Review: Fantastic read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
As maid of honor, she needs to find a date for her sister's wedding so that she won't look like a loser in front of the former fiancé who's also a member of the wedding party. Encouraged to run from a newly determined fate he doesn't want, a reluctant vampire needs to get out of town to avoid an arranged marriage to an anonymous bloodsucking bride. The lady and the vamp have very little in common, except a strange pull of attraction they can't seem to fight and a sudden desire to just stop fighting it.Alice Shepherd needs a date for the weeklong cruise to Mexico that will culminate in her sister's wedding. Finding her fiancé in bed with her best friend was a total shock that Alice hasn't quite recovered from, but she can't avoid Brett because he's the groom's brother. A few sexy dresses, the confidence to wear a bikini, and a hot date will show Brett just what he gave up, even if she has no plans to take the cheating moneygrubber back. Hot neighbor Noah Thorpe is just what Alice needs to rub Brett's nose in it, but Noah's not so easily persuaded by her invitation to be her date for the festivities. For him, it's complicated.Finding out that the Vampire Council has plans to match him up with an unwanted bride, Noah's vampire brother Charles convinces him to accept Alice's invitation and get out of town so the council can't locate him. Perhaps, during that week in hiding, Noah's vampire brothers can convince the council to give Noah another 50 years without the complications of an unwanted wife, or at least provide a short postponement of the inevitable. All Noah has to do is hide his vampirism from a pretty human female for a week and make sure he takes a well-camouflaged supply of blood to last for the length of the cruise. Certainly he could make himself available to accompany Alice to all the planned festivities, but he was unprepared to find they'd be sharing sleeping accommodations aboard ship...DON'T BITE THE BRIDESMAID is a delightfully quirky read that is just downright charming. The dialogue is witty and the plot is filled with situations that any romance reader can relate to. While the paranormal element does create drama, it never once dominates the storyline or steals from the fact that this is a romance between two characters from different backgrounds.Noah's character is that of a vampire who knows it's imperative he guard his privacy, but he's never lost his humanity and he secretly longs for acceptance, love, and companionship. Alice is an adorable mix of brazen innocence and shy bravado, and she naturally exudes a sunny outlook that is a draw to a man such as Noah, who does most of his living in his own private darkness. When these two drop their guards, but hide their feelings, love quickly shoulders its way in, but is a future between them really possible?Even if you dislike paranormal romance, you should give DON'T BITE THE BRIDESMAID a read. It's a fun tale reminiscent of chick-lit romance, and Tiffany Allee does a fantastic job with switching point of views between Alice and Noah. Yes, there are sexual scenes, but they aren't gritty or gratuitous, but they may make you want to check yourself in the mirror if you are ever guilty of making love before sitting down to a meal with your lovingly curious family!Reviewed by Angie Just Read...for TheRomanceReviews.com