The Bride Next Door, by Hope Ramsay is a contemporary romance, and the fourth book in the Chapel of Love series.

Courtney Wallace is a wedding planner without her own happily-ever-after. Most of her friends are now in committed relationships, which inadvertently pressures Courtney to find love. However, she decides to abandon her pursuit of marriage by adopting a kitten. Meanwhile, Matthew Lyndon is a lawyer working for the family law firm, after recently returning to his hometown. However, Matthew doesn't want to be a typically lawyer like his father, and instead he purses a seemingly unwinnable case.

Matthew and Courtney end up as neighbors, both with newly adopted kittens and they are attracted to each other, despite their personal issues. Along with miscommunication, the characters are insecure with preconceived notions and judgmental attitudes at times. It's a difficult path towards a happy relationship. By the way, the adorable and feisty kittens play a major (and entertaining) role in their relationship.

The Bride Next Door is geared towards those who enjoy reading contemporary romances.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This is the fourth book in the Chapel of Love series. I've enjoyed this series in a small town setting. To be honest, I wasn't crazy about the age gap of the two characters. That's probably just me though. Other than that, it was enjoyable and I'm looking forward to more books in this series.

Courtney has men all figured out and she's tired of them and their games. Her favorite thing is to make them pay for their behavior with other women. But when her biological clock starts ticking loudly she has to figure out what to do. Matt is an enigma that Courtney wants to solve. Their relationship is a wild ride but a rewarding one.

I received an arc from NG for review.

I am a new fan of this author and I have read two books prior to this one. Of all of them this was my least favorite. However it is well written and my dislike had more to do with the age gap between the two main characters than anything else.

Courtney is a wedding planner at Matt's cousins resort. She is about 8 years older than him, mid 30's. Matt is 28 and a lawyer with his dad and brother at the companies firm. A bet is made that Matt will bed C and C knows about the bet so that is how they start hanging out together. Matt thinks C is the hottest woman ever and he wants her badly. And eventhough C does not like Matt, she lusts for him.

And that is pretty much the plot. There are other elements like Matt fighting for this development that wants to evict some of C's friends but what really bothered me about this book is that C looks down on Matt a lot and thinks of him as this man baby. Not that she is right, Matt is a strong alpha-ish man, but I didn't like how she treated him because of his age.