Series: One Day
at a Wedding
Including: Once
Upon a Wedding (#1), Anything but a Wedding (#2), When Cassie Met Thad
(#0.5)
Author: Kelly Rae
Release Date: Jan
12, 2016
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Cassie
Anderson, bridesmaid extraordinaire, is tired of attending her
friend’s weddings either solo, or with her best friend, Thad. Finding
a real date is simply too much work. Especially when she sees an old
acquaintance from high school, Dan, at her friend Shelley’s wedding.
After the spark shared between them, Dan has become the object of her affection.
Too bad he has a nasty habit of having a date on his arm at every turn.
Stealing another woman's date is against the rules, but if she could
just catch him at an event alone…well, that would be fair game!
Unfortunately, timing is everything, and she and Dan seem to have the worst.
Always the bridesmaid, walking away with nothing more than a dreadful
dress,
Cassie is committed to changing her luck and getting her
man.
Dan daydreamed about Cassie
Anderson through most of his high school classes. She barely knew he was alive
– but that didn’t stop him from wanting her for all those
years. Unfortunately, her return to his life comes at the worst time possible.
As he tries to put his life back together, he keeps an eye on her, hoping to
find her single at the right time. A time when it all hurts a bit less. A time
when he can offer her all of the love she deserves. After three weddings of
happenstance meetings, Dan finds himself to be a little more ready for
everything that is Cassie. Putting himself out there, he can only hope she is
everything he thinks she might be — his forever
girl.
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Thad never
expected to find anyone who meant more to him than his best friend, Cassie. She
was the one woman he loved enough not to sleep with. He was a player, but an
honest one. Unfortunately, not everyone felt that balanced out his love
'em and leave 'em ways. He just didn't see a need to
settle down — yet. Then, he met Brianna, who made him think about the
future — a future with her — which was a new experience for
Thad. Brianna is also a new kind of woman and convincing her that they have a
future might just be the challenge of his life.
Brianna works through men like
she works through her closet — seasonally. Any other way has always
been trouble. When she meets Thad, she is thrilled. Not only does he intrigue
and excite her, but he is just like her — noncommittal. He sets her
on fire with his smooth talk and honest approach to dating. Even without being
physical beyond a kiss, the thought of him makes her entire body hum. Except,
Thad has gone and gotten attached to her in a way neither of them expected;
attached in a way she simply cannot allow. Unfortunately, he won't
allow their relationship to become physical until she surrenders her heart to
him, which is a battle she isn’t sure she can win. The longer it
lasts, the less sure she becomes of wanting it
to.
Were you curious about how
Cassie and Thad met? Read all about their friendship based love story. College
parties, makeups and breakups – see what makes their platonic love,
one of the best around. This is the perfect introduction to the One Day at a
Wedding Series and it’s FREE, so you check out the stars of the
series with little to no commitment, we call that Thad
Style!
From Once Upon a
Wedding
–
“Cassie. Cassie, did
you see who’s here?” Shelley tugged at her skirt, trying to
get her attention directed toward the back of the
church.
“What’s the
matter with you?” she asked Shelley and then turned to face the back
of the church. “Ohh, now I see what you
mean.”
“And yet, you ignored
me,” Thad said from the other side.
She just blew him off with a
wave. He would get over it in two seconds or less
anyway.
There he stood, looking as
dapper as a GQ cover. His suit was a very nice shade of blue, with a white
shirt and what appeared to be a pinstripe tie. By the time Shelley had gotten
her attention, he had already selected a pew and scooted by people for a seat.
The most important thing Cassie noticed was his lack of a
date.
Who doesn’t
take their fiancée to a
wedding?
This
could be a good sign. Of course, she would have to do some more investigating
before she determined whether he had a single status at this point, or remained
affianced. It then dawned on her that she, herself, had brought a date to the
wedding. She took her eyes off Dan long enough to glance over at Thad,
currently very busy staring at the legs of the woman next to
him.
Boy, can I pick
‘em. Even my pretend boyfriends are
losers.
“Thad, do you think
you could be a little more discrete about your appreciation for our neighbor
there?” she asked through gritted teeth, trying to keep her disdain
to a low roar.
“Oh, shit,
I’m sorry Cassie. But did you see her calves? I swear, it’s
just a professional thing,” he said this with the gigolo grin, his
specialty, one that hardly ever worked on Cassie. Hardly
ever.
“If this is where you
tell me how you’re a critic and you were just admiring her legs in a
professional manner, don’t bother,” Cassie uttered in her
most stern, yet quiet, voice. “You critique the arts, Thad, her legs
are not
performing.”
“I could argue that
point, but seeing how your face is scrunching up at me, I won’t.
You’re right, I’m sorry. It won’t happen
again.”
Thad did his best to appear
remorseful and even went so far as to kiss her forehead and squeeze her hand.
She did not squeeze back.
To Cassie’s way of
thinking, the fact that he had been holding her hand the whole time, including
while checking out the lady’s legs next to them, made it a little
worse. What could she say, though, considering she had been waiting and hoping
for the appearance of another
man?
She turned her head and caught
Dan glancing in her direction. His mouth immediately curved up into a smile and
he waved in Cassie’s direction. Cassie returned the smile and raised
her left hand to reciprocate the wave, realizing she’d brought
Thad’s hand along with her. Making it obvious that she had brought a
date to the wedding, she immediately dropped Thad’s hand. Too late.
She knew Dan had seen already.
Damn
it!
Kelly Rae is mom to an amazing
young man. Everything else is just a way to keep busy between laughs with her
son, or a way to pay for his sports equipment and growing feet. When she was
twelve years old, she hit the big leagues by winning a Young Authors Award
(okay, okay, it was only within her school district. Shh.) Although she has
been unable to duplicate this success in her adult writing, she is giving it
her best shot. Kelly, her son, their chocolate lab and new kitten, live in the
Pacific Northwest. Here they enjoy the sun when it shines and the snow when it
falls. When they aren't dancing in the rain or singing at the top of
their lungs in the car, they are planning their dream vacations...which they
might even get to take some
day.
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