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The Substitute

Wedding Pact Series #1

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The Substitute

By: Denise Grover Swank
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
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Megan Vandemeer meant to tell her parents about her broken engagement, but a month and a half later she finds herself boarding a plane home to her wedding. Having stretched avoidance to its limits, it's time to come clean - a terrifying prospect since her mother is sure to blame her rather than her cheating, emotionally frigid ex. A couple of drinks and two Dramamine later, Megan finds herself spilling her sob story to the tall, dark, and handsome stranger in the seat next to her. With only one week left to save his business, Josh McMillan boards a plane to Kansas City in a last-ditch effort, leaving the details to chance. An unexpected answer is delivered in the form of the beautiful brunette beside him. Though she's completely loopy, her honesty, openness, and humor charm him. So when she passes out before landing, he helps her off the plane - a good deed that leads to a colossal misunderstanding. Her parents assume that he's her fiancé. In a twist of fate, the mix-up might help Josh save his business, so he plays along, figuring that he can help Megan too. All he has to do is stage a public break-up convincing enough to appease her mother. Josh is only supposed to be a substitute groom, but the more time he and Megan spend together, the more their pretend engagement starts to feel real, and the less they want to break it off. Can a relationship that began as a farce turn into happily ever after?

©2015 Denise Grover Swank (P)2015 Tantor
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Witty Funny Feel-Good Business Aviation

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Such a sweet book of love at first sight. Every now and again it felt a bit slow moving and drawn out but the characters were wonderful and the situations with grams was hilariously funny. Naked yoga ftw. 😂 the plot was nicely presented and thought out and I liked the maturity of the main characters. Narration was great too and even though it wasn’t a duet which I always prefer the narrator did a great job distinguishing between characters both female and male without it feel strained or forced at all.

Would definitely recommend this book. Also a bit curious about there being books of the other friends of the MFC. Gonna check that out straight away. Solid 4

Awwwww…. 😍😍😍

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Great story line, paced really well.
much more romantic than I was expecting it to be. Josh is a honey. Grams is shockingly fabulous.
Such a sweet story if you enjoy light comedy which I do if I have listened to something heavy.

Light hearted and very romantic

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I’m a girl who loves some dark and depraved romance, with morally grey love interests that would make me question my morals, but sometimes you crave that sweet, lighthearted filler book once in a while as a little reprieve from the darker side 😈

And this, ladies and gentlemen, had it all.

The banter was hilarious between the main protagonists, with just enough hilarity without being too silly. The romance was the most exquisite slow burn, and the pacing was seamless. I also loved the side characters and all their quirks too.

This is. a must listen!!

Exactly what I needed and more!

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very enjoyable series. Looking forward to hearing her friends ‘ stories and all them available in the Plus catalogue.

Great start to a

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A reasonably good (if unbelievable) plot line, and interesting side characters. I definitely wanted to hear it through to the end. Some very funny and farcical scenes.
Two things detracted and made it a 4 star rating - the repetitive use of the nickname Nickers or Knickers was very irritating, especially when the story narration used it, and, the voice narrator wasn’t as good as she might have been. Just shows what a skill it is to perform in this way. Her male voices were good, mind you.

Enjoyable nonsense!

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