Book Title: Love Beneath the Stars: A Matchmaker Wedding Novella
Author: Claerie Kavanaugh
Publisher: Half Caff Press
Cover Artist: Lauren Dombrowski
Release Date: April 26, 2023
Genres: Contemporary F/F Romance
Tropes: Age gap, celebrity, matchmaker, wedding
Themes: Coming out, forgiveness
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 30 000 words
It is a standalone story in the Entertaining Love series.
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They say love conquers all, but what if getting it means losing your family?
Blurb
After years of searching, a job gone wrong finally led Hollywood’s most famous matchmaker Eve to her soulmate in up-and-coming starlet Jemma Mason. For a year, they had pictured their perfect destination Valentine’s Day wedding. But when Jemma’s family arrives from Montana, they quickly learn perfection is hard to come by.
Jemma’s conservative brother has always been distant, but when he meets his sister’s fiancée, who is seven years her senior, he worries she’s moving way too fast and refuses to come to the wedding, let alone keep his promise to walk her down the aisle. Can love really conquer all, or are there some wounds that simply run too deep to be buried?
Eve and Jemma’s Wedding Novella. Sequel to LOVE AMONG THE STARS in the standalone sapphic celebrity romance series ENTERTAINING LOVE.
My heart feels heavy, but I’m grateful for Susanne’s efforts to speak with Ethan. I didn’t tell Jemma about it. I had planned to keep it a secret until we had succeeded. And since nothing changed, well, there was nothing to burden her with anyway.
We gather around a dinner table at the resort, laughter and conversation floating through the air, but my focus is pulled away from its beauty when my phone rings.
“Excuse me,” I murmur as I step away from the table and put the receiver to my ear. “Hello?”
“Miss Davis?”
I nod. “Yes, this is she.” I step closer to the bathrooms as an unfamiliar voice crackles through my speakers.
“Yes, this is Emily, the event coordinator Sunset Carribiran Resort? I’m very sorry to call you like this. I thought you’d like to know as soon as possible.
My mouth goes dry, and I clutch the receiver a little tighter. “What is it?”
The woman sighs on the other line. “I’m very sorry Mrs. Davis, but I’m afraid there’s been a snafu. Due to a leaky pipe the chapel will no longer be available on February fourteenth.”
My ears buzz, and my stomach drops. “What do you mean it’s not available?!” My breath catches in my throat, panic clawing at the edges of my mind.
“I’m terribly sorry,” the consultant repeats. But we’ve only just noticed the leak. We have times available on the following day, though.”
“I wish we could but…” My voice is strained. “We have to get married on Valentine’s Day. It’s our anniversary.”
“I wish we could do more to help you,” the woman says apologetically, “but until this leak is fixed we are prohibited from conducting any ceremonies.”
Claerie Kavanaugh has spent most of her life telling stories, but she never imagined herself writing romance. In fact, she used to think it should only be reserved for Hallmark movies. It wasn’t until college, when she discovered fanfiction, that she learned what romance was truly about: not just fluffy relationships and happily-ever-afters, but human connection, the desire to push one another to be better, and create hope that somewhere, somehow, everyone has someone.
When she’s not writing, she loves to travel and explore new cultures, helping other authors polish their works as a freelance editor, and singing while doing so. Broadway musicals are her soul-food, something her mother and sister know well. She constantly blasts the newest soundtrack through the halls of their Missouri home, much to the chagrin of her very sassy and spoiled cat.
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