Violet - Vibrant, beautiful, resilient, impulsive at times, quick with sassy/humorous comebacks, hearts been stomped on before, photographer, complicated immediate family past, eye for fashion/style/weddings, wants the whole package - love, marriage, children, won’t be used/tricked again.

Ford - Firefighter, paramedic, rescue dog trainer, all around good guy town hero, family history baggage, knucklehead actions/words at times, afraid of marriage, falls for the heroine despite trying not to, calm in a crisis but love makes him panic.

Well, this main couple was like bread and butter, my fellow romance book loving friends. Yeah, they truly went that well together. From their at first glance, sizzling, instant attraction/chemistry to their funny, sassy, flirty, at times argumentative back and forth banter, I couldn’t get enough of them. The great posse of friends that surrounded them as side characters just added to this romantic mayhem mix. Throw in the cute, adorable puppies, and, really, what more do I need to say. I was hooked from the get go. 

As a lover of relationship angst, I can handle knucklehead words/actions when I know it will ultimately lead to soul searching, hard on the heart regret, groveling, and life changing, light bulb moments of realization on what’s truly important. We definitely get that in the form of a direct punch to the heart here, folks. Here’s to hoping you’ll feel the same way and enjoy this book as much as I did. 

Title: Always a Bridesmaid, Series: Getting Hitched in Dixie (Book 2), Author: Cindi Madsen, Pages: 400, stand-alone, sassy/quick with comebacks hearts been stomped on heroine, good guy but a knucklehead/afraid to love hero, relationship angst, very steamy late in book, get to know each other first, small town setting, HEA, 

Book 1 - Just One of the Groomsmen
Book 2 - Always a Bridesmaid

(I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review. There is no relationship or affiliation between this reviewer and the author, publisher, or NetGalley.)

While the news is always serious lately, I needed a lighthearted distraction and found it here! I completely inhaled this romance and will definitely be backtracking to read book one in the series (more like companion books - I had no trouble following what was going on). So cute and it hit the spot!

I fell in love with Violet and the puppy Trouble. Ford is so hot and cold that I was glad for that whimsical part of the book.
The family of both Violet and Ford are nightmares. They at least have this to bond over. 
Always a Bridesmaid, is a hilariously, fun romance novel.

I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

I read the previous book in this series and really enjoyed it, so I took a chance and requested this one from NetGalley. I’m very thankful that I was given the chance to read and review Ford and Violet’s story. 

Violet has commitment and trust issues and decides to get away for awhile to get herself together and of course she runs into Ford everywhere she goes in town. 

This can be read as a stand alone, but you really are missing out if you don’t read the other books too.

I am loving this series!!

It has been so fun to watch each of these friends fall and get their HEA.  

Violet is a woman who has written off men and just trying to get by.  She wants to help her sister out and because of this she has a very awkward but yet funny first meeting with Ford.  Once thing that I really liked that the author did an amazing job at was the character development of Violet.  I loved that at different times we got to see her have all kinds of different emotions.  She was strong but yet needed someone to stand beside her in others.  To me, this made her feel real.  We all have these sides to us and it was nice to read about someone we could relate to.  I also liked that Violet had ADD.  I liked that this wasn't the focus of the book but yet it explained it in a way that was both informative and supportive.

Ford was a harder man for me.  I really liked him but yet I was a little thrown off about how he could be swayed so easily especially by people he knows and he knows their angles.  Why did he let him inside his head?  There were many times my heart would beat a little faster for this man.  I loved the times that Ford was working with the dogs for training.  

I also loved the relationship between Ford and Addie.  I loved their friendship and you always knew where his loyalty was.  They has some of my favorite lines!  I loved that he was her dude of honor!!

Addie - Yellow Dandelions make me happy.
Ford - Then they turn white and you can blow them and make wishes and sh@t.

I loved  this book!  It's both funny and sweet, with some poignant moments.  The funny parts made me laugh out loud and fall in love with the characters. Both Violet and Ford are somewhat damaged and have a fragile sense of self, however, when the meet, they can't seem to stay apart.  What follows is delightful - the kind of book that just makes you smile.  I was totally invested in their story and wanted them to get a HEA ending.  Put this one on your must read list.

I loved this book. So I have been a fan of Cindi for a while and so when the first book to this series came out. the first book was entitled"Just one of the groomsmen" please read I felt that in order to read this one you need to read that and trust me you want to read that one. Now normally when there is a second book, they are not as good as the first one but that was not the case with this book, it was just as good or even dare I say it at times better. Now I love the relationship with Addie and Ford, they are hilarious together, there is a scene in the bakery that had me laughing out loud, it was so funny. So in this one we meet Violet and she was a nice addition to the group. Some times she annoyed me with the woe is me, but it was a little understandable, her ex was horrible and her father did not help. Now Ford u loved and I truly understood him Violet was obsessed with weddings and I was scared for him,but was a complete 160 from bachelor to being in a relationship, he should not have to pay for her bad  experiences what saved her was that she was funny and you felt for her and her ADHD.