I don't know how danielle steel comes up with so many ideas for books but keep them coming. Faith Ferguson is the in-demand wedding planner for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, As Faith listens to each description of the type of wedding each couple is wanting she finds she is forming a bond with the new clients especially the brother of o n e of the grooms. Weddings can be stressful. Faith finds herself dealing with private quarrels, surprise pregnancy, family scandals, dark secrets, as well as possible canceled ceremonies. Through this story you will learn the there are several forks in the roads leading to wedded bliss.

This book was sent to me electronically for review by Netgalley. Thanks to the publisher and the author. A popular author, she has written a family oriented book that is realistic in some ways, and in other ways, maybe not so much. The wealth and the riches are not ordinary. The characters are likable, and they have so many experiences. Divorce, love and marriage, children. The relationship with the twin sisters is the basis of this story. Their mother is different but ends up happy. Their father is another story. The main character, the wedding planner, meets and comes to like the people for whom she plans the weddings. Enjoy.

Wedding planner is a glamorous career, full of parties, loving couples, flowers and delicious food. That may be true but Faith Ferguson knows what the job is really like - long hours, stressed out brides, budgets, last minute changes, cancellations and more. She has three major weddings booked for the summer, plus several smaller ones, including her own mother’s. There’s a Long Island wedding that will cost millions, paid by nouveau riche parents for their unhappy daughter. A successful but controlling plastic surgeon is marrying his surgical nurse and a gay couple are planning a wedding in the middle of an adoption. It’s a Danielle Steel romance so everything (with a few surprises) will work out perfectly, of course.

The Wedding Planner is a quick read, full of glamour, love and family, just what you expect from Danielle Steel. It takes you into a different world, a world where problems are resolved and love triumphs. Don’t we all want that? 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and Danielle Steel for this ARC.

When I read the first page and saw that the main character was yet another blond in her 40’s who ,looked like she was in her 20’s, my eyes rolled out of my head, but with a deep sigh, I plowed on. Faith is a wedding planner, the most sought after wedding planner in NewYork City, so not only does she look 20 years younger, but she also is independently wealthy as a result. What she doesn’t have is a man in her life and she is convinced that she doesn’t need one. Faith has her hands full dealing with her wealthy clients who include an emotionally abusive doctor and his meek fiancé, an Uber rich philandering father determined to put on the splashiest wedding of the century, and her own mother, whose previous three marriages have been abject failure. Add in to the mix, a wonderful gay couple getting married where one of the grooms has a handsome older brother ( spoiler….that’s her man) and Faith’s fraternal twin sister who is a model turned blissfully happy wife and mother and the story is complete.
In true Danielle Steel fashion, there is repetition, but not as much as in previous books. While everything is predictable, it’s a fun journey and definitely a good afternoon read.