A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory—author of the Resse Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal.THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER#5 LibraryReads Pick“A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment Weekly (The … rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment Weekly (The Must List)
“What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel….One of the best books I’ve read in a while.”—Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist.
On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend….
After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other….
They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want….
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I typically don’t read steamy romance novels. In fact, I can count on one hand the number of times the description of a woman’s thighs (alabaster or otherwise) have shown up in a book I’ve read.
As a married woman of 19 years, I was both jealous and irritated by what I viewed as the unrealistic sex lives of the characters… characters who just met in an elevator and proceeded to find weekend after weekend with no other plans to simply have days and days of sex (without a trip to urgent care to take care of a UTI).
That said, I did love the description of a curvy girl who found her sexual confidence despite society’s descriptions of beauty as a size 2.
And, who doesn’t love LOVE?
2 different people brought together in a situational story. Thought provoking.
Not one of my favorite books. Lots of steamy stuff but no plot
Such a marvelously written romance with elements of realism…and an inspiration to all readers to locate a bake shop that makes really good doughnuts!
Interedting
Heartwarming story of a chance meeting.
The elevator scene is amazing. It was funny and you could feel the chemistry flying off of the pages.
I also loved that this was a bi-racial couple and that it is touched upon, but not exaggerated. It felt real and it was well executed. I feel the romance world needs more real world couples.
Adorable from beginning to end.
I started off liking this book, especially the humor, but too soon the main characters felt more like teenagers with hormones gone berserk, rather than adult professionals who are falling in love. Not my cup of tea.
The Wedding Date is fast-paced, sexy, playful, and smart. It’s a combination of chick-lit and romance, and I loved the pairing of this couple–from their super cute first meet, until the satisfying end–rooting for them to make not just the relationship work, but for their lives to work. It’s a fun story that beautifully balances entertainment with touching on some deeper issues in our society.
This was one of my favorite books last year. I read it more than once. Can hardly wait for her next book. xo.
Nice love story.
This book starts off so great that you want to turn the pages and get into it. However, it just doesn’t go anywhere. You don’t really love the characters and there is no story. I think it is just a blah book. Boy meets girl in an elevator, they go on a date, they can’t really figure things out, lighting strikes they are in love. The end!
Realistic one about taking the step from fun “why not?” dating to getting over your own head stuff to take it to the next level.
I loved this book from the first page. Drew and Alexa had very good chemistry. Will be reading it again.
I loved this book. I loved the story, the characters and the inner monologues. Drew and Alexa meet each other in an elevator they get stuck in together during a power outage. Sweet talking, good looking Drew, talks her into being his fake girlfriend to his ex’s wedding rehearsal dinner and wedding. They go into this as a “working” relationship, but you soon she there is more to their relationship that they think. They are both high powered professionals, Alexa is the mayor’s chief of staff and Drew is a doctor!
First off, I didn’t get that they were of different races until her inner monologue started going. Being of a different race gives you more challenges in this story but it also brings beauty to the story. How she sees herself is not how he sees her and that is beautiful. *Sigh* (I love this story)
It is an amazing story BUT… it will have you smacking your forehead when their inner monologues come into play, you know how they feel. You can read what they are thinking but they have a hard time communicating about how they feel to each other. When they try, it’s a train wreck. Some spots of the book had me itching to read faster because I needed to know more. Absolutely recommend this book.
I think I went in with higher expectations, but it was fine.
Another fantastic contemporary romance. I adored the shared humor of this quirky couple and the heroine is just awesome and believable. You will be cheering when she gets her HEA.
Not as clean as I prefer but I enjoyed the funny and witty banter and reading how the relationship grew.
I really liked the serious touches. It was a great meet-cute romantic story and lots of predictability there (although well told). The race issues were approached in a delicate way and seamlessly in the story – just enough to make someone think. I liked it.
Warning: Adult Sexual Content and Subject Matter. I put this first as I was taken by surprise when this romance started out really fun and then further into the book the language and content changed. I skipped over those descriptive pages as for me it did not add to the story line. Alexa is on her way to visit her sister staying in town for the night at a hotel when the power goes out and she gets stuck in the elevator with Drew who is in town for a wedding. The two enjoy bantering with one another while stuck in the elevator and when the power goes back on Drew begs Alexa to go as his date to the wedding of his ex-girlfriend and his friend. Alexa an attorney and chief of staff in the Mayor’s office works in Berkeley and Drew, a pediatrician living and working in Los Angeles embark on a long-distance relationship which has many ups and downs. We never find out too much personally about either character. The book started strong and then begin to read like a television show episode. I felt like Alexa’s insecurities and Drew’s sometimes brash remarks did not bode well to have them continue as a couple. Though racist comments and different racial background opinions were touched on they were not fleshed out. I wish the characters had more sides to them.
Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel, The Wedding Date, was a hard-to-put-down novel for me. I really enjoyed witnessing the relationship between Drew and Alexa grow from fake date, to friends, to lovers, to a lot more than that. I’m as sucker for romance novels and this contemporary novel is up there with my top 10 favorite of all time.
When I read, I tend to dig deep into certain issues, themes or topics that are part of the story. Although this novel was a feel-good novel, it did touch on the topic of interracial relationships and the insecurities that sometimes play a role in those relationships. One of the first times the black/white relationship played a significant role was when Alexa asked Drew if she would be the only black person at the wedding. Drew didn’t even know how to answer her because it isn’t something he considered. For me, the reason he didn’t consider it was because when he met Alexa and asked her to be his wedding date, he wasn’t looking at the color of her skin. He was looking at a beautiful woman who he was attracted to simply wanted to get to know more. Their interracial relationship came up a few more times in the novel but was addressed wonderfully.
This novel also touched on the subject of long distance relationship and relationship between two hard-working, independent professionals. Both Drew and Alexa were very passionate about their jobs. They both worked hard to achieve their careers and gave their professions their all. Balancing this with a long distance relationship can definitely put a strain. Overall, Drew and Alexa made it work. At the end of the day, their love was stronger than any obstacles.
What I enjoy about the book also is that the Epilogue wasn’t a “they lived happily ever after” type of Epilogue. It mentioned that the year they’ve been together has had a lot of ups and downs as Drew and Alexa continue to learn about one another.
I’m glad Jasmine gave us a glimpse into her next book, The Proposal and I am truly excited and looking forward to reading Carlos’ story. I already loved the way it started. I like Jasmine’s very creative way on how her main characters first interact with one another.