When Katharine “Kiki” Delgado Conrad loses her husband unexpectedly, dark secrets are revealed in the wake of the man’s death. Wanting a fresh start away from bad memories, Kiki returns to her hometown of Pasadena, California and purchases an older home in need of restoration. Her cousin, Julie Delgado, works for The Rose Chalet wedding venue and Kiki has aspirations of turning the old grand dame of a home into her own wedding venue. But plans don’t go as she had hoped. The house needs far more restoration than she was led to believe and when hot, hunky construction estimator Trace Rocklin of Rocklin Construction delivers the bad news, Kiki fears that her dreams for a new life are dashed. Little does she know that her new life is about to begin… just not in a way she had imagined. Trace feels sorry for the beautiful woman who is overwhelmed by the old house. A Pasadena native, he has only recently returned home to start a new life himself. While Kiki thinks she’s falling for a nice, normal guy, the truth is that she has no idea of Trace’s past – for twenty years, Trace was a CIA operative that enemy and ally alike called the “Eliminator”. If there was a dirty job, Trace would do it. But after his best friend was killed in the line of duty, Trace gave it all up to return home to work for his father’s construction company. He could no longer face the high risk of his profession and wanted a more simple life. But there are those after Trace who won’t let him live quietly. As he and Kiki fall hard for each other, bonding over the restoration of her old house, Trace is called back to duty one last time. It’s either kill or be killed for Trace and he has no choice but to fight back. Upon learning of his espionage past, Kiki has to make the choice to stand with him in his final showdown... or not. The Wedding Fountain is a funny, luscious, and exciting romance adventure will have you falling in love all over again.
Annie Ha and Robert Fong are the best of friends. Next door neighbors since birth and roomies during their teen years they've helped each other navigate love, loss, and life. When Robert's grandmother, Lily, who raised both Robert and Annie, suffers a massive heart attack, they're lucky to be holding her hands as she nears death. Her final wish is to see them engaged to be married. She knows they're meant to be and wants them to spend the rest of their lives making each other as happy as her late husband made her. Despite a couple of minor issues holding them back—Robert is gay and Annie is deep in unrequited love with another man—Robert hastily proposes and puts his grandmother's wedding ring on Annie's finger. It's the least they can do for the woman who has given so much to them. Besides, they won't actually have to go through with the wedding. The secret Robert has been terrified of telling his traditional grandmother will remain a secret. When Lily pulls through and takes charge of the wedding plans, Annie and Robert continue the ruse, unable to risk doing further damage to her heart even though both of theirs are hurting. It will take a love stronger than family to break up this wedding arrangement.
Wedding photographer Jenna Eldridge has a gift—along with her eye for a good photo, she also can ‘see’ if a couple’s love will last. But when she sees a picture she took of her best friend Charlie, she’s confused and unsure of what she is seeing. Charlie is a cop, like her father was, and when he died on the job, she swore she’d never date a cop. And she and Charlie are such good friends, she wouldn’t want to risk losing their friendship. But when they agree to a pretend relationship, to discourage a girl in his office, it starts to feel real. But is that what she wants? ***Note, this was previously published as part of Lucy Kevin/Bella Andre's Kindle World, Four Weddings and a Fiasco. This version has been revised.