Kristelle had made damn sure she wouldn’t be waiting for him barely ten minutes after his suggestion that they needed a break. He preferred his country wide open, with a sky that went forever and then some.īesides, it wasn’t like he had anyone waiting for him back in the city. Plenty of his workmates went back to the big smoke when they’d finished their rostered fourteen days straight at the mine. But then, as much as he liked his mate, this was one wedding he wasn’t particularly looking forward to.Īlternatively, he could have headed to the city, to Perth.

He could have headed straight to Broome, where his best mate, Robbo, was to be married later in the week, and where the pre-wedding party was already underway. He strode down Hannan Street, feeling the beat of the summer sunshine through the shirt on his back, knowing he’d made the right decision to spend the first of his seven days R&R here in the outback town of Kalgoorlie. The cold beer would go down fast, he knew, but the hot woman-well, it had been a while, and so he’d rather linger over that particular pleasure. Mitch Bannister needed a cold beer and a hot woman, preferably in that order.

I really hope you enjoy reading their journey into married life together as much as I enjo yed writing it.Īnd then watch out, because Tara’s story, Almost a Bride by the incomparable Sarah Mayberry, is up next! It was so lovely to be able to bring Scarlett and Mitch together at the end. Oh, I had so much fun writing this story!

With Scarlett’s own wedding plans gone askew, she gets to help out hero Mitch at another wedding, that turns out to be the kind of nightmare we all hope won’t be our own. Her older sister by five minutes, Tara, is the sensible one (and yes, their mother is a dyed in the wool Gone with the Wind fan). Scarlett is a twin and she’s the flaky sister.

That’s not to say I didn’t give my heroine, Scarlett, plenty of grief along the way. It was pure romance, pure escapism, all dressed up in a gorgeous frothy wedding gown. I was totally chuffed to be invited be part of the Spring Brides series, to write a story that links with novellas by some of my favorite writing colleagues and friends. Who doesn’t love a wedding? The gowns, the flowers, the color and the sheer glamor of it all–what’s not to love? And that’s all besides the romance and hopes and wishes for the happy couple, who’ve found their perfect partner and their happy ever after.

Second Chance Bride by Trish Morey