Title:  The Almost Wives Club – Kate book 1
Series:  The Almost Wives Club
Author:  Nancy Warren
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  March 15, 2015
Publisher:  Ambleside Publishing
My Rating:  4 stars
Source:  NetGalley

Story Blurb:

Kate Winton-Jones is marrying one of America’s most eligible bachelors. Edward Carnarvon III is rich, handsome and hers. But at the final fitting of her wedding gown, one of the seamstresses pricks her and a tiny blood spot appears on the outrageously expensive gown. Its famous designer fires the clumsy seamstress on the spot, whereupon the girl puts a curse on the dress and storms out. Kate doesn’t believe in curses. She’s modern, American and in love with the perfect guy. What could go wrong?

But that very evening she meets a man who makes her question her future. And then she discovers that Edward has been hiding a secret or two… and before you can say, “This dress is so cursed,” she’s on the run from Edward, his family, her mother, the paparazzi and the person she thought she was.

When the man who discovers her hiding place turns out to be the last man she should trust, it’s time to throw her cautious good sense out with the satin shoes she won’t be wearing. Playing it safe hasn’t done her much good. Maybe it’s time to play by a new set of rules. Her rules.

Sometimes Prince Charming is the one who turns out to be the frog, and true love appears in the most unexpected places.

Follow the cursed dress through five sets of bridal hands as four more women join The Almost Wives Club.

Read on for my thoughts on The Almost Wives Club.  No true spoilers, promise.

Oh, my goodness!  I haven’t had such fun reading a novel in months.  If you love romantic stories – if you enjoy romantic comedy – and if you just love a good love story, then have I got a novel for you.

Kate is about to marry Edward.  The society event is planned, the invitations sent out, the pre-nup has been signed.  Wait – What?  Poor Kate, she’s marrying into a very high society family whose reputation within that society seems to be more important than her and her future husband’s happiness.  Her wedding gown has been cursed by a seamstress who accidentally poked her during the ultra chic designer’s tirade about Kate’s weight loss – stress.  And now the man she is about to marry leaves abruptly in the middle of a date to go back to work and when she questions him tells her to stop being so needy.  Jerk!  Then to top it all off a complete stranger – admittedly a very handsome, sexy stranger sits down in Edward’s seat and proceeds to drink his wine and eat his prime rib.  What the…?

…and that my friends, is just the beginning of this madcap, charming story.  There is more craziness to come – so much more, but to tell you any more would spoil the enjoyment you will get from reading this one for yourself.

Kate will have to face some hard decision and perhaps the most difficult of will be to discover who she really is, the woman she feels the most natural as.  High society wife or someone else…

I completely adored The Almost Wives Club and that cursed wedding dress – which will make more appearances in future books.  It is a charming, funny, loving romantic story of two people who find each other at the end of pretense.  It gets 4 outta 5 on  my rating system.  Go pick it up – you will completely enjoy the ride.

These are the next stories in The Almost Wives Club series:

Secondhand Bride coming in April, 2015
Bridesmaid for Hire coming in May, 2015
The Wedding Flight in June, 2015
If the Dress Fits in July 2015

*I received an e-ARC of The Almost Wives Club from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*

Available after March 15, 2015 for the Kindle