Bride Needs Groom

by Wendy Markham

      Mia was raised by poor but loving grandparents. Then several years ago her grandfather won the lottery. Now grandpa issues an ultimatum, "get married or get disinherited."

Mia finds a man online. She arranges to meet Derek in Vegas for a quickie wedding, to be followed after a suitable amount of time by a quickie divorce.

On the flight to Vegas she meets Dominic, the bad boy of her dreams. The more Mia talks to Dom, the less she wants to marry Derek. But she's already made a commitment. Even after a goodbye kiss that nearly melts her eyeballs, Mia feels obligated to marry Derek.

Then she meets him.

Derek is the opposite of Dom in every way. He's the boy of every momma's dream. And he leaves Mia stone cold. All she can think about is the man on the plane - the man that she fell in love with at first sight.

At the courthouse, Mia can't take it anymore. She breaks it off with Derek and sets out to find Dom. After staking out his hotel lobby for several hours, she finagles her way into Dom's hotel room.

Despite the attentions of a swimsuit model, Dom can think only of Mia. When he returns to his hotel room, alone, he is thrilled to find Mia falling asleep in his bed.

After a few days and nights of fun and frolic Dominic finds himself in the last place he ever expected to be - the altar. Now the real adventure begins. How in the world can these two make their impulsive marriage work?

This is an enjoyable book. The sex is steamy and the humor good, but I found the author's persistent use of the present tense annoying.

Some people may feel they are a part of the action when it occurs in the present tense. Personally, I find it very distracting. I would have enjoyed the book more if it were narrated in the customary past tense. Were it not for that, I would be interested in reading more of this author's work.