Bad Brides by Rebecca Chance

Synopsis

Two brides. One prize. Who will come out on top?

Milly Gamble is an up-and-coming actress, and the perfect English flower child. At 23, she's always been cast as the innocent heroine. But looks can deceive. Calculating and fiercely ambitious, Milly is determined to be the most famous star in England. And how better to achieve her goal than by dating Tarquin Ormond, lead singer of the biggest folk band of the moment? Tarquin is madly in love with Milly; Milly is only in love with herself.

Brianna Jade is an all-American pageant girl. The daughter of Tamra Maloney, a stunning billionairess, Brianna is a sweet, pretty girl who is more than happy to go along with her mother's ambitious plans for her. Now Tamra's brought her to the UK and hooked her up with an Earl. He has a crumbling stately home and needs a rich wife to help restore it to its former glory. Tamra is as ambitious and determined as Brianna is sweet and innocent - is this more a case of mother-in-law-zilla than bridezilla?

Both Milly and Brianna's upcoming weddings will be huge, lavish events that garner national press. But with the cover of the biggest magazine in the country to be won, things are about to get very dirty…

Review

This is the first novel by Rebecca Chance that I have read, and I love weddings, so what better place to start?

I loved the idea of the competition to become the cover bride for Style magazine, however I did expect it to feature more heavily than it did, which is a shame. This did mean though, that there was more time for character development, and I think all the characters were developed really well.

Brianna was so sweet and nice, I did wonder if it was all a fake act and if she would turn out to be a complete nightmare, but happily, she was as down to earth as she first appeared. She also seemed very mature for her age, probably because she broke the stereotype of a rich, blonde pageant queen. Edmund was polite and gentlemanly, but not stuck up like you can imagine someone with a title and lives in a stately home (however desperate in need of renovation).

Milly was the bitch of the book, it was quite funny to read how self-centred she was, and how she put her brand first and foremost in her life, rather than her relationship with Tarquin.

I think this book was wonderfully written, I especially enjoyed the Milly and Tarquin thread of the story. This book is the perfect read if you want a sexy, steamy read which you will be unable to put down! Rebecca has certainly earned her title ‘Queen of the Bonkbuster’ here!

Released on 27th March 2014
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Published by: Simon and Schuster
Gratefully received from the Publisher for review.