Emmie Morgan woke up from heart transplant surgery, saw her best friend Brandon Tan sitting by her bedside, and promptly asked him to marry her. If there was a faster way to ruin a friendship, she didn’t know it.One year on, Bran has returned home to open a restaurant and Emmie adds trying to make amends to her already chaotic life. She’s also running her own music venue, battling survivor’s … survivor’s guilt—oh, and secretly tending a wedding obsession sprung from her near-death experience.
Bran needs answers. But all Emmie has are problems. Hating that he couldn’t help her last time, he resolves to ease the trouble in her eyes. He sets aside their attraction and awkward past and tries to focus on being friends again.
If she would just stop trying on wedding dresses…
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This is beautiful story, emotional.
Emmie finally got heart transplant and first words after surgery was to ask her best friend Bran to marry her, he said yes. Next day Emmie took everything back and explain why they can’t get married. Story continues when Bran is back a year later.
Loved this story.
What a truly touching story, one that had me smiling, and laughing, but at the same time snarling at the sometimes injustice of life. Emmie and Bran have been best friends since they were young and they grew much closer as they got older. VERY simplified explanation but I don’t want to give any spoilers. Emmie has a heart condition but she and Bran have always been very good friends. As they got older, they never crossed the line of friendship but they were in love. As the story opens , Emmie has just received a brand new heart. What happens next, and the entire story, may cause sniffling, as it did with me. I have to think that the author did some amazingly indepth transplant research in order to convey the depth of feeling that a patient must go thru, as well as their families, when they try to move on with their lives. And Bran…oh, how you’ll want to meet someone like him! Really good story.
An incredibly emotional story, the reader is taken on a journey of discovery together with Emmie as she works through the aftermath of a heart transplant. Normally I might have found this book a little far fetched, but knowing people who have actually worked in this field, I know that the plot is completely within the realms of possibility. An aspect that one doesn’t always think about is the effect of an organ transplant on the people connected to the patient, so ably depicted in this novel. I did find the emotional content slowed the story down a bit, but Bran’s patient support made it worth waiting for Emmie to come to terms with her condition. The book is generally well written, with a supportive hero and romance to warm the heart. It is also a standalone and although the ending is somewhat abrupt, it is a happy one. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.
When Emmie wakes up after a heart transplant surgery and sees her best friend Bran she can’t help but ask him to marry her. After retreating her word the next day, Emmie push Bran out of her life. After a year of surviving but not being happy, obsessed with anything wedding-related, Emmie meets Bran again. But she need to figure out her feelings, her obsession, her unhappiness before opening herself again to Bran. A powerful and touching story about true love, second chances and happiness. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily reviewed it. This is my honest review.
Should you always listen to your heart, especially when it is a new heart to Emmie? Emmie wakes up after her heart transplant and asks her best friend, Brandon to marry her. Of course he immediately said yes but what a way to ruin a friendship when she re-nigs on the proposal. Fast forward one year, Bran returns home after being abroad to open his own restaurant. She tries to make amends to Bran, while still having to deal with survivor guilt and her secret wedding obsession.
I so enjoyed this emotional book, organ donation is the most wonderful gift that you can give and receive. Being in the medical field I have dealt with this many times. Loved the relationship that Bran and Emmie had and the journey that they took to make amends. Great characters with wonderful dialogue. I highly recommend this book.
I enjoyed this book. It was one of those reads that was a for me slow at times but I understood why it needed to move at the pace that it did but it still was slower than I am used to reading. Bran is a great best friend to Emmie for years. I mean the entire time they’ve known each other she has has heart issues. And we first meet them on the day she is waking up from her heart transplant. Oh a Happy Ending as the book starts ” Will You Marry Me?” But then where would our book be if that was the case right.
This book is well written and not necessary about health issues, but more about their friendship and her family’s deep bond. There is another cool idea that our author puts out to the universe in this book and I for one really thought about this for a long time around I finished the book. Yes, I am speaking in riddles but once you read the book you will understand.
I can not wait to see which of the sisters is next to get her book from this Author.
I totally enjoyed reading The Wedding Obsession by Madeline Ash, book one in her Moore Sisters Brides series. When Emmie Morgan awoke after heart transplant surgery she asked her best friend Brandon Tan to marry her. This was not like Emmie as she never cared about marriage. Fast forward one year and a healthy Emmie is running her dream music venue, still battling survivor’s guilt, and keeping her wedding obsession secret in her closet. Bran returns from Barcelona to open a restaurant and in need of answers. Emmie is frustrated and wishes she could understand her fixation with weddings. As these two focus on repairing their friendship, they agree to seek possibilities and causes for Emmie’s obsession.
This was an unusual romance story with many layers. Emmie and Bran are truly soul mates, wanting the best life has to offer for each other. The search for answers and reasons brings them closer and in love.
I was deeply affected from reading this book. My sister unexpectedly died from a brain aneurysm, devastating all close to her. She was also a donor and six people benefitted from her death. We received a moving letter from the husband of the recipient of her lungs, telling us how grateful they were.
Ms. Ash wrote a wonderful and moving story that is not to be missed. This story is filled with fun dialogue and endearing characters. I highly recommend this book to other readers and look forward to the next book in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.