The Bridal Swap

Nearlyweds #1

by Leigh Michaels

The Bridal Swap by Leigh Michaels released on Dec 25, 2000 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

Leigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (b. July 27 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 85 romance novels. She has published with Harlequin, Sourcebooks, Montlake Romance, Writers Digest Books, and Arcadia Publishing. She teaches romance writing at Gotham Writers' Workshop (www.writingclasses.com) She is the author of On Writing Romance.

When Leigh was fifteen she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.

Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the Robert Bliss Award as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing as an undergraduate.

She is married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.

Reviews

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a ridiculous book! It was OK until the wedding planner lost her mind and the plot took off into the wilderness. From then on it was like watching a demolition derby - it was unbelievable, but you couldn’t stop watching until you saw how it came out.

[Kimberly Bizzanelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rollercoaster ride!

Wow. Fun stuff. Leigh Michaels never disappoints. I thought I'd be bored with the book at about the 20% mark, but its sweet and im glad to have found it!

[Nic2416 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 I’m a total sucker for Harlequin. They don’t always stand the test of time but this is what got me reading romance when I was younger.

[AprilGirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read.

I know “fun read” is a strange thing to write about a romance novel, but that is the feeling I was left with on completion of this sweet wholesome novel.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars! ~ Wedding planner, Kara, is shocked and dismayed when her client announces that the wedding is off. Kara's dealt with wedding jitters before, and with the wedding only two weeks away, she's hoping that Anabel just has cold feet. So she decides to go to the groom, Jax, to see if there is anything she can do to get them both back on track. When she realizes it's hopeless, she worries about all her suppliers and her friends that are going to lose a great deal of money on the cancelled arrangements. It's then that Jax convinces Kara to pose as his fiance, keep the wedding date and arrangements as is, and make Anabel jealous and come to her senses. Only Jax knows the truth, he'll never marry Anabel. Kara has alot to offer him as his wife, including influential contacts for his business. All Jax has to do is get Kara to agree to the swap. What Jax hadn't expected was for all his efforts to backfire.

What a whirlwind! Jax almost has Kara reeled in, but she manages to avoid the hook. I really liked how Ms. Michaels made Jax work for his good graces again with Kara. And that she made him realize how wrong he'd been doing things. A very enjoyable read!

[Carmela · Rating 3 out of 5]

carinoooooooooooooo......

[Karina Díaz Pérez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entretenido, ligero y divertido... me encantaron las ocurrencias de esta protagonista...