitterwochen. Dass sie dort eines Nachts ihren Nummer-1-Celebrity-Crush Jonas Rutherford, Filmstar und Erbe eines milliardenschweren Entertainment-Konzerns, betrunken auf der Veranda ihres Bungalows vorfindet, hat sie nicht erwartet. Dass er sie nach ihrer gemeinsamen Nacht direkt ghosten würde, auch nicht. Drei Jahre später crasht Jonas die Hochzeit von Emmas Bruder und staunt nicht schlecht, dass der zweijährige Junge dort nicht bloß der Ringträger, sondern ihm auch wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist ...
»Die Geschichte von Emma und Jonas ist mein absoluter Liebling der Reihe und die Kirsche auf der Sahnehaube. Pippa Grant hat sich definitiv das Beste für den Schluss aufgehoben.« Professor Romance
Band 3 der THREE-BFFS-AND-A-WEDDING-Reihe von USA-TODAY-Bestseller-Autorin Pippa Grant
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First published January 18, 2024
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Pippa Grant
66 books10.7k followersPippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did.
Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine published under the name Jamie Farrell.
When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes tries to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine published under the name Jamie Farrell.
When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes tries to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
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January 27, 2024
In the most part, this is an enjoyable read if you need a break from the usual or are not as nitpicky as I am about what I read. There was a lot I liked and a lot I didn’t.
Heroine was in a 7 year relationship with a douche canoe and she saw him through rose colored lenses of what she wanted him to be vs what he was, so when her eyes are finally opened on her wedding day she runs away when a video of the scene with ex goes viral causing a scandal.
Hero is in the same boat somewhat. He is a newly divorced actor who is also in hiding from the press because his ex-wife spilled their dirty laundry of why they divorced which is basically that a few months into their marriage he asked her to give up a major role to start a family because he was too scared to go outside his comfort zone and choose a meatier role. He also didn’t want to tell her he was scared (which she already knew anyway). So they divorced and he blames himself for not being a good husband and for the breakdown of their marriage. I did like that neither is obsessing about their ex’s. There were a few mentions about his which I have in quotes below when he was asked about it but it had left me with a lot of questions.
But you know what was not okay? To read something that is advertised as romance but not deliver. The MCs have no chemistry. Zero. Zilch. Nada. This is more a friendship then a sizzling love story because there is so much other character inserts that takes away from the MCs relationship development. From start to finish, I didn’t feel any chemistry because they spent 85%-90% of them just being friends before anything romantic happened because she kept pushing him away and both of them treating each other as a friend. The constant interruptions by all the other characters didn’t help either so when the time at the end came where they exchanged ILY’s, I wondered why & how that could be. At least Hero’s POV had him realizing he was in love with her before he told her, but hers? One minute she is saying that she thinks of him as a friend and that she likes him, but then a few sentences down after he tells her ILY, she says “I love you too”. Uhm…How? Why? When?
Other things that annoyed me:
- No mention if either was celibate during 2 ½ year separation.
- Their kid with the constant “Dick” & Titty” mentions. I am all for humor as it is my jam and I laughed my ass off the first handful times his voice came out, but after that it got way annoying with the same words all the freaking time.
- The chickens. For crying out loud, who in their right mind finds chickens of all things “cuddly” or adorable? Ewe! Look, I eat chicken all the freaking time. Chickens are not pets. They are a food group. They are gross, evil little things and no way cuddly. I should know as I grew up in a farm and had chickens. THEY-ARE-NOT-CUDDLY people! No way Jose!
- Since I didn’t read any prior books, I liked all the characters in the most part except the annoying Theo, Triplets & asshole Chandler. Heroine putting all these other characters ahead of Hero was, yes, annoying! The kid was Hero’s son. He should have been the one to put him to bed, change his diaper, feed, etc. She dictated everything & pushed Hero out of knowing his son for too long and that didn’t sit right for me. It took until 95% in before she even told the kid that he was his Daddy!
- Also annoying? Why did Hero have to make all the sacrifices and not her meeting him half way? He gave up his entire life for her – career that he said he loved, home(s) where he was close to his family and it seems his manhood because she kept calling the shots throughout and he kept taking crumbs from her. Not cool. Not cool at all.
- What I also didn’t like? The imbalance where we constantly have the Hero in a loving prior relationship while heroines are always either frozen or in shitty relationships. Why is that?
I was glad that Hero didn’t come across as a Manho but in this case, I almost wish he had been because he said this:
“Every other time I’ve wanted to impress a woman, I’ve brought exotic flowers. Had chocolates flown in fresh from Paris. There were shopping trips. Private vacations to faraway locations. Backstage passes to just about anything. Emma doesn’t want any of that”.
So how is heroine any special if he treats all women in his life like queens?
Anyway, outside of these pet peeves of mine, I did enjoy it because the writing wasn’t bad and it drew me in. But besides all of the above annoyances I mentioned, one primary one was how Hero’s relationship with his ex was left open-ended for me. We never got any closure if he was over her or not. Yes, he seemed to be someone who can walk away and forget you (evidence to the fact that had he not found the emails heroine sent him about the baby, he would never have reached out to her or when he kept telling her that if she didn’t want him in her or his son life, he would walk away). That does not bode well for a HEA romance read for this reader.
“I changed my mind about when I wanted a family shortly after the wedding, and I don’t blame her for being mad about it. The position I put her in was…not okay of me. I was wrong. And then I dug my feet in and kept being wrong.”
I was an idiot for telling Peyton I wanted kids three years ago.
I did. I do.
But I put her in an awful position. Fear of failing professionally was no reason to want to immediately start a family.
“It true you got divorced because you pulled a bait-and-switch on your wife?”
“Tha’s the bones of it.”
“Fill out the flesh of it.”
“I got married because I lived a fairytale life and she was a fairytale princess and we were going to have a fairytale movie star power couple life. I’ve been sheltered and spoiled, and I own it. But when she suggested a project outside of Razzle Dazzle, I got cold feet. Refused to admit it was cold feet and came up with a plan to stall her by telling her I wanted a family right away instead of waiting like we’d agreed.”
“Were you glad she left you?” I whisper.
“I was more worried about how it would reflect on my family than I was about hurting her. And that’s my biggest regret in my entire marriage. I wasn’t a good husband. I looked like I’d be a good husband. The world thought I’d be a good husband. I played a husband in movies dozens of times. But I never put the energy into figuring out what it actually took to be a good husband in real life. She deserved better too.”
Safety:
No OW
Some OM drama with her ex but she doesn’t want him.
No cheating
No intimate scenes with OP
No info if celibate during 2 ½ yr separation for either one.
HEA with 2 Epilogues in the future.
Heroine was in a 7 year relationship with a douche canoe and she saw him through rose colored lenses of what she wanted him to be vs what he was, so when her eyes are finally opened on her wedding day she runs away when a video of the scene with ex goes viral causing a scandal.
Hero is in the same boat somewhat. He is a newly divorced actor who is also in hiding from the press because his ex-wife spilled their dirty laundry of why they divorced which is basically that a few months into their marriage he asked her to give up a major role to start a family because he was too scared to go outside his comfort zone and choose a meatier role. He also didn’t want to tell her he was scared (which she already knew anyway). So they divorced and he blames himself for not being a good husband and for the breakdown of their marriage. I did like that neither is obsessing about their ex’s. There were a few mentions about his which I have in quotes below when he was asked about it but it had left me with a lot of questions.
But you know what was not okay? To read something that is advertised as romance but not deliver. The MCs have no chemistry. Zero. Zilch. Nada. This is more a friendship then a sizzling love story because there is so much other character inserts that takes away from the MCs relationship development. From start to finish, I didn’t feel any chemistry because they spent 85%-90% of them just being friends before anything romantic happened because she kept pushing him away and both of them treating each other as a friend. The constant interruptions by all the other characters didn’t help either so when the time at the end came where they exchanged ILY’s, I wondered why & how that could be. At least Hero’s POV had him realizing he was in love with her before he told her, but hers? One minute she is saying that she thinks of him as a friend and that she likes him, but then a few sentences down after he tells her ILY, she says “I love you too”. Uhm…How? Why? When?
Other things that annoyed me:
- No mention if either was celibate during 2 ½ year separation.
- Their kid with the constant “Dick” & Titty” mentions. I am all for humor as it is my jam and I laughed my ass off the first handful times his voice came out, but after that it got way annoying with the same words all the freaking time.
- The chickens. For crying out loud, who in their right mind finds chickens of all things “cuddly” or adorable? Ewe! Look, I eat chicken all the freaking time. Chickens are not pets. They are a food group. They are gross, evil little things and no way cuddly. I should know as I grew up in a farm and had chickens. THEY-ARE-NOT-CUDDLY people! No way Jose!
- Since I didn’t read any prior books, I liked all the characters in the most part except the annoying Theo, Triplets & asshole Chandler. Heroine putting all these other characters ahead of Hero was, yes, annoying! The kid was Hero’s son. He should have been the one to put him to bed, change his diaper, feed, etc. She dictated everything & pushed Hero out of knowing his son for too long and that didn’t sit right for me. It took until 95% in before she even told the kid that he was his Daddy!
- Also annoying? Why did Hero have to make all the sacrifices and not her meeting him half way? He gave up his entire life for her – career that he said he loved, home(s) where he was close to his family and it seems his manhood because she kept calling the shots throughout and he kept taking crumbs from her. Not cool. Not cool at all.
- What I also didn’t like? The imbalance where we constantly have the Hero in a loving prior relationship while heroines are always either frozen or in shitty relationships. Why is that?
I was glad that Hero didn’t come across as a Manho but in this case, I almost wish he had been because he said this:
“Every other time I’ve wanted to impress a woman, I’ve brought exotic flowers. Had chocolates flown in fresh from Paris. There were shopping trips. Private vacations to faraway locations. Backstage passes to just about anything. Emma doesn’t want any of that”.
So how is heroine any special if he treats all women in his life like queens?
Anyway, outside of these pet peeves of mine, I did enjoy it because the writing wasn’t bad and it drew me in. But besides all of the above annoyances I mentioned, one primary one was how Hero’s relationship with his ex was left open-ended for me. We never got any closure if he was over her or not. Yes, he seemed to be someone who can walk away and forget you (evidence to the fact that had he not found the emails heroine sent him about the baby, he would never have reached out to her or when he kept telling her that if she didn’t want him in her or his son life, he would walk away). That does not bode well for a HEA romance read for this reader.
“I changed my mind about when I wanted a family shortly after the wedding, and I don’t blame her for being mad about it. The position I put her in was…not okay of me. I was wrong. And then I dug my feet in and kept being wrong.”
I was an idiot for telling Peyton I wanted kids three years ago.
I did. I do.
But I put her in an awful position. Fear of failing professionally was no reason to want to immediately start a family.
“It true you got divorced because you pulled a bait-and-switch on your wife?”
“Tha’s the bones of it.”
“Fill out the flesh of it.”
“I got married because I lived a fairytale life and she was a fairytale princess and we were going to have a fairytale movie star power couple life. I’ve been sheltered and spoiled, and I own it. But when she suggested a project outside of Razzle Dazzle, I got cold feet. Refused to admit it was cold feet and came up with a plan to stall her by telling her I wanted a family right away instead of waiting like we’d agreed.”
“Were you glad she left you?” I whisper.
“I was more worried about how it would reflect on my family than I was about hurting her. And that’s my biggest regret in my entire marriage. I wasn’t a good husband. I looked like I’d be a good husband. The world thought I’d be a good husband. I played a husband in movies dozens of times. But I never put the energy into figuring out what it actually took to be a good husband in real life. She deserved better too.”
Safety:
No OW
Some OM drama with her ex but she doesn’t want him.
No cheating
No intimate scenes with OP
No info if celibate during 2 ½ yr separation for either one.
HEA with 2 Epilogues in the future.
January 20, 2024
DNF. First of all if you don’t like kids don’t read this. I’ve been looking forward to this one because I enjoyed the first two and I LOVED the one with Hayes and Begonia so I thought I’d just deal with the pregnancy trope and it should be fine. No 90% of the conversations get interrupted by the kid and look one “haha he said titty because he can’t say kitty” joke here and there is one thing but god it was every other paragraph. It’s too much. And honestly with how often the kid was interrupting any conversation it just reaffirmed my decision not to have kids. They can’t get to know each other it’s just all about the kid. It felt like it was more trying to make jokes vs actually having any meaningful interactions.
So maybe I’m being harsh with the 2 star rating because of my own issues but I’ve read other books with kids before and none of them were this frustrating.
“It dick me, mama!” “It licked you?” “Uh-huh. Unka Deo! Titty dick me!” “Did you lick the kitty back?” Theo asks.
I mean come on that’s too much man
So maybe I’m being harsh with the 2 star rating because of my own issues but I’ve read other books with kids before and none of them were this frustrating.
“It dick me, mama!” “It licked you?” “Uh-huh. Unka Deo! Titty dick me!” “Did you lick the kitty back?” Theo asks.
I mean come on that’s too much man
April 2, 2025
Very good!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💜🩷🩶🤎💙
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: ☹️😄😍😮
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration
The heroine: Emma Monroe - she went viral as a runaway bride, when she decided to skip out on her wedding at the last minute. She ran when she found out what her fiancé Chandler did to her brother Theo years ago, and she realized that Theo and her friends were all right about Chandler. She wanted to get away from the notoriety by going on the honeymoon in Fiji which was non-refundable. She isn’t the kind of badass female that takes things in stride, she is the kind of person who hides in the closet when the hotel staff come to clean her villa.
The Hero: Jonas Rutherford - his divorce was recently finalized, along with all of the juicy details. His famous wife left him after just a few months of marriage. Like Emma, he runs away to a gated resort in Fiji to escape the paparazzi while everything blows over. He is in the middle of an epic scandal and fall from grace. He is from a famous Hollywood family. He feels like slime and just wants to hide away.
The story: Emma is returning to her villa one evening and she finds a drunk man on her doorstep. He is rambling on about some woman who hurt him, and his words sound familiar to Emma. She thinks she might know the man, so she goes into her villa and hides, when she realizes that the man is Jonas Rutherford, a movie star and her number one celebrity crush. Though if rumors about why he got divorced are true, Emma doesn’t want to know him and her crush might be over for good.
I love the fact that this wasn’t just a drunken one night stand type of book. Jonas decides to cheer up Emma and they hang out together and do touristy things in Fiji. They actually have fun together and becomes friends. Though after they do sleep together, Jonas ghosts her in the morning. I liked the surprise when they meet again in a few years. The story was good and I liked it quite a bit.
This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Connor Crais and Savannah Peachwood. These are two of my favorite narrators. Connor Crais has a deep, sexy voice, which I love for male romantic Heroes. Savannah Peachwood has a soft, feminine voice and she is very expressive. Both of these narrators did a terrific job.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💜🩷🩶🤎💙
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: ☹️😄😍😮
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration
The heroine: Emma Monroe - she went viral as a runaway bride, when she decided to skip out on her wedding at the last minute. She ran when she found out what her fiancé Chandler did to her brother Theo years ago, and she realized that Theo and her friends were all right about Chandler. She wanted to get away from the notoriety by going on the honeymoon in Fiji which was non-refundable. She isn’t the kind of badass female that takes things in stride, she is the kind of person who hides in the closet when the hotel staff come to clean her villa.
The Hero: Jonas Rutherford - his divorce was recently finalized, along with all of the juicy details. His famous wife left him after just a few months of marriage. Like Emma, he runs away to a gated resort in Fiji to escape the paparazzi while everything blows over. He is in the middle of an epic scandal and fall from grace. He is from a famous Hollywood family. He feels like slime and just wants to hide away.
The story: Emma is returning to her villa one evening and she finds a drunk man on her doorstep. He is rambling on about some woman who hurt him, and his words sound familiar to Emma. She thinks she might know the man, so she goes into her villa and hides, when she realizes that the man is Jonas Rutherford, a movie star and her number one celebrity crush. Though if rumors about why he got divorced are true, Emma doesn’t want to know him and her crush might be over for good.
I love the fact that this wasn’t just a drunken one night stand type of book. Jonas decides to cheer up Emma and they hang out together and do touristy things in Fiji. They actually have fun together and becomes friends. Though after they do sleep together, Jonas ghosts her in the morning. I liked the surprise when they meet again in a few years. The story was good and I liked it quite a bit.
This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Connor Crais and Savannah Peachwood. These are two of my favorite narrators. Connor Crais has a deep, sexy voice, which I love for male romantic Heroes. Savannah Peachwood has a soft, feminine voice and she is very expressive. Both of these narrators did a terrific job.
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January 25, 2024
This book ruined the series for me.
I was really excited for this book. It seemed like it was gearing up to be the best in the series. It started out strong, and then when it jumped to "present day" immediately, and I mean immediately, became a DNF. I tried to push through for another few chapters, but it made me want to break my phone to make it stop. I skimmed quite a bit of the book in Kindle before seeing it was exactly like every single other book with this bad trope (see spoilers below), and I gave it up as a horrific book.
SPOILERS
What ruined this book for me is the absolutely petty, self-centered, insane, narcasitic stance that is the trope, "you hurt my feelings, now you don't get to be a parent. Leave us alone." Not only is that going to hurt the child in innumerable ways, but it is so insanely selfish and self-centered. There are not enough vulgur words in the English language. It is also immediately able to be fixed with a court order where it will be shown you are withholding the child from their other parent.
It would be one thing if he was violent, abusive, or dangerous. He wasn't even remotely close to this. The argument, "Well, he never responded to the emails," is insane as well. Not one single one of the most famous celebrities in the world is going to check their own public email. It is literally someone else's job. World famous celebrities also have people making insane claims like this all the time. She had no proof, no pictures, and was not even remotely someone who was known in his circle. Was it unfortunate? Yes. Is it one of the most obvious things in the world that he would not be the one checking his PUBLIC email? Also, yes.
To literally take off running like an abusive ex just showed up to murder you is insane. And the part that infuriates me the absolute most, is the author writing to this trope ALWAYS makes this trope seem like OF COURSE it makes sense, and OF COURSE everyone is on her side, and OF COURSE he will even blame himself. This is a lazy trope; it is a batsh*t trope; and it reflects poorly on women at large. It is also always 110% written the exact same no matter who the author is.
I was really excited for this book. It seemed like it was gearing up to be the best in the series. It started out strong, and then when it jumped to "present day" immediately, and I mean immediately, became a DNF. I tried to push through for another few chapters, but it made me want to break my phone to make it stop. I skimmed quite a bit of the book in Kindle before seeing it was exactly like every single other book with this bad trope (see spoilers below), and I gave it up as a horrific book.
SPOILERS
What ruined this book for me is the absolutely petty, self-centered, insane, narcasitic stance that is the trope, "you hurt my feelings, now you don't get to be a parent. Leave us alone." Not only is that going to hurt the child in innumerable ways, but it is so insanely selfish and self-centered. There are not enough vulgur words in the English language. It is also immediately able to be fixed with a court order where it will be shown you are withholding the child from their other parent.
It would be one thing if he was violent, abusive, or dangerous. He wasn't even remotely close to this. The argument, "Well, he never responded to the emails," is insane as well. Not one single one of the most famous celebrities in the world is going to check their own public email. It is literally someone else's job. World famous celebrities also have people making insane claims like this all the time. She had no proof, no pictures, and was not even remotely someone who was known in his circle. Was it unfortunate? Yes. Is it one of the most obvious things in the world that he would not be the one checking his PUBLIC email? Also, yes.
To literally take off running like an abusive ex just showed up to murder you is insane. And the part that infuriates me the absolute most, is the author writing to this trope ALWAYS makes this trope seem like OF COURSE it makes sense, and OF COURSE everyone is on her side, and OF COURSE he will even blame himself. This is a lazy trope; it is a batsh*t trope; and it reflects poorly on women at large. It is also always 110% written the exact same no matter who the author is.
January 30, 2024
Disappointed
Normally I love Pippa’s books. This one left me disappointed. First, I hate the use of billionaire in the title - it has absolutely nothing to do with the story. Second, while I expect ridiculousness and humor in a Pippa story, I just couldn’t get behind the indoor chicken. Last, I get that Bash is part of their story, but all the baby/toddler talk really made it hard for me to read and ruined the story. In fact, I just started skimming bc I couldn’t stand reading it. Sorry, but this was a complete disappointment to me.
Normally I love Pippa’s books. This one left me disappointed. First, I hate the use of billionaire in the title - it has absolutely nothing to do with the story. Second, while I expect ridiculousness and humor in a Pippa story, I just couldn’t get behind the indoor chicken. Last, I get that Bash is part of their story, but all the baby/toddler talk really made it hard for me to read and ruined the story. In fact, I just started skimming bc I couldn’t stand reading it. Sorry, but this was a complete disappointment to me.
February 13, 2024
Jonas, a newly divorced movie star and Emma, a run away bride after she finds out her fiancee style and betrayed her friends and family. They met in Fiji and them not again for 2 1/2 years after Jonas finds out Emma had his son. Cute, funny book but the son character got a little old. Too much!
February 15, 2024
The Baby Talk
The baby talk killed it for me. I tried to keep going, but I only made it through 65% of the book.
The baby talk killed it for me. I tried to keep going, but I only made it through 65% of the book.
January 21, 2024
I was both excited about and dreading this book, after the previous two. They were so good I wasn’t sure the author could hit the mark a third time. Well, she scored a bullseye.
Emma has been in the background since the beginning, as the bride-that-wasn’t in the first book, then as the recluse-best-friend in the second. I was curious about what her story would be. Emma had always dreamed of a perfect family, it was only fitting to make her a single mom. Right?
The father was unexpected. We saw a bit of Jonas in another book, but to make Emma fall in bed with her favorite celebrity crush was a surprise. Thank you, suspension of disbelief, I needed you. But also, that’s what romance is all about–to make us dream of impossible situations. And it works here. How Jonas and Emma end up in the same resort; the connection they share; why Jonas didn’t know about his son; Emma’s reluctance to walk into the spotlight again… it all makes sense in the author’s very special way.
I loved that Jonas and Emma became fast friends before sleeping together, and when they get a second chance, they also start by being friends. Like the previous book, it isn’t exactly a slow burn, as they get it on right at the beginning, but it takes some time before they reconnect. And they keep getting interrupted. I loved that their sexy times were both hot and playful.
And generous. Jonas is another perfect book boyfriend from the author. The way he likes and loves his lady is inspiring. After messing up big time the first time, he needs to grovel, and he does it willingly. Not only for Emma, but for their son too. I loved that.
There was a whole theme of taking risks that pay, even when there’s no assurance they will. Jonas does it in the past, thanks to Emma’s advice. Then it’s his time to encourage her to give him another chance, despite the risks. And there are a lot. The series starts with Emma getting some bad buzz that changes her, and she isn’t eager to be famous again; moreover, she wants to protect her son from a life under the spotlight. All the more reasons for staying away from Jonas.
Of course, she doesn’t. I loved that they meet halfway. Good premise for a solid relationship.
With two series colliding here, that means a lot of returning characters–and some new ones. The big villain of this series gets what he deserves, though I felt the author was a bit too soft. Previous couples come back too, in a round of ‘where are they now?’ Most of the women are mothers or mothers-to-be, which puts them in similar situations to Emma’s, and makes them fit to give sound advice.
And this book concludes the series beautifully, with a great last scene that I won’t spoil, of course. The series started with Emma, it’s only fitting that it ends with her journey.
Quickie
- Series: Three BFFs and a wedding #3 (can be read as a standalone, connected to another book by the author)
- Hashtags: #romcom #small town romance #billionaire romance #second chance #friends to lovers #secret baby #celebrity
- Triggers: mention of emotional abuse
- Main couple: Emma Monroe & Jonas Rutherford
- Hotness: 3/5
- Romance: 5/5
- + give me all the heroes who can admit when they are wrong
- – I feel like Chandler’s story isn’t finished
Emma has been in the background since the beginning, as the bride-that-wasn’t in the first book, then as the recluse-best-friend in the second. I was curious about what her story would be. Emma had always dreamed of a perfect family, it was only fitting to make her a single mom. Right?
The father was unexpected. We saw a bit of Jonas in another book, but to make Emma fall in bed with her favorite celebrity crush was a surprise. Thank you, suspension of disbelief, I needed you. But also, that’s what romance is all about–to make us dream of impossible situations. And it works here. How Jonas and Emma end up in the same resort; the connection they share; why Jonas didn’t know about his son; Emma’s reluctance to walk into the spotlight again… it all makes sense in the author’s very special way.
I loved that Jonas and Emma became fast friends before sleeping together, and when they get a second chance, they also start by being friends. Like the previous book, it isn’t exactly a slow burn, as they get it on right at the beginning, but it takes some time before they reconnect. And they keep getting interrupted. I loved that their sexy times were both hot and playful.
And generous. Jonas is another perfect book boyfriend from the author. The way he likes and loves his lady is inspiring. After messing up big time the first time, he needs to grovel, and he does it willingly. Not only for Emma, but for their son too. I loved that.
There was a whole theme of taking risks that pay, even when there’s no assurance they will. Jonas does it in the past, thanks to Emma’s advice. Then it’s his time to encourage her to give him another chance, despite the risks. And there are a lot. The series starts with Emma getting some bad buzz that changes her, and she isn’t eager to be famous again; moreover, she wants to protect her son from a life under the spotlight. All the more reasons for staying away from Jonas.
Of course, she doesn’t. I loved that they meet halfway. Good premise for a solid relationship.
With two series colliding here, that means a lot of returning characters–and some new ones. The big villain of this series gets what he deserves, though I felt the author was a bit too soft. Previous couples come back too, in a round of ‘where are they now?’ Most of the women are mothers or mothers-to-be, which puts them in similar situations to Emma’s, and makes them fit to give sound advice.
And this book concludes the series beautifully, with a great last scene that I won’t spoil, of course. The series started with Emma, it’s only fitting that it ends with her journey.
Quickie
- Series: Three BFFs and a wedding #3 (can be read as a standalone, connected to another book by the author)
- Hashtags: #romcom #small town romance #billionaire romance #second chance #friends to lovers #secret baby #celebrity
- Triggers: mention of emotional abuse
- Main couple: Emma Monroe & Jonas Rutherford
- Hotness: 3/5
- Romance: 5/5
- + give me all the heroes who can admit when they are wrong
- – I feel like Chandler’s story isn’t finished
January 16, 2024
Oh my, look at me reading book three and the finale of a series before I've even read book one and two! And judging by how much I LOVED this one, I'm going to have to go back to read the others!
Emma runs away from her almost disastrous wedding and the video that went viral of her to a secluded Fijian resort, deciding to honeymoon on her own before facing the real world again. While there, she discovers someone on her porch. Said someone makes her trip all that more fun and she's grateful for their friendship. Fast forward a few years - the two haven't seen each other but all of a sudden, there seems to be a lot more at stake.
I'm deliberately keeping this one vague for you but if you like heartwarming romcoms, I can guarantee you will love this one. This book is so sweet with so much happiness filtered throughout. You will laugh out loud, you will gasp, you will even gag in some parts! This book has it all. And yes, it can be read as a standalone. Do yourself a favor and pick it up.
Emma runs away from her almost disastrous wedding and the video that went viral of her to a secluded Fijian resort, deciding to honeymoon on her own before facing the real world again. While there, she discovers someone on her porch. Said someone makes her trip all that more fun and she's grateful for their friendship. Fast forward a few years - the two haven't seen each other but all of a sudden, there seems to be a lot more at stake.
I'm deliberately keeping this one vague for you but if you like heartwarming romcoms, I can guarantee you will love this one. This book is so sweet with so much happiness filtered throughout. You will laugh out loud, you will gasp, you will even gag in some parts! This book has it all. And yes, it can be read as a standalone. Do yourself a favor and pick it up.
April 13, 2024
I think this book tested the limits between silly and idiotic.
Everything felt so flimsy. Their 3-day friendship bonding over being attacked by a chicken simply does not qualify as something I consider meaningful enough to warrant half the feelings and the hurt.
As a consequence, the excuses he gave for running away in the middle of the night without leaving a note and number felt cheap. If he wanted to, he would, and this vacation fling was not that deep.
I also could've done without the 300 side characters per scene and the obscene amount of talk about chickens.
Everything felt so flimsy. Their 3-day friendship bonding over being attacked by a chicken simply does not qualify as something I consider meaningful enough to warrant half the feelings and the hurt.
As a consequence, the excuses he gave for running away in the middle of the night without leaving a note and number felt cheap. If he wanted to, he would, and this vacation fling was not that deep.
I also could've done without the 300 side characters per scene and the obscene amount of talk about chickens.
January 27, 2024
The author was trying way too hard to be funny
January 19, 2024
Totally my favorite of this series! This was such a fun second chance romance and I was looking forward to it after being teased about this “mystery man” for all of The Gossip and Grump. And this totally lived up to the hype!
No one deserves a happy ever after more than Emma. After ditching her awful fiancé at the alter and going viral for it, she goes looking for a quiet place to lick her wounds. She find peace in Fiji and a whole lot more!
This has all the humor you’d expect in a Grant story and so much heart. I couldn’t put this one down!
No one deserves a happy ever after more than Emma. After ditching her awful fiancé at the alter and going viral for it, she goes looking for a quiet place to lick her wounds. She find peace in Fiji and a whole lot more!
This has all the humor you’d expect in a Grant story and so much heart. I couldn’t put this one down!
January 19, 2024
I swear I say this every time, but inside a Pippa Grant book is my happy place. Yes, a lot of these characters are actually related, but the found family vibes for the totality of the cast is outstanding. I just loved how they all came together.
January 4, 2024
Emma Monroe might have become famous for an unwanted social media video gone viral but she wants people to forget about that! That’s why she runs and hides out in Fiji. It’s also where she finds a man on her bungalow steps and he is someone who is also running from a scandal. Can these two find comfort in each other even if just for a short time? Could it possibly become more than just a vacation fling of the best variety? What happens after is a romcom lovers dream of secrets exposed, hilarious oopsie moments and maybe just maybe a real connection. What a fun romantic comedy that just feels right. A light and airy read with the plenty of silly moments. Told in dual POV
February 12, 2024
The Bride's Runaway Billionaire is book #3 in the Three BFF's & a Wedding Series.
Emma and Jonas meet in Fiji after she is a runaway bride and he's hiding from the press following news of his divorce. The become friends & have a one night stand and he just disappears.
Three years later, he crashes her brothers wedding once he finds out he has a son. A son that Emma had tried to tell him about.
I honestly didnt enjoy this one as much as I wanted to. I was kind of bored. I felt like Pippa was trying a little too hard to be funny. I really didn't feel the chemistry between Jonas and Emma either. He ghosted her, comes back 3 years later, and instantly wants to be with her. I enjoy all the side characters but there were points in the book when there was so much side character involvement I was starting to get confused. The baby talk was a little much too.
This one just wasn't my cup of tea. 2.5/5 stars.
Emma and Jonas meet in Fiji after she is a runaway bride and he's hiding from the press following news of his divorce. The become friends & have a one night stand and he just disappears.
Three years later, he crashes her brothers wedding once he finds out he has a son. A son that Emma had tried to tell him about.
I honestly didnt enjoy this one as much as I wanted to. I was kind of bored. I felt like Pippa was trying a little too hard to be funny. I really didn't feel the chemistry between Jonas and Emma either. He ghosted her, comes back 3 years later, and instantly wants to be with her. I enjoy all the side characters but there were points in the book when there was so much side character involvement I was starting to get confused. The baby talk was a little much too.
This one just wasn't my cup of tea. 2.5/5 stars.
January 14, 2024
TBRB is book 3 and the final one in this series. It ends on a high note, I liked this one most of all.
4.5 stars
No Spoilers.
It’s about family, blood & found, friendship, finding your center and being brave. Emma took off after the “wedding” disaster and hid out on her honeymoon, solo. What happens next is best discovered by reading the book.
It’s a fun, flirty and at times zany story filled with lots of love and animals. Pippa always has the most interesting pets in her books. Wait until you meet Emma’s.
4.5 stars
No Spoilers.
It’s about family, blood & found, friendship, finding your center and being brave. Emma took off after the “wedding” disaster and hid out on her honeymoon, solo. What happens next is best discovered by reading the book.
It’s a fun, flirty and at times zany story filled with lots of love and animals. Pippa always has the most interesting pets in her books. Wait until you meet Emma’s.
February 16, 2024
A little slower and more serious than the previous two in the series. You have to either not be familiar with children or suspend belief when it comes to the verbal and motor skills of a not yet two year old.
Overall the book does give us a lovely conclusion, nicely packaging what has be one of your four of our couples
If you haven’t yet, do read “The Last Eligible Billionaire”. I’m glad I read it first.
Overall the book does give us a lovely conclusion, nicely packaging what has be one of your four of our couples
If you haven’t yet, do read “The Last Eligible Billionaire”. I’m glad I read it first.
dnf
February 17, 2024DNF at 56%
June 22, 2024
The child’s cognitive and motor skills were so advanced for a two year old to me that it made the book a struggle to get through. I felt the author relied too much on the gifted-in-the-speech-department-child as a literary device to keep moving the plot line along, which made the connection between the two main characters a lot emptier than other books of theirs.
Example: 2 year old sings multiple adult/non-nursery songs to himself
Example: 2 year old sings multiple adult/non-nursery songs to himself
May 29, 2024
I couldn’t take this seriously
It had potential, but the execution wasn’t great. Some of the dialogue was really cringe. All the cutesy stuff with the animals, the instalove, the baby talk that tried too hard to be funny, the weird “first date”, the way it all just came together so easily. Not for me.
It had potential, but the execution wasn’t great. Some of the dialogue was really cringe. All the cutesy stuff with the animals, the instalove, the baby talk that tried too hard to be funny, the weird “first date”, the way it all just came together so easily. Not for me.
March 8, 2025
If I had taken a shot every time “Razzle Dazzle” was mentioned I would’ve passed out in less than 50 pages lol but in hindsight that would’ve been preferable to the next 400 pages littered with OTT baby (toddler) talk omg…
rating: ★½
released: 18 January 2024
genre: contemporary romance
pov: dual first person
MC: Emma + Jonas ♡
audio narrated by Conner Crais + Savannah Peachwood
rating: ★½
released: 18 January 2024
genre: contemporary romance
pov: dual first person
MC: Emma + Jonas ♡
audio narrated by Conner Crais + Savannah Peachwood
January 22, 2024
DNF @ 48% It is slow going up to this point and once again the they/them bullshit with Zen. No thanks 👎👎
2 stars!!!!!
2 stars!!!!!
January 21, 2024
I always have the best time with Pippa Grant books. They are the ones I reach for when I'm having a bad day or not feeling well and always make me feel better. They are over-the-top kind of rom-coms that make me laugh. I really enjoyed this one. It is book 3 in the series and while it can be read as a standalone I really recommend at least reading book 1 to get more of the heroine's back story.
The heroine, Emma, has just gone viral for leaving her horrible fiance at the altar and she's hiding in Fiji on her honeymoon by herself when she meets the hero. His name is Jonas and he is her celebrity crush who recently had his own scandal that he's hiding out from. They end up becoming friends and have a night together before he ghosts her. Three years later the hero shows up in the heroine's town to meet his son who he just learned exists.
I had such a fun time reading this. The heroine has the best group of friends who really look out for her. I loved Emma and Jonas' reconnection and romance. Their son Bash is so cute. I loved that we got to see Begonia and Hayes for The Last Elligable Billionaire. It was just an all-around enjoyable story and I love the way Pippa writes. Her books just make me happy.
Tropes: small town, accidental pregnancy, secret baby (ish), celebrity hero
The heroine, Emma, has just gone viral for leaving her horrible fiance at the altar and she's hiding in Fiji on her honeymoon by herself when she meets the hero. His name is Jonas and he is her celebrity crush who recently had his own scandal that he's hiding out from. They end up becoming friends and have a night together before he ghosts her. Three years later the hero shows up in the heroine's town to meet his son who he just learned exists.
I had such a fun time reading this. The heroine has the best group of friends who really look out for her. I loved Emma and Jonas' reconnection and romance. Their son Bash is so cute. I loved that we got to see Begonia and Hayes for The Last Elligable Billionaire. It was just an all-around enjoyable story and I love the way Pippa writes. Her books just make me happy.
Tropes: small town, accidental pregnancy, secret baby (ish), celebrity hero
January 19, 2024
The last of Three BFFs And A Wedding series. When Emma decided to go hide on her solo honeymoon after the video of her wedding going down the toilet went viral, the last thing she expected to find in Fiji was a drunken man sleeping on her porch. And not just any man, it’s Jonas Rutherford, star of a lifetime of Razzle Dazzle movies, and hiding from the press after his ex wife spilled the beans on their divorce. After a few sober days, they become friends, and then friends with benefits, until Jonas decides to ghost her.
Emma comes home with an unexpected gift and after trying to email him, gets on with her life with her family and friends. Until three years later when Jonas shows up at her brother’s wedding. Apparently he only saw the emails recently because his assistant had thought they were another fan trying to extort him.
At first Emma keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for Jonas to take off, but eventually she realizes that he’s sticking, especially when her ex shows up to make trouble.
I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to everyone.
Emma comes home with an unexpected gift and after trying to email him, gets on with her life with her family and friends. Until three years later when Jonas shows up at her brother’s wedding. Apparently he only saw the emails recently because his assistant had thought they were another fan trying to extort him.
At first Emma keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for Jonas to take off, but eventually she realizes that he’s sticking, especially when her ex shows up to make trouble.
I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to everyone.
February 27, 2024
4.5 Movie stars
TBRB is book 3 and the final one in this series. It ends on a high note, I liked this one most of all.
This book is about family, friendship, and finding yourself.
Emma has ran, after her unwanted social media video goes viral. She hides out on her honeymoon, solo. She runs into movie star Jonas and the the fun begins.
This was a really fun, light with plenty of silly moments, Like all of Pippa's book this wont let you down.
TBRB is book 3 and the final one in this series. It ends on a high note, I liked this one most of all.
This book is about family, friendship, and finding yourself.
Emma has ran, after her unwanted social media video goes viral. She hides out on her honeymoon, solo. She runs into movie star Jonas and the the fun begins.
This was a really fun, light with plenty of silly moments, Like all of Pippa's book this wont let you down.
January 20, 2024
This was a cute accidental pregnancy story.
July 10, 2024
4.5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5 (rounded up)
I really really really enjoyed this book!
I devoured it in one day and I absolutely loved it from start to finish.
The fact that the MMC is the FMC's celebrity hall pass completely roped me into this one. And even with the miscommunication .. I actually found myself being supportive of the MMC and more understanding than I thought I would.
There were even a couple teary eyed moments for me. My only negative at all was the last epilogue .. IYKYK
You get:
• Dual POV
• Spicy
• Surprise Pregnancy
• Celebrity
• Runaway Bride
• Trying To Do What's Best
• Hilarious Banter
I'm excited to read more by this author and I suggest you should pick something up by her too! Available on Amazon through ebook, paperback, and audiobook.
I really really really enjoyed this book!
I devoured it in one day and I absolutely loved it from start to finish.
The fact that the MMC is the FMC's celebrity hall pass completely roped me into this one. And even with the miscommunication .. I actually found myself being supportive of the MMC and more understanding than I thought I would.
There were even a couple teary eyed moments for me. My only negative at all was the last epilogue .. IYKYK
You get:
• Dual POV
• Spicy
• Surprise Pregnancy
• Celebrity
• Runaway Bride
• Trying To Do What's Best
• Hilarious Banter
I'm excited to read more by this author and I suggest you should pick something up by her too! Available on Amazon through ebook, paperback, and audiobook.
January 22, 2024
I don't know it must be me. How can this book's ratings be so high! It was okay. I didn't finish it. It started really good but went down from there. Too many side characters, and animals, really a chicken with a diaper as a pet, and someone's building an extension to their house for a bunch of cats because they never go outside. I kept thinking of boy that house must smell and your bringing a newborn in it (sorry please don't come at me with the pitchforks). Too many pregnant women, too many animals. I got frustrated with the baby writing, I was why am I trying to read this gibberish.
I really tried I got to 60%, I was determined to finish. Determined but when he decided leave acting to move to this town. I couldn't. Why oh why, in these small town books, someone has to give up something like a career, a big city life, being a CEO, an actor, musician to live the simple life in small town with other undercover p****whip billionaires wearing plaid shirts. Why not find a real life balance. This book was to Hallmarky for me. It was also my second book by this author, I like her writing minus the baby gibberish. Needless to say, I won't be reading the series. I can't.
I really tried I got to 60%, I was determined to finish. Determined but when he decided leave acting to move to this town. I couldn't. Why oh why, in these small town books, someone has to give up something like a career, a big city life, being a CEO, an actor, musician to live the simple life in small town with other undercover p****whip billionaires wearing plaid shirts. Why not find a real life balance. This book was to Hallmarky for me. It was also my second book by this author, I like her writing minus the baby gibberish. Needless to say, I won't be reading the series. I can't.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 25, 2024
Yolko Ono is the reason for the only star this gets.
The h was ridiculous, she’s literally a no one and yet she has an absurd reaction a viral video of her dumping her creep of a groom at the altar. I highly doubt half the people she claimed were ogling her would have really seen the video.
Jonas, he was a good guy, he didn’t deserve the crap the h and her friends/family gave him at first.
The toddler talk, beyond exaggerated. They can pronounce the letter c. It was supposed to be cute but it really wasn’t.
The they, their, them thing threw me at first. I realized that I didn’t read the second book but I still don’t think it would have been natural.
The h was ridiculous, she’s literally a no one and yet she has an absurd reaction a viral video of her dumping her creep of a groom at the altar. I highly doubt half the people she claimed were ogling her would have really seen the video.
Jonas, he was a good guy, he didn’t deserve the crap the h and her friends/family gave him at first.
The toddler talk, beyond exaggerated. They can pronounce the letter c. It was supposed to be cute but it really wasn’t.
The they, their, them thing threw me at first. I realized that I didn’t read the second book but I still don’t think it would have been natural.
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