THE ANTI-HONEYMOON

by Bethany Michaels Publication Date: March 16, 2020 Genres: Adult, Entangled: Lovestruck, Contemporary, Romance, Romantic Comedy

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SYNOPSIS

No groom? No Problem.

When her fiancé tries to turn their wedding into a publicity stunt, Jenna ditches the nuptials—and the groom she shouldn’t have been with in the first place—and skips straight to the honeymoon. The getaway driver, her ex-fiancé’s former business partner, Zach, is the perfect guy to help reshape her romantic newlywed itinerary into an anti-couple, anti-romance, anti-honeymoon adventure for two.

They trade couples yoga for kickboxing lessons. Five-star dining on the beach for pizza and beer at a dive bar. Forget couples massage—Jenna’s getting that tattoo she’s always wanted, and dares Zach to get one, too. And those naughty boudoir pics she took in place of romantic sunset snaps? Those aren’t going in anyone’s wedding album. Not that Zach will forget them anytime soon.

As each item on Jenna’s anti-couples list is checked off, the anti-honeymoon with Zach feels more and more like the real thing, and she wishes the list was just a little bit longer…and even steamier.

EXCERPT

About that.” He leaned forward, suddenly nervous. “I have a proposal.”

She tucked a wayward curl behind her right ear. “A proposal?”

Zach drummed his fingers on the table. He hadn’t been this unsure of himself since he’d pitched his very first client when he’d gone out on his own. It had been a point that was going to make or break his fledgling business. This felt just as consequential.

“Yes.”

She put down her fork. “Not the kind that requires your getting down on one knee, I hope. I’ve had enough of that for a while.”

The image of kneeling in front of Jenna, presenting her with a ring in a velvet box popped into his head and he quickly shook it away.

“No.”

“I’m listening.”

“I think you need some anti-honeymooning.”

“Anti?”

“Yeah.”

“Explain, please.”

Zach pulled out the itinerary and flattened it out on the table. “You’ve got a whole list of couples activities here. Couples yoga, dinner on the beach—”

“I know what’s on the list,” she said quietly. “I picked out all the activities.”

“Right. And you planned to do them with Elliot. But now…well, what if you still do your list?”

She shook her head. “I don’t know. I feel like I just want to hole up in the room, watch a lot of home improvement shows on TV and order room service. I don’t really want to be the only singleton amongst the newly-weds. Couples yoga when you’re not a couple is just sweating in unnatural positions.”

“This is where the “anti” part comes in. We’re not going to do couples yoga.”

She stopped chewing, took a drink of her coffee, then looked at him. “We?” she asked, finally. “So you’d be the anti-groom in this scenario?”

“Well, I thought I’d get you started on this plan. I’m free today, as it turns out. That is, unless you want me to leave.”

“No,” she said quickly. “You can stay.”

ABOUT BETHANY MICHAELS

Bethany Michaels is the author of over a dozen contemporary novels and novellas as well as a handful of Regency-set historicals and light paranormal romances. The first book in her Nashville country music series, Nashville Heat, was an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee.

When not working on her next book, Bethany enjoys movies, traveling, camping, hiking, and volunteering with her kids’ scout troops. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and four teens.