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Book Description:
Eloise Manfred just sold her soul to the wedding devil.

In exchange for a free $100,000 dream wedding, she'll be featured in a trendy magazine as "Today's Modern Bride." So what if the advertisers dictate what she wears, eats, and registers for? From the gown (it has yellow feathers) to the reception hall (vampire chic) to the rings (what metal is that?) to the prime rib (tofu!), Eloise knows that what really matters is the groom (cold feet?). All she has to do is keep a wedding-planning diary (heavily edited) and have her friends and family ooh and ahh over her leather veil in photo shoots.

Friends, Eloise has: bridesmaids Jane, Natasha, Amanda and oddball co-worker Philippa, the magazine's "traditional (ha!) Bride." Family, she doesn't have. Eloise's mother passed away, her father took off years ago, her too-cool-for-words brother is either climbing Mount Everest or scamming a rich older woman in Beverly Hills and her fiancé's family is certifiable. So between choosing rubber bridesmaid dresses and worrying about the photo shoots, Eloise finally asks the question: Hey--whose wedding is it anyway?

Rating : - Funny but predictable
Eloise learns the hard way that there's no such thing as a free wedding. When her boss discovers that she and a colleague are engaged, she proposes that the magazine pay for both the weddings to be featured in a story on modern verses classic brides. Having little money, she jumps at the chance not realizing that the Boss from Hell's idea of modern is something out of a comic book. Rather than a tasteful Vera Wang gown, she gets dress only Big Bird could love. And the cute pink bridesmaids gowns? Nope - she gets purple rubber. Everything from the venue to the menu to the lack of guests she can invite causes her to want to rethink marriage just to cancel the travesty. When her estranged brother shows up, he alleviates the need to hire a fake brother for the photos, but he comes with lots of baggage himself. Will the bride to be get a backbone and declare her nuptials off limits to the travesty?

Senate always pens angst ridden novels with interesting heroines. I loved the concept for the story, and thought that it was humorous, but it was a bit predictable. Some of the characters may seem familiar as they first appeared in Senate's "See Jane Date," which was adapted into a movie on the Family Channel. Despite its flaws, it was a nice way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.