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The Wedding Bait (Golden Years Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Adele Buck (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
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You are cordially invited to…a hot mess.

“Ice Queen” Tove Nilsen has it all: a successful career as a political consultant, beauty, a wonderful daughter who’s about to be married…and a gaslighting, selfish disaster of an ex-husband who’s just RSVP’d “yes” to the wedding. On top of that, he’s bringing wife number six with him—a woman who’s a mere five years older than their daughter.

Oh, and she’s a literal supermodel.

Tove’s always handled everything on her own, but now she’s out of her depth until she decides to hire a man to pose as her date for the weekend-long event.

Enter Patrick Mercer, retired escort. His easy confidence soothes Tove’s ragged nerves and enables her to face her ex with her head high. Even better, he infuriates the other man, who can’t make Tove the target for his usual taunts about her single status.

Everything’s going according to plan as the events surrounding the wedding unfold, but there’s a slight complication: for the first time in his career, Patrick is falling for a client. And Tove’s frozen heart is dangerously close to thawing for him.
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"Sexy and smart."
--Kim Stafford, BookBub

"Do yourself a favor and grab this delightful story!"
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09NRSZSCH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quiet Confidence Press (January 1, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 699 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 105 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 56 ratings

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Adele Buck

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A New Hampshire native, Adele still has membership card number 430 from her hometown library even though she has lived in the D.C. area for over 20 years with her fantastic husband and the requisite number of melodramatic cats.

Having worked as (among other things): a bookseller, a server, a communications manager, an actor, and a stage manager, Adele is currently employed as a librarian at a Washington, D.C. law school.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
56 global ratings
Short, sweet & sexy
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Short, sweet & sexy
I enjoyed several of Adele Buck’s Center Stage books and was excited she was writing a romance series focusing on main characters who are over 50.This fun novella didn’t disappoint. It is insta-love as the book takes place over just a few days. Patrick and Tove have great chemistry, funny banter, and a shared goal of making the father of the bride know he’s not missed.I like that the only drama comes from Tove’s ex – outside of that all characters involved are a fantastic mix of wonderful people. Fun, sweet, and a little sexy read.
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Willread
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
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I stumbled over this book on Twitter and bought it because of the mature main characters. Finally a romance hero and heroine who re my age.
I loved the characters and I loved the prose. Even though this was a shorter romance, it had depth and felt like a full romance to me. I’m not usually a fan of the trope “a gentleman for hire”, but I really loved how the author made him a rounded person who had thought through exactly what his job was and what it wasn’t.
This is a new author for me, but I am certainly going to check what else she’s written.
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Rellim
4.0 out of 5 stars Short, sweet & sexy
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022
I enjoyed several of Adele Buck’s Center Stage books and was excited she was writing a romance series focusing on main characters who are over 50.

This fun novella didn’t disappoint. It is insta-love as the book takes place over just a few days. Patrick and Tove have great chemistry, funny banter, and a shared goal of making the father of the bride know he’s not missed.

I like that the only drama comes from Tove’s ex – outside of that all characters involved are a fantastic mix of wonderful people. Fun, sweet, and a little sexy read.
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Rellim
4.0 out of 5 stars Short, sweet & sexy
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022
I enjoyed several of Adele Buck’s Center Stage books and was excited she was writing a romance series focusing on main characters who are over 50.

This fun novella didn’t disappoint. It is insta-love as the book takes place over just a few days. Patrick and Tove have great chemistry, funny banter, and a shared goal of making the father of the bride know he’s not missed.

I like that the only drama comes from Tove’s ex – outside of that all characters involved are a fantastic mix of wonderful people. Fun, sweet, and a little sexy read.
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Maria Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars A sexy and fun mature couple novella!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
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Older couple romances are gaining in popularity and it’s no wonder when the average age of romance readers is forty-two (according to romance novel sales statistics from Oct 2022). And I’m definitely a fan. In The Wedding Bait, retired escort Patrick is hired to accompany Tove to her daughter’s wedding and to provide a buffer against her smarmy ex-husband. Of course things get complicated when they start to feel like more than client and boss. It's a wonderful novella that shows a mature couple finding a real chance at love.
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T. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars solid story
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2022
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Three very solid stars. This is a pleasant, easy read with older protagonists who don't have to get sucked into emotional drama, and an ex who makes a good foil for growing interest, and utterly charming brides. And it's short for a novel, so nothing drags on. I appreciated the adults so much, I'd like to give it more stars, but ultimately it was sweet and good and satisfying without the energy I expected. If you're in the mood for something like that, try this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Romance
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2022
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I loved this novella! Being a woman of a certain age, this was so much fun to read. Almost all novels have a heroine in her 20's or 30's so it was very refreshing to read a romance where the characters are my age. Please write more😍
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Miss Riki
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun insta-love with a side of revenge.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022
Sometimes you’re just in the mood for a quick Romance with a little guaranteed insta-love and The Wedding Bait surely fits the bill. I loved seeing a sexy, successful 50-something heroine getting the HEA with a hot cinnamon roll hero guaranteed to make her toes curl. Add in a romantic wedding and a little well plotted revenge on a slimy ex and this novella was a fun escape.
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Susan McNabb
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2022
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A friend recommended this to me, and it didn’t disappoint! It’s an easy and fun read with great chemistry between the main characters. I look forward to reading more from this author. Glad I found her!
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Lisa M.
5.0 out of 5 stars a quick, very sweet read
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022
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3.5 stars

tr: mcs in 50s, fake relationship, close proximity
tw: homophobia

I'm pretty much gone for Patrick within the first 5 minutes of meeting him. I'm that easy - an older gentleman who is respectful of women and reads romance books in bed? 11/10 WILL CLIMB HIM LIKE A TREE.
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Jo Johnsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great short story for mature romance enthusiasts
Reviewed in Canada on July 22, 2022
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I really enjoyed this story. It was realistic and I got drawn into their situation (which I think is hard to do in a short story).
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