cover image Our Ex’s Wedding

Our Ex’s Wedding

Taleen Voskuni. Berkley, $19 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-95364-8

Voskuni (Sorry, Bro) delivers an addictive contemporary about two Armenian Americans thrown together by their mutual ex’s wedding. Bisexual wedding planner Ani hopes a posh new client planning a wedding at a Napa winery will save her business. But when Ani arrives on-site, she learns that the bride is her ex-girlfriend, Mimi. The winery’s owner, Raffi, a former physician with a reputation of being “Northern California’s most eligible Armenian bachelor,” is in for a similar shock: he also used to date Mimi. As Raffi and Ani push aside their complicated feelings about Mimi getting married and scramble to accommodate the brides’ outrageous requests, their chemistry heats up. Meanwhile, major snags arise with the wedding, leaving them to wonder if it’s just bad luck or if it might be sabotage. Voskuni keeps the twists and turns coming, accompanied by flirty banter, energetic prose, and characters who are easy to love, including an expansive supporting cast of well-meaning but invasive family members. This is good fun. (Jan.)