ROMANCE

Never Planned on You

St. Martin’s Griffin. Feb. 2025. 320p. ISBN 9781250902948. pap. $18. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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When Ali Rubin made a bet with a handsome British stranger that ended with them both getting hideous matching tattoos during her study abroad program, she didn’t expect to run into him again years later in her hometown of Baltimore. Graham and aspiring wedding planner Ali quickly reconnect and discover that there’s still something between them. This makes it even more shocking to Ali when Graham is revealed to be the groom in the high-profile wedding she’s working on at one of Baltimore’s most prestigious hotels, a gig that could land her a full-time job if the big day goes smoothly. Complications arise when Ali and Graham can’t ignore the undeniable sparks between them, especially when Ali learns that the wedding is one of convenience, not romance. Will Ali be able to get both the job and the guy of her dreams? Well-drawn supporting characters (including Till There Was You’s Lexi) and snappy dialogue help make up for a plot that often gets bogged down in the details, but readers will be rooting for Ali and Graham in this sweet and sexy contemporary.
VERDICT Ali and Graham’s believable right-person-wrong-time dilemma will resonate with fans of second-chance romances.
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