Put a Ring on It - (Black Dog Bay Novel) by Beth Kendrick (Paperback)

About the Book

"The author of New Uses for Old Boyfriends returns to the Delaware seashore town of Black Dog Bay, where one woman learns to put passion before practicality... Brighton Smith doesn't do outrageous. As an insurance actuary, it's her job to assess risk and avoid bad investments. But when her fiancae calls to confess he's married someone else on a whim ("I looked at her and I just knew!"), she snaps... That night, at a local bar, Jake Sorenson--hot, rich, and way out of her league--buys Brighton a cocktail. At midnight, she kisses him. And by dawn, they're exchanging vows at a drive-through chapel. Brighton knows Jake is a bad bet, but she doesn't care. After a lifetime of playing it safe, she's finally having fun. Until the whirlwind romance gives way to painful reality...and Brighton finds out the truth about why a guy like Jake married a girl like her. With her heart on the line and the odds stacked against them, Brighton must decide whether to cut her losses or take a leap of faith that this love affair is one in a million."--

Book Synopsis

The author of Once Upon a Wine returns to the Delaware seashore town of Black Dog Bay, where one woman learns to put passion before practicality...

Brighton Smith doesn't do outrageous. As an insurance actuary, it's her job to assess risk and avoid bad investments. But when her fiancé calls to confess he's married someone else on a whim ("I looked at her and I just knew!"), she snaps...

That night, at a local bar, Jake Sorensen--hot, rich, and way out of her league--buys Brighton a cocktail. At midnight, she kisses him. And by dawn, they're exchanging vows at a drive-through chapel.

Brighton knows Jake is a bad bet, but she doesn't care. After a lifetime of playing it safe, she's finally having fun. Until the whirlwind romance gives way to painful reality...and Brighton finds out the truth about why a guy like Jake married a girl like her. With her heart on the line and the odds stacked against them, Brighton must decide whether to cut her losses or take a leap of faith that this love affair is one in a million.

INCLUDES A READERS GUIDE

Review Quotes

Acclaim for Beth Kendrick's Novels

"[Kendrick] shines in portraying the subtleties of female friendships."--Publishers Weekly

"Flawlessly written."--Chicago Tribune

"Will make readers laugh out loud from page one and sigh from the heart at the end."--Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author of the Barefoot Bay Series

"Tender, touching, and very funny story."--Ellen Meister, author of Dorothy Parker Drank Here

"The leader of the pack when it comes to fashioning cheekily clever love stories."--Booklist (starred review)

About the Author

Beth Kendrick is the author of several women's fiction novels, including Once Upon a Wine, Put a Ring On It, New Uses for Old Boyfriends, Cure for the Common Breakup, The Week Before the Wedding, The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service, and Nearlyweds, which was turned into a Hallmark Channel original movie. She lives in Arizona with two big rescue mutts and vacations at the Delaware beach, where she devotes a great deal of time to eating local strawberries and drinking wine. You know, for research.