Etta Pruitt is the fitting model — the body that wears the gown while the bride can't come. Four months, three times a week, and nobody at the atelier has ever met Sylvie Beaumont. When the groom finally walks into the fitting room, he looks at Etta and says something impossible: "You cut your hair." She has never spoken to him in her life.
Well I didn’t like the first half and I wasn’t crazy about the beginning of 2 nd half but I do like the rest of it. There was a sadness about it that made me feel down and I almost quit reading.
Marion, thank you for staying with it and for being this honest with me. That heaviness is the point, Etta spends most of the story being the stand in nobody looks at, and it has to hurt before she is finally seen. I am so glad the ending won you back. ❤️
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This story was good but drawn out and not hot enough. I too like that it is one book. There was not enough interaction between the two of them. It was frustrating.
Robin, thank you for being this specific, and I am glad the one book format works for you. Heat lives in very different degrees here, from a held glance to something far more explicit, and this one sat lower than you were expecting. We are working on showing that level up front so you always know what you are choosing. ❤️
I want to express how much I appreciate the 1-book format. It truly helps reduce the overwhelming details that can sometimes distract from the story, allowing for a more meaningful exploration of the romance between the characters. I really enjoyed “He Bet Thirty Days” and the deeper connections it fostered. However, I found myself a bit puzzled by the transition from one-time intense explicit moments to multiple implicit connections. As an example,, it seems that if book 2 has a spicy level of 10, the new format brings it down to a 0-2 level, (example: ‘For Four Months I Wore Another Woman’s Wedding Dress’ is labeled ‘hot’ when the story does not support this label.) Lena, I genuinely hope that as you navigate this new format, you'll find a way to balance the explicit and implicit descriptions while also weaving in the necessary details alongside relationship building. Your willingness to listen and adapt for the sake of our enjoyment truly means a lot, and I look forward to seeing h
Lp, thank you, this is the kind of honest, careful note I hope for. You are right on both counts, the single-film format lets the romance breathe, but the heat cannot go quiet, and a story wearing a hot label has to earn it. I am paying real attention to getting that balance, and the labels, right, because readers like you are exactly who I write the fire for. ❤️
I loved this!!!!!! Very unique plot.