I love a good forced proximity for the holidays story and the Snowed Inn series is bringing us seven standalone stories from seven amazing authors and it kicks off with Stop the Wedding by RJ Scott
From the blurb:
One drunken phone call with a desperate plea for help and an admission of love, and Patrick races to stop his best friend from marrying the wrong man.
Patrick never stopped loving Declan, even if he did shove him away at graduation when they kissed. His alpha-type brothers and father, with all their firefighter history, would never accept him being bi, or understand his need to step outside of the family firm and be a cop. So, he hides how he feels, and ends up losing the only man he’s ever really loved. The only reconciliation they tried was on the night he found out Declan was engaged, and he never imagined he’d have a chance to make things right. That is, until he receives a desperate phone call from Declan asking to be rescued. Through travel chaos and storms, Patrick finally reaches the venue in the Colorado mountains, but with an empty wedding room and no sign of Declan or the fiancé, he knows he’s too late.
All too familiar with rejection, jilted by his fiancé on his wedding day, and lost, Declan has no idea what comes next. He never imagined he’d be entirely alone after his former fiancé and the wedding party leave, or that an avalanche would trap him in the hotel over Christmas. And worse? Patrick is in the hotel with him and won’t leave him alone. Sharing a room with his former best friend is the last thing Declan wants, but maybe nature has given him a sign that he needs to confront the past and find a way to move on with his life. If only it was easy to fall out of love with the man who holds your heart.
All the books In the Snowed Inn collection are standalone stories and can be read In any order.
Heather's Review:
I had a tough time getting into this story - I can't say whether it was my covid addled brain or the angst between Declan and Patrick, but I'm glad I went back a second time to finish and read about their HEA!
There is a lot going on at the beginning of Stop the Wedding - a wedding that doesn't happen, a mad dash by Patrick, an avalanche that snows in the inn and glimpses into what may be other stories in the multi-author series, but I had to take a break and re-group before reading past the first part of the book...
Once the guys start talking and actually opening up to each other, the story is wonderful and so sweet and worth powering through the chaos that reigns in the first part of the book..
Rating: 3.5 Stars rounded up
Janet's Review:
Stop the Wedding is the first book in the Snowed Inn multi author series. Declan drunkenly calls his former best friend Patrick. Patrick races to Declan only for the venue hall at the resort to be empty. He finds Declan drunk and angry at him. They are forced to stay together at the resort when a natural disaster occurs.
So much hurt between them, a bit of a roller coaster ride, excellent best friend to lovers! Overall, a great read. Well written with nice pacing.
Rating: 4 Stars
Stop the Wedding is available to read as an e-book and is available in Kindle Unlimited
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