Runner-Up-Bride

by Lisa Bingham

The Fiancée Test

How does the bride-to-be react to:

√ the gift of a very-well-endowed fertility god?
√ the fact that the groom's best man is a female?
√ the stripper at the bridal shower?

This is what adventurous, unconventional Riley Page wants to know about Alexander Montgomery's very sedate, very conventional fiancée. Surely Alex isn't serious about "doormat" Danette? The woman is a perfect little kitten, but Riley thinks gorgeous, sexy Alex needs a tigress—why, someone more like her!

Riley has traveled the world with her camera and worn-out khakis, but suddenly she's thinking perfume and high heels. Because it's bride vs. bride as Riley is about to put one boot-clad foot into the wedding-ring competition! Who will pass the fiancée test?

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Lisa Bingham was thirteen when she decided she wanted to be a published author, and she reached that goal less than ten years later. Now Lisa is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romantic fiction novels. Lisa has also been a teacher and a professional theatrical and historical reenactment costume designer—she’s considered an expert in those fields. She has been lucky enough to live and study in such exotic locales as Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Currently she lives in rural northern Utah near her husband’s fourth-generation family farm. She is married to her sweetheart of twenty-two years and has three beautiful children, an over-protective dog, a burr-laden cat, and a miniature goat who thinks she’s a puppy.

Reviews

[Booked · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading about their light banter as best- buds. It's cute how they play on "mi case es su casa" part. She is a frequent visitor in his home that his butler even know the junk food she eats and make it available when she visits. She becomes his appointed best-woman but end up to be his best bride. It's the casual rapport in contrast to heated awakening that sets this book apart.

The Fiancee Test

How does the bride-to-be react to:
- the gift of a very-well-endowed fertility god?
- the fact that the groom's best man is a FEMALE?
- the stripper at the bridal shower?

This is what adventurous, unconventional Riley Page wants to know about Alexander Montgomery's very sedate, very conventional fiancee. Surely Alex isn't serious about "doormat" Danette? The woman is a perfect little kitten, but Riley thinks gorgeous, sexy Alex needs a tigress -- why, someone more like her!

Riley has traveled the world with her camera and worn-out khakis, but suddenly she's thinking perfume and high heels. Because it's BRIDE vs. BRIDE as Riley is about to put one boot-clad foot into the wedding-ring competition! Who will pass the fiancee test?

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

This "best friends" love story was a good read as the hero/heroine discover...almost too late...that they want more from their relationship than friendship but there's a small glitch as the hero is already engaged to another woman.