Not Quite a Bride

December 15, 2006
Sawyer's heroine is a character familiar to most chick-lit readers--the perpetual bridesmaid. This particular singleton decides she is not going to miss out on planning her dream wedding, even if it means buying a groom. Molly hires Justin, a male escort, to play her boyfriend for a year and stage an engagement. She plans an extravagant wedding--Plaza Hotel, Vera Wang gown, and all the other accoutrements, deceiving family and friends. And on the day of her fake wedding, she realizes that she has known "the one" all along. Though the plot is a retread (Sawyer even references the movie " Can't Buy Me Love"), readers will stick with it just to see how far Molly will take the charade. Molly remains a sympathetic character even though her choices seem implausible. Weddings are a popular subject for romance readers so this book is sure to be popular.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)