The Wedding Game

The enemies-to-lovers trope puts two families through the wringer in this entertaining contemporary romance from Quinn (See Me After Class). When Martha Stewart–wannabe Luna Rossi hears that The Wedding Game, a popular reality show, is looking for contestants to create a beautiful wedding on a budget, she feels certain that her brother, Cohen, and his husband-to-be, Declan, could win with her expert crafting skills behind them and coaxes them to enter. Meanwhile, Thad Baxter, whose fiancée, Naomi, is pregnant, begs his brother, Alec, a ruthless divorce lawyer, to support his entry because the show requires the participation of at least one family member. Alec and Thad witnessed their parents’ acrimonious divorce, which left Alec jaded and his relationship with Thad strained—but he eventually agrees. Once selected, a clash between the teams is inevitable, and sparks fly between Luna and Alec from the start. As hostility turns into romance, they decide to keep their relationship quiet—even from their brothers—so as not to jeopardize the competition. But when the secret is revealed, tempers flare, and Luna and Alec must decide where their priorities lie. Readers won’t have to be reality TV fans to get a kick out of this fun, quirky rom-com. [em]Agent: Aimee Ashcraft, Brower Literary. (Mar.) [/em]