<p>Nightmare nuptials in the Pacific Northwest. A December wedding planner on the edge. And a football star making a playful connection in a swoony grumpy-meets-sunshine short story by Elizabeth Stephens.</p><p>Just as wedding planner Emery Pettis is challenged by the most insufferable couple who ever threatened to tie the knot, the groom’s cousin, NFL wide receiver Elkin Walker, dares to cross the threshold into <i>her</i> kitchen. He’s not a player making moves. He’s coming to the rescue. Between battling the bridezilla and groomzillo and navigating Category 4 rapids, Emery is finding six feet seven inches of calm amid the chaos she never planned on.</p><p><i>Elizabeth Stephens’s </i>White Water Wedding<i> is part of </i>All I Want for Christmas<i>, holiday stories of winter wonderland weddings to warm the heart. Curl up and read or listen to each in a single dreamy sitting.</i></p>