The Ex Vows is a steamy, delectable second-chance romance set in beautiful California wine country. Jessica Joyce (You, with a View) has created believably flawed characters who tiptoe toward another opportunity for happiness.
Georgia and Adam have been best friends since the sixth grade and widened their friendship to three when Eli moved to the Bay Area in high school. Eli and Georgia fell in love in college and dated for several years, but the trio remained extremely close. Georgia and Eli moved to New York City together but broke up 15 months later, and ever since Georgia came back to California alone, she and Eli have pretended to get along for Adam's sake.
It was easy enough with Eli living so far away to act like the three musketeers have been as close as ever. But now Adam is getting married, Eli is back for a long visit, and Adam's wedding arrangements keep going awry: the DJ bails, their venue burns down, and cake tasting is a ridiculous disaster. Adam begs Georgia, his best woman, and Eli, his best man, to work together to save his wedding. Soon Georgia and Eli are sharing a cottage at Adam's family winery and Georgia is trying very hard not to remember all the reasons she fell in love with Eli the first time.
The Ex Vows is thoughtful, nostalgic, and sure to make readers wistful for their own first loves. Plus, the hilariously awful things that keep happening to Adam and his fiancée are delightfully absurd, adding needed levity to Georgia and Eli's rather intense reconnection. --Jessica Howard, freelance book reviewer