Connor and Brenna mirror each others thoughts so perfectly and so differently that I swear there are newly-etched laugh lines on my face. Although there are far too many “Honest to Gods” being said in this book, the author does a marvelous job with alternating points-of-view. Most of the story takes place in just a couple of days – she is the only author I know who can write 50 or so wonderful pages about one episode. She is not, however, as childish as she appears – she is clever and achieves her goals in an unusual fashion – much to the reader’s merriment.Īgain, in typical Garwood fashion, most of the book details the growing relationship between Connor and Brenna. But whereas Jamie had a terrible sense of direction, however, Brenna suffers forgetfulness of her possessions.

Both heroines had families that never appreciated them to the fullest and both suffer from faults which lend both humor and pathos to their stories.

The relationship she fashions with Jamie, heroine of The Bride, is a true sisterhood.

Few authors can juxtapose the darkness of revenge and the lightness of humor as deftly as can Julie Garwood she mostly succeeds in this story.īrenna, in typical Garwood fashion, seems slightly befuddled to those around her. The first chapter, with the rescue of Brenna and her piglet by Connor lets you know this will be a funny, funny book. The prologue is of a young Connor promising his dying father he will avenge his death. The prologue and the first chapter illustrate the paradoxical relationship of this unlikely couple. She is Englishwoman Brenna Haynesworth, a beautiful young Lady who had actually proposed to Connor as a young child after he rescued her and a piglet from a muddy little puddle. To avenge the death of his father, Laird Connor McAlister steals away the bride of his father’s killer. The primary actors in The Bride, Alec and Jamie Kincaid, are secondary players in this story, which is a medieval tale of love, laughter, and revenge set in the Scottish Highlands. The Wedding is a sequel to Garwood’s classic The Bride. Garwood in her disappointing For the Roses was not the start of a downward trend – it was just a one-time goof. While The Wedding is perhaps not her finest release, is better than you feared. Fans of Julie Garwood – relax you can let out your breath and rest easy.

The Wedding by Julie Garwood