Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is for chumps.
Geo never plans weddings.
Corporate retreats, fundraisers, birthday parties, and even the occasional engagement party? Sure. But weddings? Not anymore.
She never dates, either. Not under any circumstance.
These two rules keep her safe. They maintain order, and Geo needs a predictable life.
So when her best friend Paisley tries to … needs a predictable life.
So when her best friend Paisley tries to convince her to plan just one wedding, Geo turns her down flat. Until a clinical trial opens up—one that might save (a little bit of) her mother’s future. But it costs money, and the only event planning that pays that kind of money is a wedding.
After all, how bad can it be to make an exception just this once?
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Geo and Trig are awesome, rich characters. Bridget Baker’s writing is excellent, as always. A great story that is oh-so hot, without sex. There is depth to the plot, and yet the end is happy and uplifting. You’ll love it!
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
Opposites may attract, but can they stand each other once they do?
There are two things event planner Geo Polson will not do. She won’t plan weddings, and she will not date. No exceptions. Billionaire venture capitalist Trig Thornton doesn’t live by hard and fast rules. After all, you don’t finish first by staying in your lane. But when his best friend forces him to help plan a bachelor party, he doesn’t expect to be smitten by the feisty wedding planner.
Geo’s already broken one cardinal rule at the behest of her bestie. There’s no way she’s going to so much as bend another. But Trig isn’t easily dissuaded, and he’s made it his business to help Geo relax and have some fun. Will he heal Geo’s wounded heart, or are her rules the only thing keeping her safe?
MY TAKE
I love Baker’s romances so much. I’ve read the 1st and the 4th books in the series. I saw a lot of Trig in his sister’s love story, but I didn’t really know him yet–and I didn’t like him very much. Now that I do know him and understand him better, I’m looking forward to revisiting that book. Because I LOVE Trig now!
Yes, this is a story of insta-love. But, you know what? My parents were like Geo’s parents–not quite that quick but dang close. It does happen sometimes. And sweet Geo. She’s been through and still going through so much between losing both her fiancé and her dad and then her mother’s Alzheimer’s. Ugh. I love that one of the most important people to Trig (his sister) loved Geo immediately too. Can’t wait to listen to the next book, Finding Spring, which is also available in audiobook now.
I listened to the audiobook of this one and Jennifer Jill Araya and Connor Crais did a great job!
Such a heart-wrenching, touching love story. I just adored these two characters together. Geo and Trig are the perfect couple, each coming into the relationship with such baggage, it’s hard to see how they can ever work things out. I love the twists in the story, which I won’t reveal, because I hate it when reviews do that!
Once again, the parents play such a role in the shaping of their kids. Some parents don’t even realize the damage they can do by the choices they make. I really loved the way the mothers are portrayed with similarities but only because of circumstances beyond her control.
Such a great story! I look forward to reading the next book in this series. I highly recommend this book and series to lovers of a great happily ever after.
Rich confirmed bachelor meets wedding planner, falls quickly in love. A treat of a prenuptial almost drives them apart.
This author writes “conversation” better than any other author I can think of, and I read a lot.
Not as good as the first book. There was too much chatter from Trigg’s mind that was so annoying I started to skip it.
Finding Cupid is a light sweet romance. I really enjoyed this storyline.
I enjoyed this story. I found the characters well developed and well written. You will like it!
I love it when peripheral characters get their own story. The Finding series continues with a lovely story about stepping out of one’s comfort zone and finding something unexpected and beautiful.
Interesting story. Just not my cup of tea. After chapter 9, I skipped to the end.
Adoring story about ardent love!
While this book focuses on Geode and Trig, it has quite a bit of character development for later stories. I felt I got to know several of the characters with more depth and I got a bit distracted wondering who might end up with whom in a future story.
Geo has a very interesting background that leads to her refusal to date. I do wish that it had taken just a bit more development to move her from never to ‘all in’ … but that might be why she also went ‘all out’ Interesting sideline on Mom’s illness. Interesting side line on Brekka’s need for surgery.
This is a clean romance. I did not have to skip a single in depth sex description.
Geo has wron off men and weddings even though as an event planner they would be a natural line of her business. Unknown to her, her friends have conspired to convince her to do a wedding and to try to connect her with Trig — heir to a fortune who has made millions from his own efforts. Trig’s sister Becca helps both Trig and Geo figure out what they want and to get over their issues. Without the millionaire angle, their saga could not roam from Atlanta to Hawaii to Calif, but the setting are wonderful, too.
A sparkling gem in the sea of billionaire romances
Audiobook version: 5 stars overall, 5 stars story, 5 stars narration
I am absolutely delighted with this fun and flirty contemporary romance. It might be termed a rom-com as well, but for me it had a few too many serious scenes to be a rom-com. The sexual tension and toe-curling kissing was hot, but it was surprisingly a ‘clean’ romance. The character development and the ending was so satisfying that I was surprised to realize that the main characters didn’t make love. The pair certainly wanted to consummate their relationship, but circumstances arose that reasonably prevented it. This is my favorite billionaire or millionaire romance. I loved every minute of it!
Geode (the event-planner heroine from Atlanta) and Trig (the billionaire with a heart of gold) developed such a deep emotional connection during their whirlwind romance. Trig was such a good guy who is extremely intelligent, tall, handsome, successful, and a good brother. While it is unrealistic that this dream guy could exist, he is a fantastic hero for Geode, and I cheered them on. Geode had gone through a lot of bad things in the past four years, and she richly deserved something good. There were serious parts (such as a parent with Alzheimer’s), but everything got better and there was a happy ending.
This highly enjoyable audiobook was further enhanced by the flawless dual narration of Connor Crais and Jennifer Jill Araya. They brought the vivacious characters to life, including some very memorable minor characters. Both narrators were very talented at both men’s and women’s voices, and they matched the accents perfectly in their alternating chapters. Connor Crais has a gorgeously sexy voice for the hero. I am definitely listening to the rest of the series.
I requested and received a free audiocode from the author via AudioBookfly, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.
This is book 2 in the Almost Billionaire series written by amazing author Bridget E Baker. All of her books in this series can be read as a standalone but if you have read book 1 Finding Faith or as some refer to it Finding Santa you will realize some of the characters overlapped. As with all great series that is something that I expect to happen so when Mary and Luke from book 1 are ready to get married they need an amazing wedding planner to do so and who would be better to do this but Geo (Geode), Paisleys’s best friend who is a fabulous event planner. Paisley is also the assistant to Mary and helps her run her charity Sub for Santa.
This book is the story of Geo who never ever plans weddings out of principle and Trig the Billionaire who is going to be the best man. Geo is a lovely young self-made woman who has experienced heartache in life and has sworn off from ever dating. She comes from a family that has lived their life knowing love is the most precious thing you can own and they have experienced their love with each other. To see Geo swearing off love is a hard pill to swallow. But Geo starts out by going against the principle of not planning weddings to help out Mary and Luke as a favor to her best friend. She is starting to enjoy planning the wedding and we learn more about her by doing the thing she absolutely told herself would never happen in life.
Trig, or Bernard Thornton the third, is the total opposite of sweet Geo. He is a billionaire with a trust fund that he could never empty and he sure tries with all of his crazy adventures. But he becomes smitten with Geo when he is forced to plan the Bachelor party with her help because according to Trig ordering plates is below him. Trig makes it hard to like him in some places because he plays the role of entitled prick beautifully. But eventually he realizes he has a heart and lets it show.
Will these two people that are such opposite be able to go past the initial attraction? A loving girl and a rich obnoxious boy are the typical stereotype of any good romance but Bridget E Baker brings this to a whole new level. Her writing is entertaining, it captures you and makes you forget your chores. You won’t be able to put it down. There are times when I just wanted to yell at the characters, then again, I wanted to embrace them. Other times the tears that rolled down their cheeks rolled down mine as well. Bridget has the uncanny ability to keep you at the edge of your seat and then relax you and bring your heartbeat down again. I am so grateful to have found such an amazing author and I am hungry for more of her books. Her writing is a clean romance with a happy ending that will make your day. If you have not started on this series it is high time to get your copy of the Almost Billionaire series.
Finding Cupid is a fun Valentines read. I read the first book in this series, Finding Faith at Christmas time and loved it, so I was looking forward to reading this one. Overall I liked this and had a hard time putting it down, although I did not like it as much as Finding Santa.
Obviously this is a romance, and I don’t usually read romances unless they are historical, but Bridget Baker is an author I’ll make a exception for because I enjoy her novels so much. There were several things about this book that I loved. I loved how cute Geo and Trig were together, I loved how the author inserted herself into the book at one point (Geo is reading a book and talks about the author, who happens to resemble this one an awful lot). I loved that the book incorporated several different locations. I loved that we got to revisit Mary, Luke, and other characters from Finding Faith. And I loved how everyone in the book thought Mary was weird for her love of doing taxes, which I thought too when I read that book.
As for the characters, I liked the main character Geo a lot, but Trig had to grow on me. Luckily it didn’t take too long for that to happen, but I didn’t like the way he manipulated her into going skiing, even if she did end up enjoying it. Also his lack of awareness of how his whims could inconvenience other people put me off a little as well. At first he just seemed like one of those rich guys who thinks he can have whatever he wants when he wants it, but in the end his heart was in the right place and I ended up liking him quite a lot.
The same tropes used in most romance novels were used in this one, but I thought they were done well, and the reservations the couple had about falling in love made sense considering their backgrounds. I think the supporting characters are all great, especially Paisley, who I’m expecting will get her own book eventually. I’m enjoying this series, and I’m looking forward to reading the next book. If you like clean contemporary romance then you should give this series a try.
What happens when a determined-to-stay-unmarried billionaire meets a sworn-off-of-love businesswoman? Trig and Geode move in different social circles, they both come with emotional baggage that has turned them against marriage, and their personalities couldn’t be more different. Or so it seems when they first meet. But they can’t help noticing each other. And thanks to a skiing accident and a friend’s wedding to plan, they have a lot of time to get to know each other. Can Trig let down his guard and believe that his marriage doesn’t have to be like his parents’? And can he convince Geo to open herself to the potential for pain that comes along with love?
Geo is a feisty, determined woman. She’s more than a little guarded, but it’s understandable, considering the pain she’s been through. Trig has never been serious about anyone or let anyone in except for his sister. Part of the fun of this story is that the characters grow on you, rather than being perfect from the start. They grow and learn and develop in so many ways. And the supporting characters are so rich as well. I’m hoping Brekka will get her own book!
I really like the depth as well. Yes, there is plenty of chemistry. But Trig and Geo realize that love is not just infatuation. Trig tells Geo he loves her not for her beauty but for her beautiful spirit, the sacrifices she makes for others. And she falls for him as she realizes his kindness (seen in the way he treats his sister) and determination to do the honorable thing.
Finally, Bridget Baker’s writing is just beautiful. The pace is energetic and the characters are vividly drawn, and it’s so easy to picture not just the action but also the surroundings, even though her descriptions aren’t extensive. I’m a warm-weather lover who never had an interest in skiing, but after reading the descriptions of beautiful scenery and the gorgeous, cozy cabin, I’m tempted to book a flight to Colorado. Or maybe I’ll just stay home and lose myself in the next book in the series.
Clean Romance That Pushes All The Buttons
This is a clean, 2 hanky romance that will make you smile and giggle and tear up and cry. While this shares some of the characters of the previous episode, it stands alone easily. This is a very believable story and not all of the emotion comes from the romance. I am saving this story to read again because it is just that good. While I received this book from a freebie site, it is well worth the basic price online. Now, I am off to read the next in the series!
A good clean romance. Geo doesn’t date and Trig wants her as soon as he sees her. She’s the wedding planner of his best friend’s wedding so they have to work together. Their attraction grows and she breaks her rule and dates. Then the wealth of his family interferes will they survive it?
Finding Cupid is a sweet romance that brings with it humor one minute and tears the next. It is a cute story of a billionaire best man that immediately falls for the gorgeous wedding planner when they meet to plan a bachelor party. Trig starts trying to find ways to be around Geode as much as possible so he starts giving her plane rides to check out wedding venues and bachelorette party venues. Trig was sure he was never getting married, however the more he was around Geode the farther he fell in love. But when some papers fall out of his case and she grabs them and finds it a prenuptial due to the fact their family is so rich, she storms away. He is so broken as he knew he was truly in love for the first time. Geode figured that she was the one that caused the problem, but she thought it was too late and when she tries to text Trig and he says he still needs some time, it is not looking very good. She now wishes she had never let those walls around her heart down for it to get broken again. She was not sure it could be put back together this time.