Review: Mail-Order Groom
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
Mail-Order Groom is an entertaining romantic comedy that follows a jilted woman's intriguing journey to the altar with a sweet Polish immigrant seeking a green card after her fiance calls off their wedding.Lisa has planned the perfect wedding, but days before their special day, she catches her fiance Jeff in the arms of another woman! Unfortunate misunderstandings, accusations, and a heat-of-the moment argument has Jeff dumping a brokenhearted Lisa and calling off their wedding. Determined to have her perfect wedding, Lisa's best friend suggests finding a replacement groom on mail-order-grooms.com. Lisa meets Polish baker, Krzysztof Zielinski, who needs to marry an American woman so he can obtain a green card and stay in the US. Lisa's race to the altar with her stand-in groom is anything but perfect, but can her journey lead her to finding love and happiness?In her debut novel, author Cindy Flores Martinez weaves an intriguing story that is full of angst, confusion, romance and comedy. Told in the first person narrative, Lisa takes the reader along for the ride on her crazy journey to the altar in search of the elusive perfect wedding that she craves. The reader easily gets drawn into the story from the start with the drastic end of Lisa and Jeff's relationship, to Lisa's frantic search for a replacement groom, to the journey of two people who come together for different reasons and discover that maybe they really do belong together. The story has a good mixture of drama and humor, and enough twists and turns that will keep the reader's interest. Lisa, Jeff, and Krzys' story will take the reader on a crazy roller coaster ride to reach the desired romantic happily ever after ending.Mail-Order Groom is a touching romantic story that will leave a smile on your face.Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review.