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Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, Book 2) | |||
Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, Book 2) |
Meanwhile, Half Moon Hollow's own Black Widow, Jane's Grandma Ruthie, has met her match in her latest fiancé. He smells like bad cheese and has a suspicious history of dead spouses. But Jane's biting her tongue. After all, would a nice girl really think she has a future with a vampire?
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With foot and paw planted in the human and animal worlds, were-creatures mix techniques from both cultures to secure relationships. This can lead to lifelong happiness or a very confused potential mate.
-- Mating Rituals and Love Customs of the Were
"I can't do this."
"Jane."
"It's just wrong," I whimpered. "It defies the laws of nature, the thin line that separates good and evil."
Zeb rolled his eyes and snapped the bridal binder shut. "It's just a dress, Jane."
"It's a puce dress, Zeb."
"Jolene's getting it in peach." He grunted, clearly at his limit in dealing with whiny undead bridal-party members. "Why are you being so difficult?"
"Why is your fiancée insisting that I dress like Naomi from Mama's Family?"
"It's not that bad," Zeb insisted.
"Not that bad?" I opened the binder and pinned the offending picture with my finger. The model's defiantly blank expression could not mask her embarrassment at wearing this sateen nightmare. It was off the shoulder, with a wide ruffle of retina-burning color that gathered at the cleavage with a fabric cabbage rose. The traditional butt bow actually connected to what can only be described as a waist lapel.
Despite not having that many girlfriends, I had been a bridesmaid three times in ten years. Apparently, I was tall enough to "match" the rest of the bridal party for Marcy, my college roommate from freshman year. My sophomore roommate, Carrie, had a cousin who had the nerve to get pregnant, and I just happened to fit the cousin's abandoned bridesmaid dress. I'm pretty sure my junior roommate, Lindsay, only asked me because she wanted "plain" bridesmaids. She said something about not wanting to be outshone on her big day.
I was thankful to get a private room my senior year.
My sister, Jenny, never even considered making me a bridesmaid. Ironically, her reason for not asking me -- not liking me -- resulted in this inadvertent and certainly
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