Two women separated by decades.
Both set out to help others find their dreams when their own have crumbled.
It’s the early 1930s,
but Cora Scott is walking in stride as a career woman after having inherited
her great aunt’s wedding shop in Heart’s Bend, Tennessee, where brides come
from as far away as Birmingham to experience her famed bridal treatment.
Meanwhile, Cora is counting down the days until her own true love returns from
the river to make her his bride. But days turn into months and months to years.
All the while, Birch Good continues to woo Cora and try to show her that while
he is solid and dependable, he can sweep her off her feet.
More than eighty years
later, former Air Force Captain Haley Morgan has returned home to Heart’s Bend
after finishing her commitment to military service. After the devastating death
of her best friend, Tammy, and discovering the truth about the man she loved,
Haley is searching for her place in life.
When Haley decides to
reopen the romantic but abandoned wedding shop where she and Tammy played and
dreamed as children, she begins a journey of courage, mystery, and love.
As Cora’s and Haley’s
stories intertwine through time in the shadow of the beloved wedding shop, they
both discover the power of their own dreams and the magic of everyday love.
The Wedding Shop is
Rachel Hauck’s most recent novel set in Heart’s Bend, Tennessee, and since I’ve
read both of the others—The Wedding Dress
and The Wedding Chapel—and absolutely
loved each of them, I’ve been super excited for this book. Besides, I just knew
that this sounded like an absolutely FANTASTIC story, so I preordered this just
as soon as I had the chance. Just like I knew she would, Rachel wove together a
wonderfully sweet story full of characters I absolutely fell in love with from
the moment I met them. Rachel wrote a novel that was not only an adorable love
story, but was also full of the sweet love of Jesus and the miracles He works
in our lives each and every day, and that was what made this book all that much
better.
I connected with Haley Morgan almost immediately. As soon as
I got to know her story better and I realized just how hard it was for her to
forgive herself for her past, I couldn’t help but love her all the more, on top
of feeling such an intense level of sympathy and compassion for her. I was
taken with the idea of her opening the wedding shop from day one, and as I became
aware of the parallels between her and Cora, I was even more positive that was
exactly what Haley was supposed to do. The other thing I was positive about in
regards to what was “meant-to-be” when it comes to Haley is Cole. Cole is
absolutely one hundred percent fantastic, and I think he is absolutely perfect
for Haley. Or he’s just perfect. Either way is fine with me.
Cora Scott is also a fantastic character. Although I couldn’t
understand her one bit with the whole Rufus business (I never would have hung
on the way she did), I absolutely love all the work she does with her shop and
for the brides who couldn’t afford all of the things they would like to have. And
then there’s Birch. Oh my goodness, I loved him from the very start. I couldn’t
imagine how she managed to put him off for so long, and for quite a while I wasn’t
even sure everything was going to work out (keep in mind I’m not saying that it
did either). Anyway, I absolutely loved Birch, because if Cole isn’t perfect,
Birch most definitely was.
All in all, I really, really, really loved this book and I already
cannot wait to read it again. I’m planning on lending it to my best friend as
soon as possible, and I know The Wedding
Shop is a name that will be on my all-time favorites list from now on. I can’t
imagine giving this book anything other than all five bookshelves, and I cannot
wait to read more from Rachel because she is a wonderfully talented author.
Happy reading!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Rachel Hauck
and Zondervan Publishing.
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