ItaPixie's Book Corner

  Synopsis: Wedding excitement is in the air!  With their big day approaching, Fen has her heart set on a gorgeous, intimate celebration with not much fuss at all. But strong-minded mother-of-the-bride Marjery seems to have considerably grander plans. There's also the small problem of a missing best man, and when Fen tasks Hudson Holmes and Ruby Watkiss with the job of tracking him down, their investigations unearth far more secrets than they bargained for.  Will the Big Day go ahead in the light of such dramatic revelations? Can a wedding cake wish save the day? One thing's for sure – this will definitely be a wedding to remember! Review: Ruby and Hudson are back and they haven't lost their passion for snooping around. With a pressing pace, some twists and turns I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to solve the mystery and to get to the happy ending, assuming there's one. On the days leading to Fen and Rob wedding Ruby and Hudson are committed to seeking around Ro...

  Synopsis: Johnny Maverick is a lot of things. Great hockey player Loyal friend Always up for a good time And now, he's my new roommate. It's only for a few weeks while I intern for the Wildcats - his new NHL team. And there are some pros to living with my hot and ridiculous friend (or is that ridiculously hot?). He's fun and unexpectedly sweet, and he reminds me not to take myself too seriously. I had no intention of breaking the one rule given to me on my first day on the job: no sleeping with the players. And if I had, I never dreamed that player would be Johnny Maverick. Review: Here we are at the end of another amazing series written by Rebecca Jenshak, I think she couldn't have written a better story to say goodbye to these special group of characters. For Maverick has arrived the time to say goodbye to his college friends because he has signed with the hockey team of Minnesota Wildcat. While he is happy to go and start his professional career he is also sad to l...

  Synopsis: Kennedy Martin is shocked when her ex calls days before his wedding, expressing serious second thoughts. Doesn’t he see his fiancée's actually the glaze to his doughnut? Now she’s got no choice but to crash his wedding and convince the man he’s with the right woman. Instead, she crashes into the absolute last man she ever wanted to see: Maverick Owens, her old college nemesis. Maverick is still as awful, infuriating, and just The Worst as ever—even if he looks way too sexy in his cowboy hat. And of course he’s convinced she’s actually at the seaside ranch to ruin the wedding. Now the only way to get some face time with the groom and save this marriage is to participate in all sorts of pre-wedding events…with Maverick. Stuck on a canoe, making small-talk at cocktail hour, and even a hoedown with her worst enemy? This just might be the longest week of her life… Review: The Wedding Crasher And The Cowboy follows the story of Kennedy and Maverick. She is a lively and altrui...

  Synopsis: A young Jane Austen takes on the role of detective as she seeks to solve the mysterious happenings at the Abbey House School. When the headmistress invites her past favourite pupil to attend their end of term ball, Cassandra brings her younger sister, Jane, along too. Cassandra plunges into the feverish excitement of preparing for the biggest event of the year – the dresses, the dances and the boys expected from the neighbouring school. Feeling rather excluded, sharp-witted Jane unearths the reason for the fuss – the headteacher wants to impress a rich family returned from India as the school is at risk of going bankrupt. Jane also befriends the dancing master’s assistant, a former slave, called Brandon, who is as quick to notice things as she. At the ball, a diamond necklace is stolen from a locked room and they are propelled into a race to uncover the burglar and save Brandon from gaol. With the ever-present Austen spirit, Jane with notebook in hand, boldly overcomes ...

  Synopsis: There are two types of relationships: fake and real. Chuck and Kate’s used to be real, oh-so-real. But after she broke his heart four months ago, leaving him, it became all just pretense for the sake of their entwined families. With parents who are best friends and business partners, it’s not easy for Chuck and Kate to announce they’ve split up. But with the holidays looming over them, they can no longer keep pretending. They head home for Christmas, determined to tell the truth—and end up accidentally engaged instead. The more they try to pull apart, the more the Universe seems to push them back together, shortening the road to the altar. And when just-for-show kisses stir up forgotten feelings, things get even more complicated. Now, with the midnight hour approaching,  will Chuck and Kate’s relationship turn out to be fake or real? Review: Fool Me Twice At Christmas was a nice, entarteining and easy read. Chuck and Kate's families run jointly a chocolate factory,...

  Synopsis: Cooper My name came with big skates to fill. At the top of my game, I had everything I wanted, or so I thought. Being traded to Dallas was not what I was expecting but neither were the divorce papers I was served. Now I’m a single dad in a city that isn’t my home. Erika Handed my biggest client when I was twenty-two made my dreams come true. Over time, our work relationship changed, and we grew closer, leaning on each other for support. He was my rock, my best friend. Then one drunken night changed everything, and I saw what was in front of me all along. I just hope that when the dust settles, we won’t regret it. Review: Only One Regret was such a cute and sexy addition to this great series. Cooper is an hockey player who was born in a big family with a lot of exceptional hockey players. His career in Dallas is great but his personal life is not so good. When his divorce is signed, he feels like a failure and there is only a woman who can make him feel better, Emma his ...

  Synopsis: The dreamiest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin board, and I am spellbound: Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will talk hockey with your dad. I will bring your mother flowers. I will be polite, and wear a nicely ironed shirt… Everyone knows it’s a bad idea to introduce your long-time crush to your messed-up family. But I really do need a date for Thanksgiving, even if I’m not willing to say why. So I tear his phone number off of that flyer… and accidentally entangle our star defenseman in a ruse that neither of us can easily unwind. Who knew that Weston's family was even nuttier than mine? He needs a date, too, for the most uncomfortable holiday engagement party ever thrown. There will be hors d'oeuvre. There will be faked PDA. And there will be pro-level awkwardness… Review: I absolutely loved this story, fake dating and nice characters are always a win for me. Abbi is one of the waitress of t...