Get Free Ebook The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye
Nonetheless, checking out the book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye in this website will lead you not to bring the printed book anywhere you go. Just save the book in MMC or computer system disk as well as they are offered to review any time. The prosperous heating and cooling unit by reading this soft file of the The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye can be introduced something new behavior. So currently, this is time to prove if reading can improve your life or not. Make The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye it certainly function and also obtain all advantages.
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye
Get Free Ebook The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye. The established modern technology, nowadays sustain everything the human needs. It includes the daily tasks, jobs, office, enjoyment, as well as a lot more. One of them is the excellent web connection and computer system. This condition will certainly reduce you to assist among your leisure activities, checking out behavior. So, do you have going to review this e-book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye now?
Below, we have many book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye and collections to review. We likewise serve alternative types and also type of guides to look. The fun book, fiction, history, novel, scientific research, as well as other kinds of e-books are offered here. As this The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye, it turneds into one of the preferred e-book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye collections that we have. This is why you remain in the appropriate website to see the incredible books to possess.
It won't take even more time to obtain this The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye It will not take more money to print this e-book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye Nowadays, people have actually been so smart to make use of the technology. Why don't you utilize your gizmo or other tool to conserve this downloaded and install soft file publication The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye By doing this will certainly allow you to consistently be come with by this book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye Of course, it will certainly be the very best pal if you review this book The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye till completed.
Be the very first to obtain this e-book now and get all reasons why you have to review this The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye Guide The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye is not only for your duties or need in your life. Publications will certainly always be a buddy in every single time you read. Now, let the others learn about this web page. You can take the advantages and share it also for your friends as well as people around you. By through this, you could truly get the significance of this publication The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), By Christina Skye profitably. Just what do you consider our concept below?
When her friends order her to take a vacation, successful chef Jilly O'Hara is less than enthused. She may be overworked, but a trip to the mountains is not her idea of fun. Especially when she's roped into an outrageous scheme to pose as a happy bride—all to fulfill the kindly resort owner's dreams of once again hosting a lavish wedding. But the ruggedly handsome make-believe groom may just make it tolerable….
Walker Hale has kept to himself since his return from active duty—but the next thing he knows, he's also playing along with the wedding charade. Even this jaded loner isn't immune to Jilly's quirky charm…or her beauty. But vacations have to end sometime, and they'll soon have to decide if the feelings between them were more than pretend.
- Sales Rank: #143667 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-10-01
- Released on: 2012-10-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Jilly O’Hara loves her job, but working as a chef is slowly killing her. After she suddenly collapses one night in her kitchen, her doctor warns her that it’s a wake-up call. If Jilly doesn’t find a way to reduce the stress in her life, she might as well start planning her last meal. Although she’s reluctant to give up cooking, her friends Caro, Grace, and Olivia will do anything to keep her around, even if it means telling Jilly a little white lie. So Jilly is more than a bit surprised, when she arrives at the Lost Creek Resort in Wyoming, to discover that instead of attending cooking classes, she is signed up for a knitting retreat, thanks to her friends. What Jilly is also unprepared for is that her heart is going to be in even more danger after meeting Lost Creek’s resident military hero: Walker Hale. Rich with realistically complex characters and subtle wit, the latest addition to Skye’s Summer Island series is as warm and comforting as a well-knit afghan. Skye perfectly captures the feel and appeal of small-town life, and this sweetly satisfying romance is an excellent read-alikes suggestion for fans of Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series or Robyn Carr’s Virgin River books. --John Charles
Review
"The Accidental Bride has something for every reader -- warmth, humor . . . and chocolate. I love this book."
- #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
"Rich with realistically complex characters and subtle wit...as warm and comforting as a well-knit afghan. Skye perfectly captures the feel and appeal of small-town life, and this sweetly satisfying romance is an excellent read-alikes suggestion for fans of Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series or Robyn Carr's Virgin River books."--Booklist, starred review
"Complex and multifaceted...Skye has written one finely crafted, very romantic love story." -Publishers Weekly on Bride of the Mist
From the Author
Ready for more stories of strong heroines and star-crossed romance?Find all the other books from Christina Skye, including her magical Draycott Abbey paranormal series, for the first time in digital editions.
Hour of the Rose,�Bride of the Mist, Key to Forever�and�Fallen�are all available in digital editions.Sign up for monthly updates, book news and reader contests.bit.ly/1Sc7nPh
Most helpful customer reviews
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
B rating....
By Smitten with Reading
My Review:
Hmm, while the story overview above is accurate, it really isn't a very good descriptor of this book. Jilly is an overworked, highly motivated chef who has her own restaurant, her own food product line, and plans for several other business propositions in the works all at the same time. She's only 27 years old. The book starts with her having a heart attack. She has a defect to her heart which means EVERYTHING about her life has to change. This is NOT a girl who sits around...EVER. She's constantly going and doing something and just can't see how that can change. It's just not who she is. Her friends convince her (through some lying manipulation) to take a vacation so that she can gain a fresh perspective on how she can change her life and that's how she ends up in this little Wyoming town and guest resort.
Walker is a war hero. He and his working dog Winslow both served (active duty....and now they do freelance work) in Afghanistan where they both almost died saving a whole platoon (?) of soldiers. He moved to this little Wyoming town two years ago and is known as a loner. He likes his privacy and being alone, but he meets Jilly as they are both arriving at the airport and he feels an immediate draw to her. Even more, Winslow immediately falls in love with her...and he's not a dog who gets attached to strangers like that.
This is NOT a book about a fake wedding. In fact I was 2/3 of the way through the book before I even got an inkling of what the title was referring to. This is about two people whose lives have not exactly gone as planned finding one another. It's about a sweet little small town and resort and finding a home where you least expect it. Jilly was an orphan raised in a series of foster homes. She has three friends who have been her family, but in this small town, she actually finds someplace that feels like a home to her. Everyone from the town barista to the resort chef to the knitting divas welcome and embrace her.
This is one of those books that's just a sweet read...and not even necessarily for the romance. I loved Jilly's character and you can't help but feel for her as she's watching everything she's dreamed about and all her hard work being taken down by a bad heart. She's not a quitter, but she doesn't know how to move forward. I loved Winslow, the dog, and the way he attached to her. I loved Walker and his quiet alpha take-charge attitude. I would have liked to have delved into his character a bit more because there's a LOT to his back story. It was an entertaining book and I'm glad that I read it.
I received a complementary copy of this book in return for an honest review.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Too much convenience for this to be accidental
By akb--bookworm
All the stress in successful chef Jilly O'Hara's life has finally caught up to her and she has a heart attack at the ripe age of 27. Her friends trick her into a taking a knitting retreat vacation at a mountain lodge. She falls into the small town life without meaning to and has made friends with the town recluse (and hero) Walker Hale, the resort chef, the resort owner, and the coffee shop owner. The town is convinced that Jilly and Walker are destined to be together and cook up the scheme to put on a "fake" wedding to please the aging resort owner...only the marriage will be binding until they get it annulled. But will they want to annul the accidental marriage?
I had a real hard time getting into this story. The story didn't flow; it was stilted and awkward in its pacing.
Jilly is a loner...except for her 3 close friends. Abandoned as an infant and shuffled from foster home to foster home, Jilly prefers to be alone. She is focused on cooking, her restaurant, cooking, food, cooking, and more cooking. She annoyed me. We hear OVER and OVER again about her being alone, being an orphan, her not wanting to rely on anyone, and her inability to relax as she is a high strung person. We are TOLD often, so it must be true.
Walker is a loner...except for the town who worships him for his heroism in Afghanistan and his estranged family who keeps reaching out to him. He is focused on his service dog and special ops he still coordinates with Uncle Sam. He was okay.
The romance between Jilly and Walker was just awkward and didn't really develop. All the sudden, they were just so tight.
The plot with the "fake wedding" to please the resort owner who Jilly has known for less than a week was silly and weak.
Jilly has heart problems, has had a HEART ATTACK, yet FLIES. If someone has major heart issues it isn't medically safe to fly. In fact, Jilly even states in the story that her doctor warned her from going above 8,000 feet, but it's okay to fly in an airplane?
The "major conflict" was ridiculous as they have known each other for only a few days and Jilly is furious, hurt, crying over information he didn't tell her. She acts as if he betrayed her (her words "get over this betrayal") when it was really so incredibly silly why she was mad. It was ridiculous. They act as if they had been dating for 3 years and information was withheld.
Jilly goes from happy to hurt to forgiving so quick it was highly unbelievable.
Jilly has 3 friends. It's obvious that each one is getting or has gotten her own book. I'll pass. This wasn't that great.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Light read--loved the dog :)
By Beckymmoe
While this book was enjoyable, it wasn't outstandingly memorable. For a light read, though, it did manage kept my interest for a few days, even if I did find parts of it to be a bit much. I liked both the leads, Jilly and Walker; however, I have to say that Walker's dog, Winston, was by far my favorite character. Maybe because he is just so amazingly well-behaved when compared to my dog? Not sure--still, he was fabulous.
Walker is the perfect blend of hunky, ex-military loner-ness. I found him to be a likable hero, and my biggest complaint where he is concerned is just that the town's hero-worshipfulness of him seems to be a tad bit over the top. Even when he explains it--sort of--it feels out of proportion. Jilly is a fairly standard workaholic heroine, married to her job and missing what she doesn't have but too busy to do much about it--until she collapses in her restaurant's kitchen. Like Walker's hero status, though, Jilly's illness also felt forced. It appeared to jump up and be noticed when needed for a plot point, but tucked itself neatly away when the crisis was over. As someone who lived a good chunk of my life with a person with a heart condition, it just didn't feel genuine to me.
I guess my main problem with this book is that even though it's a fairly lengthy book for the genre (close to 400 pages), just about every problem seems to get solved far too easily. Witness Jilly's near-phobia of knitting: her close friends have tried to get her to learn the craft for years, to no avail. A few lessons from new friends at the retreat, though, have her making a full-size afghan in no time. Most of the conflicts in this novel had a similar feel, and were either not terribly convincing as a real problem, were resolved far too quickly, or both. It all left me feeling vaguely unsatisfied. This was my first book by this author; so far she's on my "I'll give her another try" list.
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye PDF
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye EPub
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye Doc
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye iBooks
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye rtf
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye Mobipocket
The Accidental Bride (Summer Island Book 1), by Christina Skye Kindle
