A Wedding At Two Love Lane is the second book in the Two Love Lane series. Even though this is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. This is Greer and Ford's story. Greer is part of the Two Love Lane dating agency. Ford is not who he is letting people think he is. So as Greer and Ford get to know each other, it is under false pretenses. Will she be able to forgive him for that? This was an interesting story.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

Greer Jones works as a professional matchmaker with her two best friends, but she sees no sign of a match of her own on the horizon. After a call from her mom that Greer's ex-boyfriend has gotten engaged, Greer feels strangely drawn to a wedding dress for sale at an auction and bids on it, despite not having a groom. “Ford Smith,” a talented artist who also happens to be an English baron looking for anonymity in Charleston, is sitting next to Greer at the auction and strikes up a conversation with her about her enthusiasm for the dress. Circumstances bring them together again, and they strike up a deal: Greer will pose for Ford in a painting, and Ford will help Greer win the dress, which is the prize in a contest.

This story had a lot of the standard elements of a romance novel – the strong female lead, the chemistry between the couple while they try to convince themselves the relationship means and/or can be nothing, the one-dimensional side characters to infuse the story with humor. It was a pleasant story, but there was nothing to make it stand out from other books for me. I was not a fan of the absurd Jill subplot. Also, the ending was too abrupt. <spoiler>Seriously, the book ends right before the wedding begins? Why??</spoiler>

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and to NetGalley for offering me an ARC copy of this novel that I freely chose to review.
Although this is book two in The Two Love Lane series (a series about the owners of a matchmaking agency), I have not read the first one and can confirm it can be enjoyed as a standalone read, although I’m sure that knowing the set-up and the characters would add to the reading experience.
I don’t want to discuss in too much detail the plot, as the description introduces the main characters and some of the main themes. There is a contest for a wedding dress, that ends up becoming a reality show, an English baron (quite a few of the reviewers have commented that considering his father and his older brother are alive and well, that does not make sense), a nasty store owner and his side-kick who become the villains of the piece (well, perhaps), several side-plots (a designer with an interesting idea and a hidden love story, the background stories of both protagonists and their families, the stories of the other couples involved in the contest, and a big win at the TV quiz show The Price Is Right), and Charleston. The Charleston of the book is a genteel and lovely place, full of great restaurants, fascinating shops, and lively characters. It is also a welcoming place where people from all over are made to feel at home, and where everybody feels inspired.
Many of the usual tropes and themes of romantic novels are at play here, and also quite a few typical of chick-lit. Greer is alone and very good at finding love for others but not so good at getting finding her own. She is obsessed with creating the perfect wedding, not only for her clients but for herself, and has been collecting wedding scrapbooks since she was a child. Although she is supposed to be the logical one in charge of the technical side of things at the agency and the ever important algorithms, she plunges head first into crazy situations and keeps denying what is plain to see. We have an English nobleman, who is, of course, very attractive and also a talented painter, but needs a muse to find his true art. He’s been jilted at the altar but still offers to play Greer’s fake partner. We have pretend relationships, secrets, will they won’t they, not quite love-at-first-sight, but close enough, and a good cast of secondary characters that all sound interesting enough in their own right (Personally, I’d love to hear more about Miss Thing). Ah, and donuts, cakes, wonderful wedding dresses, intrigue, and misunderstandings galore. There are plenty of fun moments, some sad ones, and some inspiring ones (I was particularly interested in Ford’s struggle to connect with his art), and the book is an easy and light read, although I agree with some reviewers that it tries to pack so many things in that at times it feels too busy, and some of the side-stories deserve more time and development than what they get.
The characters are likable enough (I’ve never been obsessed about weddings, but quite liked Greer’s idea of entering the contest as a single participant), and although the novel stretches our suspension of disbelief on occasions, I don’t think it goes beyond genre expectations. The writing is fluid, with nice local touches and British expressions, and includes descriptions that put readers right in the middle of the action, without overdoing it.
After spending a fair amount of time with the characters, the ending felt a bit rushed, and I agree with reviewers that felt there should have been another chapter to clarify matters (I think we all felt as if they had banged the door on our faces), although perhaps the author has something up her sleeve and it has something to do with the next book. (Let me clarify. It does not end up on a cliff-hanger, but we miss the big event, perhaps because after talking about it so much, it could never have lived up to everyone’s expectations).
A light and fun read, recommended if you need an injection of sun and romance, in a great setting, with many secondary stories to keep you occupied if you easily get bored.

Greer is a partner in a matchmaking business r and always loved weddings and everything to do with them. She also,loved having people find their true love but she if yet has found hers. Greer even has scrapbooks of her favorite wedding things for when she gets married. Greer had a ex that had proposed to her but she had said no and ended the relationship. Now her 3ex was engaged to be married. Greer was at a charity auction and saw a wedding gown called “ Royal Bliss” which is said to bring luck to the owner. Greer felt she had to have that gown and did something she didn’t normally do - got into a bidding war with Pierre who is a failed matchmaker person. Pierre has a vendetta against Greer for the failure of not matching him with someone and Pierre wins the gown. But pierre is having a contest- for publicity and the prize will be the wedding gown. Greer enters the contest even though she isn’t romantically involved with someone. Her ex and his fiance are also entered. Ford is a Baron who is disillusioned about love as he had been engaged about to marry and his fiance was found with a groomsman so Ford was left at the aisle. But Ford is also an artist looking for a muse then he sees greer at the auction and feels he must paint her. Greer and ford make a dead ford be her fake fiance and he could paint her. Greer thinks Ford is a destitute artist.
I enjoyed this book for the most part. I did love Greer and ford together. This was a lighthearted fun romance. I didn’t like that Ford kept his identity a secret but understood. This also made me chuckle at times. This book really does have a little of everything: a charity auction , a bidding war, a disgruntled unmatchable man, a vendetta, a magical wedding gown, a fake engagement, an artist, adeal, drunk frat boys, going to the Price Is right tv show, drama, humor, seeing the ex, and so much more. But this was a little too busy at times for me. I also felt the ending was rushed. But that wasn't enough for me not to like this book and i loved the characters and the ins and outs and I recommend.

Greer has fallen in love with a dress called Royal Bliss. It is a beautiful beaded gown that has a romantic reputation. Greer sees it as a symbol of her future & future marriage. Her business rival, a pompous little sneak called Pierre, outbid her at the auction for the dress & promptly set up a competition for the dress. Greer's former fiancée & his new fiancée happen to be in town & Greer ends up competing for the gown.

Ford found a woman, Greer, that he wanted to pose for the portrait he is supposed to be painting. He followed her to observe her closer & ended up becoming her partner in the competition. He finds himself drawn to her, even though he has vowed not to trust any woman.

The main plot of this story concentrates on Ford & Greer but the author gives depth to the story with its subplot. The subplot follows supporting characters, like Miss Thing, in her life & adventures. The interactions between Greer or Ford & some of the supporting cast are unexpected & yet, add to the story. It's a good read & was enjoyable.

A sizzling, fun southern romance filled with charm and stolen kisses.

The plot was so silly, and the contest made zero sense, but it was still so fun to read! Greer had interesting motivations and Ford had been badly burned and found it hard to trust again. I enjoyed the story and would like to read more by Kieran Kramer.

Sweet and fun read. So many great wonderful characters. Kieran writes about down to earth people facing real problems. Very easy to connect with the characters.

When you see a wedding dress and you just know it is the one, you just know. Greer sees her dress, and it has a magical story behind it, so she enters a bid to win it at auction. Unfortunately a former client is vengeful and outbids her.

He decides to create a contest to win the dress, for a future bride. It doesn't matter that Greer isn't engaged she decides to enter. Lucky for her the brit with the accent that she traded barbs with is willing to help her, in exchange for her sitting for him to paint.

Lots of awkward meet ups, ex-fiances, quirky friends and lots of laughs, makes this book an overall winner.

The second in a series, but as in all romance series book one focuses on other characters, so you can skip ahead to this book, but I read the first one because I like to start at the beginning.

To talk quickly about book one as I am not doing a full review here on the blog, it is called Christmas at Two Love Lane and you are introduced to four women, three partners who own a matchmaking agency in Charleston, SC and their office manager of sorts who they have known for years. The first book centers around its main owner Macy and her love story.

This is book two and it centers around Greer jones who is the numbers person of the matchmaking agency and there are a few reasons why she has avoided love and enjoyed setting up others, but never focused on finding her soulmate for herself. Of course in the first few chapters you meet the probably main guy in the book and the journey sets off from here.

I love the setting and the characters in this series, but the plot and the writing were just ok for me. At times the story jumps and was just a bit all over the place and then at other times it flowed just nicely. There were also a few moments where I felt as though there were plot points that didn't quite make sense or just didn't work.

I had mixed feelings when I finished book one and I had the same thoughts about book two. Because I read a lot of romance books, maybe my bar is a little high, but these books were just ok in my opinion. With each romance author, I like to read more than one book to get a full opinion and I may read one more in this series because the characters are just so easy to fall in love with. If character drive your reading experience, than you will enjoy these books, just know that plot and flow may not always work.

Not familiar with this author or series based on the cover I was expecting a nice, sweet love story. Unfortunately, that is not what I got. What I got instead was, in my opinion, a story that was flat with characters I couldn’t relate to or care about. This book, while ok, was a bit of a disappointment.

I didn’t realize when I started reading this book that it was the second book in a series and maybe that’s why I felt a little lost. I felt like I should have known these characters more than what I did. I felt like I had missed out on something. I had high expectations for Ford and he didn’t deliver on those. I found him a bit stale and too one dimensional. Greer wasn’t the character I thought she was going to be either. She had potential but the author just didn’t deliver on that potential.

It seemed to me also like the author intended for there to be conflict between Greer, Wesley, and Serena and instead it was a love fest that didn’t seem genuine. I didn’t really care for the relationship between Greer and Ford. It seemed forced and not organic. I also thought the mentioning of Greer’s mom and dad’s relationship dynamic seemed out of place and not relevant to the story.

All in all this wasn’t a completely bad story and I didn’t entirely dislike it. This was just a story that had potential but just fell short. In my opinion there are much better stories out there to enjoy.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions are mine.

Greer Jones is contented with her life in Charleston. After all it's a romantic city and she's a successful matchmaker. When she sees a beautiful wedding gown, Royal Bliss, it makes her dream of love and the perfect wedding. She deserves to be happy. Will this magic wedding dress help her find her HEA? Greer leads an orderly, organized life. I enjoyed seeing her go after her dreams. When she meets Ford, I could feel the attraction. She thinks that he's a struggling artist, not nobility. She's never felt such chemistry. I enjoyed watching them flirt, grow close and fall in love. Ford was a charmer. I fell for him. He was a keeper. Their love story was fantastic. It was filled with heartbreak and hope. Even though I enjoy seeing familiar characters from Two Love Lane, I was drawn to Ford and Greer. I really wanted them to overcome their problems and find love. I like Kieran Kramer's writing style and I enjoy the ladies of Two Love Lane.
I received a copy of this book which I voluntarily read and reviewed. My comments are my honest opinion.

Cute sweet romance. Greer is part of the matchmaking business at Two Love Lane and fine with her life, well one of her hobbies is making scrapbook of the perfect wedding...But otherwise she's just living her life until her mother lets her know her ex-fiance is engaged again, that should have been okay, after all they live 16 hours apart but when she sees him and his new fiance across the street the bottom of her world drops out. After losing the perfect wedding dress, not that she had a groom in mind, to her rival and meeting an English painter her life began to spin in many different directions! Ford saw Greer and his muse was found, he had to paint her but getting her to pose would need some convincing so when she enters a contest to win Royal Bliss he offers to step in.
I enjoyed this book but I felt that the book could have been pushed a little more, Greer felt a little uptight and that the story could have been a little more lose the really bring out the funny of the situations, I guess I just wanted a little more

The refreshingly sweet book cover lured me in, folks. Greer’s sweet yet harmlessly impulsive at times demeanor kept me there, as I was intrigued how things would work out between her and Ford Smith, our Englishman in Charleston, handsome, secret Baron, painter hero. I certainly wasn’t expecting his unwelcomed/complicated, bombshell big reveal that got in the way before they could even come close to becoming a couple. Kudos to him though for being upfront about it, and not keeping it from Greer, who immediately offered encouraging words of support. Unfortunately, it came with some of my most dreaded OW type drama. Oddly enough, it remained in the background through most of the book. Resurfacing, however, at the worst of times.

Greer’s got some ex issues of her own. Besides a little uncomfortableness about the best way to deal with it all, I felt she kept a decent handle on things pretty much all the time. Though her obsessiveness about obtaining a certain item had this book taking a turn towards a reality TV vibe I didn’t see coming, I found her initial heart’s desire in owning it rather sweet.

Ford played along with it and the ball keep rolling at a leisurely pace as these two started spending time together and began falling for each other. Though posing for his portrait like she did made me a tad uncomfortable.

Until around 85%, Ford had won me over. What happened? Well, this openly confesses he’ll never love again hero has a huge knucklehead moment. Sure, he comes to his senses eventually and makes a grand forever type gesture, but I would have liked to have seen him grovel longer. He got off easy, IMHO, folks. Meaning, Greer was quick to accept his apology and, well, something else. It was, however, sweet to see how he pulled everything together so quickly.

Tite: A Wedding at Two Love Lane, Series: Two Love Lane (Book 2), Author: Kieran Kramer, Pages: 346, stand-alone but part of a series, ex drama on both sides, relationship angst, some steamy scenes, good guy hero who has a knucklehead moment, sweet heroine, maybe baby mama drama.

Book 1 - Christmas at Two Love Lane (Macy and Deacon)
Book 2 - A Wedding at Two Love Lane (Greer and Ford)
Book 3 - Second Chance at Two Love Lane (no details available yet)

(I received an advanced reader copy via NetGalley. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)

A cute romance journey that's uplifting and intriguing at the same time. The very unusual start to Ford and Megan's story is a ride that once your on, you can't get off. There's snappy banter and witty dialog, a lot to smile about...yet most if all there's a wholesome warmth the permeates the entire story. This is a story that was a joy to read.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

Rating: 4.5/5

First impressions can be so wrong - yet lead to something so right! This is a fairytale, contemporary romance in which the secret dreamer, Greer Jones, meets the artist and realist, Ford Smith, and wants to learn to dream himself! Greer is a techie who has been keeping scrapbook wedding plans for years but has never met the man with whom she’d like to put those plans into action. When she spots the wedding dress of her dreams being auctioned, she just has to bid on it, even though she’s not planning on marrying any time soon. Her arch enemy, however, is determined she won’t win it. She asks the handsome man next to her for help and to go to a party where there will be a raffle to win the dress, not realising he’s a member of the British peerage and not a penniless artist!

Get ready for laugh out loud moments, dreams, a fake engagement, nightmares and romance in this delightful story. The characters are fun, believable and easy to relate to. It is a lovely story, a great addition to the series and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I’m certainly looking forward to the next book in this series and have no hesitation in recommending this - and the previous story in the series, Christmas at Two Love Lane. I believe both stories may be read as a standalone though the ladies at Two Love Lane are key characters in both stories.

I requested and received a copy of this novel, via NetGalley. This is my honest review after choosing to read it.

This book is fun but it really comes in spurts in this story. It has some really slow parts and then it picks up and then you hit another lull. It has a great story line it is just a bit drawn out but it is good to see some other the characters from Two Love Lane carry over into this book. I was extremely disappointed in the ending! The book is called a wedding at two love lane and the whole story is based on a wedding these and yet the reader is not given any description of this wedding at the end. We are left hanging in the wind as to all of the details and what happens. We get all this overly detailed info about the dress competition but we are missing out on the wedding. I was disappointed in the end of this book and it sort of ruined the book for me.

This was a fun read and I enjoyed both Greer and Ford. There was a lot going on in the story so it kept me on my toes and it was nice watching how their relationship unfolded. I will be reading the first book soon because I think I will enjoy Macy's story. I did read out of order but it didn't seem to matter.

I so enjoyed the story of Greer and Ford. Greer works at a matchmaking agency and is always dreaming of her perfect wedding when she comes across a contest with a wedding dress that she must have. With a chance encounter with Ford Smith, a Brit that paints for a living. She asks him to be her fake date. Ford though is hiding the fact that he is a Baron. Ford is just coming out of a bad breakup and is not looking for love. Little do both know what is in the future for them.

Loved how the relationship of Greer and Ford developed, finding love when you least expect it. Loved the southern charm of this story. A truly fun entertaining read that I highly recommend.

Hace un par de meses leí Christmas at 2 Love Lane y ahora pude leer el segundo libro. En el primero conocemos a las mujeres que trabajan en Two Love Lane, la agencia casamentera. La protagonista es Macy así que es a la que conocemos más. Sus compañeras, Greer, Ella y Ms. Thing andan por ahí, pero, no llegamos a conocerlas a fondo. Claro que cada chica tendrá su libro así que ya podremos conocerlas más. A Wedding at Two Love Lane es el libro de Greer.

Esta graduada de MIT se encarga de sacar algoritmos para ver la compatibilidad de sus clientes. Hace años rechazó la propuesta de matrimonio de su novio de 10 años y tiene un hobby un poco peculiar, le gusta imaginarse la boda de sus sueños. Aún no tiene ningún prospecto de matrimonio pero eso no evita que tenga pins en Pinterest o carpetas llenas de ideas. Cuando, en una subasta, se encuentra el vestido de novia perfecto sabe que hará cualquier cosa por obtenerlo.

Algo que me ha gustado de esta serie es lo real que se sienten los personajes. No son clichés andantes. Greer es una mujer inteligente que adora los números pero no por ello es fría o tonta en otras cosas y el giro artístico que se le dió al personaje masculino, Ford Smythe fue interesante; además me gustó su pasado porque no es algo que me hubiera esperado. La historia.

La historia se me hizo divertida y me agradó ver un poco de la vida de Macy y Deacon y saber que se siguen adorando. Algo que le había criticado al libro anterior fue que los días no estaban muy definidos; a veces la narración hacía parecer que había pasado una semana cuando solo era el día siguiente. En este segundo libro no tenemos ese problema y eso fue un plus.

Lo único que no me gustó es que el final fue muy abrupto y quedaron cosas sin resolver que quiero pensar que se arreglarán en el siguiente libro. Así que lo espero con ansias.