Release Day Review: A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley

26 July of 2023 by ButtonsMom2003

A Wedding in a Week By Con Riley

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Brother’s best friend/best friend’s brother, second chance

Released: July 26, 2023

Publisher: Self-Published

Length: 86,000 words approx

Cover Design: Natasha Snow

Synopsis

A second chance with his brother’s best friend also comes with a deadline.

Three years after inheriting his family farm, an accident forces Stefan Luxton to rethink his future. Turning his farm into a five-star wedding venue is one goal. Another is to reconnect with Marc, who Stefan loved but let slip away to the city.

Now Marc’s back, trying for a job that might keep him in Cornwall long term, and Stefan’s determined to help him. There’s just one problem — he only has seven days to do it.

Expect:
A strong and silent gentle giant.
The bright soul who lights his shadows.
Sparks rekindling on wild and rugged moorland.
Past heartbreak finally healing.
All against a clock that won’t stop ticking.

A Wedding in a Week is set in Con Riley’s extended Cornish romance world. New readers can start right here and expect a sweet and steamy standalone story, rich with hurt-comfort emotion, while previous readers might enjoy glimpsing a few old friends.

Inspired by a short story contribution to a charity anthology, A Wedding in a Week is a novel-length expansion containing significant unique content.

Teaser Graphic

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I loved this book!

A Wedding in a Week is another Con Riley book that just about broke me, but made me whole again by the end. I kind of knew my emotions were in for a rollercoaster ride when I was holding back tears before I finished the first chapter. (This means I loved it.)

I’m not sure why but the title made me think this was going to be more of a rom-com; boy was I wrong. I’m not saying that this story was all heavy and angsty; there were some lighter moments. But Con Riley knows how to write stories that will get you right in the feels and this one sure did that for me, maybe earlier in the book than others I’ve read by her.

Not too long into the story I thought I knew something was going to happen to Stefan’s brother; boy did I get that wrong. I really can’t say anything else because I think it would be too spoiler-y. But my expectation of the upcoming event kind of had me on edge which made the surprise even more significant.

Fans of Con Riley’s other series, Learning to Love and His Contemporary, will be delighted to see glimpses of some old friends. But no worries if you haven’t read them as this story does stand alone. I do highly recommend those series because the characters in them are wonderful.