Title: Seducing the Bridesmaid

Author: Katee Robert

Series: The Wedding Dare

Published by: Entangled Brazen

Date published: June 9, 2014

Genres: Contemporary Romance & Humor

Book Length: 192 pages

Steam Rating: Risque

Main Characters: Regan Wakefield & Brock McNeil

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“This book was amazingly humorous, filled with romance, and so easy to read and fall in love with!” ~Becca

Wow! This series just keeps getting better! I want to go back and read them all over again just to find little things that I missed the first go around!

Yet again, this was a first by this author for me! This series has definitely been eye opening author wise! I can’t wait to dig deeper and find other books to read!

Katee’s writing style is so natural and real. I honestly kept forgetting that I was reading a story, it just felt so real to me that I found myself imagining that I was a part of it.

Seducing the Bridesmaid totally lived up to my expectations when it comes to this series. After this many books that all cover the exact same week and have the same set of people…well let’s just say that I am a tad bit attached! I have always loved books that do a dual POV, I just feel that you get a better understanding of the characters and the situation when you can see it from both people’s perspective. That being said…you can probably imagine my IMMENSE JOY when reading these books… seriously…I get to see the same week played out by EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER?!? Oh my gosh I think I just peed a little from excitement!! Don’t judge me!

Okay so on to this particular book and my thoughts…

Regan is a strong, independent and yet surprisingly vulnerable woman. She stands up for what she believes in and hides it when something or someone takes a chunk out of her. This was a character I could totally relate to! Brock…mmm….yep…it’s another male character that just leaves me drooling and forgetting what I was supposed to be talking about! I mean come on! It’s a sexy as sin southern boy?!?

Oh yes m’am sign me up for that!

He is what you would expect from a well raised southern gentleman! He opens doors, says m’am and treats a woman with respect…he is there to save you when you don’t want him to and oh so much more! Southern boys are just great…right?!?

Sure, Brock has his issues and isn’t perfect…but who wants a perfect man? When these two characters get together saying that “sparks fly” is a major understatement! More like fireworks fly and buildings blow up! Their personalities are just so good for one another…it was tough to read when they were being silly..I just kept wanting to smack them!

I mean really, did Regan honestly believe she was meant for Logan? (Besides, I bet Logan isn’t as perfect as his polished exterior seems…hmm..next book here I come!) She would be bored with someone so much like herself! She needs someone that is going to spice things up…and Brock definitely fits that build!

This book was amazingly humorous, filled with romance, and so easy to read and fall in love with! The story line was epic and melded with the other books pretty well. There were a few differences in conversations but that could have just been times where the other person was focused on their relationship issues and not focused on the convo right?

There were moments in the book that I hated both Regan and Brock for their hard-headedness…but they quickly made up for it! I found their romance to be endearing and sweet where as a lot of the others in this series were rough and tumble type scenes. I loved that Regan and Brock did the sweet stuff…well except for that first time! Goodness gracious…bless their little hearts for that one! lol

I will say that I am a bit confused and upset by the lack of development with Regan’s woods fear. I felt like there has to be more to it than a dang book! It seemed like it was going to take off and be a way of bonding at one point…but then it was just dropped! Well until Brock made an ass of himself..anyways! I guess I was just hoping for a little more explanation than the blow off one she gave Logan during said “ass of himself” scene.

Overall, I adored this book! The ending was just perfection! I just can’t even put into words how I feel about how Katee chose to end her story. After all that both Regan and Brock have been through in their lives…this was just a sweet moment! If it gives you a better idea of how relatable her characters are…I literally CRIED (I mean real, big honking “bless your heart” tears) while reading it! Kinda glad the hubby didn’t walk in on that one! 

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New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. She found romance novels at age twelve and it changed her life. When not writing sexy contemporary and speculative fiction romance novels, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her wee ones, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.

Describe your book/series in 15 words or less!

That’s a tricky question, because it’s always changing. Each book challenges me and stretches my comfort zone.

What are two of your favorite characters in your books/series written by other authors?

This is one of those rare books that I didn’t have one. I did, however, have Vampire Diaries playing in the background. That counts, right?

 

​What’s next for you?​

 

I’m so glad you asked! Remember how Brock’s got issues with his older brother? Well, Caine gets a book. Regan may or may not send her matchmaking friend down to Tennessee to get him a wife. It’s part of Entangled’s new Lovestruck line and it’s releasing July 21st.

 

OMG I am so on it guys! I want this book…can I have it? PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP??? I mean seriously Katee, my birthday is on the 19th! Don’t you want to help me celebrate??? hehe

Now for the silly stuff!

Katee even sent us a “Silly Selfie”!

Ask me one question…any question at all and I have to answer it no matter what!

Because I’m mean…. Favorite book? [There can be only one!!! ;)]

 

Oh wow…you are E.V.I.L!! Umm…favorite book and I can only pick one?? Wow! Uhh…ahhh…ummm… *clears throat* I’m not going to take the easy answer and just say the Wedding Dare series as a whole (While I did adore it…that seems like I would be cheating!) If I had to choose right now, I think I would say 2B Or Not 2B? by Stephanie Witter. That book was amaze-balls and had me choked up from tears and laughter throughout! I will say that my favorite book changes almost weekly, I tend to read A LOT and I love them all so much for different reasons!

If you could have any one toy what would it be? Why?

Do cards count? I’m going to say they count. I’m a horrible card addict. I play all the time. And I have a badass card trick that no one can figure out! Yes, I’m proud of that LOL

If you could have one super power what would it be? Why?

I’d be telekinetic. Because I’m inherently lazy and being able to move stuff with my mind would be a great way to freak strangers out.

What would I find in your refrigerator right now?

Leftover pizza and eggs. Because I’m a grownup!

If Seducing the Bridesmaid was a dessert, what would it be and why?

Lemon bar. A little tart, but overall pretty sweet.

What do you think about when you are alone in your car?

“This song is so great! *sings* Man, GET IN YOUR OWN LANE! *shakes fist* OH! I love this song! *sings more*”

What song best describes you? Why?

 

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The Wedding Dare Series

Authors: Laura Kaye, Jen McLaughlin, Tessa Bailey, Katee Robert and Samanthe Beck

Gere: Contemporary romance & Humor

Books currently in the series: 5

*WARNING 18+*

“These stories share a setting and characters, but can be read as stand-alones. But why would you want to miss a single minute of crazy sexy hotness? Get them all!” ~Laura Kaye

Title: Dare to Resist (Prequel)

 “Dare to Resist, was well “all that and a bag of chips” haha! I have read Laura Kaye books before and I always adore her writing style and the depth to which she takes her characters. When reading her books I can’t help but feel like apart of the story and Dare to Resist was no different.” ~Becca

Title: Falling for the Groomsman (Book 1 in the Wedding Dare series)

“I couldn’t get enough of these two! Their chemistry is palpable and addicting!” ~Becca

Title: Baiting the Maid of Honor (Book 2 in the Wedding Dare series)

“The dialog was addictive and humorous without taking away from the deep meaning and romance of the story.” ~Becca

Title: Seducing the Bridesmaid (Book 3 in the Wedding Dare series)

“This book was amazingly humorous, filled with romance, and so easy to read and fall in love with!” ~Becca

Title: Best Man with Benefits (Book 4 in the Wedding Dare series)

“…how sweet is Logan! Finding a way to help Sophie realize that she is beautiful! Just…AAAWWWEEE!! I’m pretty sure I fell in love with Logan at that exact moment!
” ~Becca

How did you guys meet?

Samanthe: I don’t want to spill too many details, but let’s just say, if you ever end up in a Turkish prison, there are no finer ladies to share a cell with than Diane, Katee, Laura and Tessa.

Diane: Yep, we all write for Entangled, and Laura I’ve known for even longer! Tessa lives close enough that we try to get together a few times a year, and the rest I see at conventions! After this year’s Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans, we all finally got to meet in person, and they’re all the best!

Laura: We’ve all written for Entangled for a while, so we were online friends first, and then got to meet each other at various conferences – which is one of my favorite things about writers’ conferences!

Katee: Laura and I interviewed each other way back in 2012 for books we had coming out with Entangled. I got to meet Diane and Sam in person in 2013, and had a blast with Tessa this year in NOLA. Thank God for writer’s conferences or I’d never get to meet anyone outside the internet!

Tessa: Apart from Diane, who I met one afternoon when she trekked down to NYC for a matinee of Phantom, I met all these lovely ladies for the first time in person at RT this year. Prior to that, our acquaintance had been online only.

How did you story board and manage to keep the plot line running so smoothly?

Samanthe: We used Google Docs, Excel and Jack Daniels Single Barrel (as needed) to keep all the characters and timelines straight.

Diane: Google Docs saves lives, people. Without that, it would have been impossible to keep it all straight. That, and wine. Lots of wine.

Laura: Since my story occurred before the other four, I had to do less plot planning. What they did to coordinate their concurrent stories was truly amazing, though! I mostly had to work on keeping backstories the same, etc.

Katee: Yeah, we used a truly intense amount of communication, and then all of us read through every book to check for facts. We didn’t really think about how much work it’d be when we got started, but it was totally worth it!

Tessa: Yes, lots of email threads, Google docs, Excel spreadsheets and prayers

How do you develop your plot and characters?

Samanthe: The Wedding Dare series was an unusual process for me, because the setting, time frame and a lot of the story events and logistics came as part of the overall concept. We outlined our characters’ main traits to be sure we presented distinct personalities in each story.

My hero, Logan, already existed as part of my McCade Brothers series, and he just kind of fit the bill, best man-wise. He’s the golden boy, (although he’s been stuck in an all-work-and-no-play rut for so long, he’s feeling like his life is missing some shine).

My heroine, Sophie, was a total construct of the continuity. She’s Colton’s, (the groom’s), shy, insecure little sis, and she’s also the outsider because the bride, Kady, and all the other bridesmaids were sorority sisters.

Me: OOOOO You have another series that involves Logan?!? I am so on this! hehe Goodreads y’all…Goodreads!

Diane: The editor of the series had a huge hand in giving us the characters she thought we’d do best with. For me, it was Tyler, the bride’s big brother, and her best friend, Christine. The fact that they had a past made my story all the much more fun to write, honestly. I loved their push and pull!

Laura: My hero and heroine already existed before I joined the project to write them (the bride and groom, Kady and Colton). Since I knew my story was a quick forced-proximity story (they get trapped sharing a hotel room during a storm), I had to create a backstory for them where they already knew and were attracted to one another. And find a fun catalyst that could lead to explosive smexy times fairly quickly. So much fun!

Katee: I was on the phone with our editor when the offer to do the continuity came in from Diane. She got excited and basically laid out the four main stories she wanted, and she already knew that she wanted Diane to write a certain one and Tessa to write a certain one. Sam and I cage-fought for the last two

Tessa: Our editor had a hand in divvying up the character types and I think she played to our strong suits as best as possible. Thus, I was given the broody, law enforcement officer, which is right up there with chocolate on my Favorite Things list. Conversely, I was given a sunshiney, people pleaser as a heroine, which was more of a challenge, but I ended up loving her to pieces.

Why did you choose to write this story?

Samanthe: I was definitely going to write Logan’s story in some form or another, and then Diane contacted me, and was like, “Katee, Tessa and I were wondering if you would—” and I was like, “YES!” Her question could have ended with, “walk our dogs.” I didn’t care. I was in for whatever these ladies wanted from me.  Then, just when I didn’t think it could get any better, Laura signed on to write the prequel!

Diane: This was my first reunited lovers/enemies to lovers story I’ve ever written, and it was so much fun to tackle. Too much fun!

Laura: I thought it would be fun to work with the other authors! Plus I love writing sexy contemporaries!

Katee: In a word — Regan. She’s a very polarizing heroine, but being able to take the gloves off, so to speak, and run with her was something that made me deliriously happy. Also Brock and his damn laugh lines. Basically the story was a playboy and a driven headhunter and I practically tackled the idea.

Tessa: I was thrilled to write an opposites attract story. I think they might be my favorite because finding common ground between two vastly different characters is a fun challenge.

Is it hard to write in a group? Would you do it again?

Samanthe: I was such a dumbass at the outset I didn’t appreciate how hard it would be. Working with Diane, Katee, Laura and Tessa was a pleasure, though. They never made me feel bad for lacking good writing processes, not keeping my timeline updated, not paying close enough attention to their timelines, hijacking their characters to be in my scenes when they were clearly committed to being somewhere else, (and effing up the Google docs several times…although I’m not sure they noticed because I tried really hard to eliminate the evidence of those mishaps).

I would totally do it again! (They will need convincing to take me on a second time).

Me: Haha, this all seems like my side of things! I effed up our Google Doc for this interview how many times?? I always try to be organized and have spreadsheets and plans…but sometime my excitement gets away from me and I totally forget about all of the places I’m supposed to write things down

Diane: With these ladies? Hell yeah! I did it before with two other friends of mine, too, and the key is working with people who are willing to work together and work hard. Without that, it would be a hot mess. Literally.

Laura: I’m co-authoring another project, so this is my second experience. Communication and flexibility are key, and as long as you know the folks you’re working with are EASY to work with, it can be a great deal of fun. I’d do it again.

Katee: I’d definitely do it again. I think we had an amazing group and everyone worked so freaking hard to make this series a success. It took a healthy dose of insanity to pull it off, but it was a ton of fun, too!

Me: After reading all of the books, I would definitely say that this series is a HUGE success! I highly recommend all of them to everyone…well everyone over 18! lol

Tessa: I would do it again, but only if these four ladies were involved. If they weren’t talented, hard-working and considerate, I think a project of this magnitude would have been very difficult. We made it as easy as possible for one another and I would absolutely do it again with them

Did you ever want to take the story in a different direction than the others? How did you make sure that the stories didn’t contradict each other?

Samanthe: We each wrote and shared a fairly detailed story synopsis before we got started, so we had the big picture ironed out ahead of time. There were little things like, “Um, Sam, in this scene you have my hero in the lobby talking to Sophie, but he is actually up in my heroine’s room, being used like a personal toy. Please don’t make him come down to hold Sophie’s hand. He will not be happy.” Honestly, everyone was really flexible and generous, and we got good about contacting each other ahead of time and asking, “How badly does it screw up your life if I…”? Laura maybe had the biggest challenge, even though her timeline didn’t overlap, because her existing deadlines dictated she write her story later, after four other authors had used her characters in whatever way we needed.

Me: Oh wow! It does sound as if Laura had her work cut out for her! Hehe, I totally know the scene you are talking about and yeah…I think he would have been slightly pissed if his “boy toy” status had been taken away at that moment! Hell, I would have been pissed! hehe

Diane: I think it went pretty smoothly because we had the timeline all worked out ahead of time. That’s the biggest factor in how easy the actual timeline went for us all, I think.

Laura: I had less of an issue with this, with one exception. My story was initially a lot hotter/darker/edgier. But there was a sense that in being that way it didn’t well set up the feel for the series as a whole, so I had to tone it down some.

Katee: We had things totally figured out beforehand with this massive Big Mama master timeline and detail synopsises. But there were still hilarious little snafus. Like both Sam’s heroine and mine were in the gym at the same time and we didn’t figure it out until the books were completely written. The scene we worked on together ended up being one of my favorites in the book.

Me: I know that scene! I actually caught myself looking back at the other book going…wait does this match up! Hehe, you guys did a great job!

Tessa: There were a few times I wanted to hop over and write Regan and Brock’s story! (from Seducing the Bridesmaid) LOL. Katee created some really rich, interesting characters that jumped off the page. Plus, I love a New Yorker with an attitude.

What was the hardest part of writing this book for you?

Samanthe: Sophie! She’s like so many of us. She looks in the mirror and sees ALL her flaws, and NONE of her assets. But she’s also a woman in the midst of a physical and emotional transformation, and I had so much fun making Logan an integral part of her journey to view herself in a more accurate and positive way. Still, I worried about her coming across too angsty and self-conscious. There’s a lot of Sam Beck on her worst day in Sophie. :}

Me: Out of all of the characters, I did find myself bonding and relating to Sophie the most. I feel like most women have the same thoughts and feelings and the way that Logan “helped” her realize her beauty was epic! Definitely a drool worthy moment!

Diane: Tyler. He came across kind of…asshole-ish/whiney at first. I kinda had to rewrite the whole story. LOL!

Laura: This one came out really fast for me. Sometimes they’re like that.

Katee: Regan. Always Regan. She’s so damn forceful, that I had to fight to rein her in even a little bit. The woman knew what she wanted and she could care less about being likeable.

Me: It sounds like you are a passenger in this book lol I know that in my book right now I am so not the driver! I will have a plan for a scene to go a certain way and then BAM…that’s just not happening anymore! lol

Tessa: The hardest part of writing this story was the dark moment. I wanted so badly for Reed to do the right thing when they had their blow up fight, but he wasn’t ready. He needed to see what it would be like without Julie before he groveled. God, I love a good grovel

What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?

Samanthe: It’s hard to choose! Personally, I loved the scene where Sophie…ahem…disciplines Logan. She’s such a passive-leaning passive aggressive, and Logan’s so dominant, the incongruity of the interaction appealed to me. Plus the potential to write something funny, and hawt, and make it work while staying true to their characters. Does it work? You’ll have to be the judge.

Me: Oh it definitely worked! That scene was … just… MMMMM OH EMMM GGGEEE!! Lol I was drooling and in need of a cold shower after that one!

Diane: Hmm….maybe the forest scene? I don’t know!!! It might be when he dances with her, carrying her like a real hero.

Laura: My favorite part is what happens after Colton finds a book Kady brought with her… In particular, the conversation that follows is one of the hottest non-sex scenes I’ve ever written!

Katee: The scene in the bar where Brock buys Regan a drink. She’s so ready to dismiss him out of hand and it just rolls off him. Their banter was so much fun and that kind of conversational spark leads into the OTHER kind of spark wonderfully.

Tessa: Definitely the strip tease scene. Reed and Julie make a bet that ends with them in Reed’s hotel room and a slow removal of clothing. I think I wrote it with a fan blowing directly on my face.

Me: Girl, I can imagine! I needed a fan to read it! I haven’t written my first sex scene in my book yet…I’m a bit nervous about it’s arrival…I can feel that it is close and I just don’t know where it is going to lead! Again, I’m such a passenger to this story that until it is on paper I have not one single clue how it will end!

How did you decide who wrote what characters?

Samanthe: Jello wrestling. Or, um, I’m going to say our editor, Heather Howland, Diane and Katee came up with the archetypes. Logan fit the golden boy/best man type, and it made sense to pair this confident, outgoing guy up with his introverted, insecure opposite, because we all know, in fiction at least, opposites attract!

Diane: Yep, it was a joint effort. That was the first thing that was assigned, then we all took off from there!

Laura: In part, we all wrote to our character strengths, or certain authors wove in a character related to an existing series. I write military heroes, so Colton is ex-military.

Katee: The characters were all part of the initial planning when they were divvied out. Our editor had worked with all of us before and she had specific ideas over who she thought should write what.

Tessa: As Sam said, our editor, Katee and Diane mostly came up with the character types and definitely played to our strengths. We had to be excited to dive into a project this big and I think this helped a lot. Getting to sink our teeth into characters we loved.

Well, there you have it! I hope you enjoyed my interview with The Wedding Dare crew as much as I did!