A Wedding for Christmas audiobook

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.I really enjoyed this book a lot. I don't read too many holiday themed books but I do try to read at least one or two every year in a quest to get myself in the holiday spirit. I really liked the last book from this series, I'll Be Home for Christmas, so I was eager to pick up the newest one in the series. This book is actually the seventh in the Twilight, Texas series but it reads perfectly fine as a stand alone. This was the kind of book that left me with a smile on my face by the time I reached the conclusion.The book starts one year in the past when both Katie and Ryder were in L.A. and run into each other. They have known each other for years but they now both adults and sparks immediately fly. Fast forward one year and they both find themselves back in Twilight for Katie's brother's wedding. The sparks are still there but neither of them are sure how to act on them or if they should.I loved the characters. Ryder and Katie both had a few issues to deal with from their past. Ryder is best friends with Katie's brother and actually lived with the family during some of his teen years. After a 15 year old Katie kisses Ryder, he joins the military and leaves the town. They have both reached a point in their lives where they might be ready for something more. I really enjoyed watching them learn to trust each other and start to open up. They made a really great pair and the chemistry between them was off the charts. This book really had a lot going for it. I liked that there were a few things that happened that I didn't expect. The secondary characters in the book were a lot of fun and everyone from Ryder's elderly neighbor to Katie's parents added soemthing to the story. There were a few moments that I thought were quite humorous as well. In the end, I thought this was a well rounded book with wonderful pacing.I would highly recommend this book to fans of contemporary romance. I haven't read too many books written by Lori Wilde but the ones that I have read have been consistently good. I am looking forward to reading more from this talented author soon.I received a review copy of this book from Harper Collins Publishers - Avon via Edelweiss.Initial ThoughtsI really enjoyed this one. The relationship between Katie and Ryder just seemed so real.

I haven't read this author before. I wanted to read a few Christmas themed novels and this was one of them. Although it is part of the series it didn't really seem to matter. The author gives you reflections of the past. It was very heartwarming and funny. It did have some sex scenes but not over the top. I enjoyed this read!

Oh my stars this was excellent! If you read I'll be Home for Christmas, you are aware of the character in this story. Katie and Gabi did a house swap for the weeks leading up to Christmas. The other book told Gabi's side. A Wedding for Christmas focuses on the other story, Katie. She goes off to LA where a chance encounter with an old friend/flame has her acting a big out of character and hooking up with him. She's tired of being the girl in mourning and is trying to move on with her life. When she returns home to Twilight, she makes some major life changes, starts her own business, sells her yurt, buys a house, and is ready to take on the world. But when Ryder (the one-night-stand) returns, their chemistry is still amazing. He has this reputation as a bad boy who left town and never looked back. He's only returned for his best friend's wedding, which puts him in Katie's path frequently. There was just so much to love about the story. There's a layer of sadness as they deal with their grief of losing people they love, but they are moving on with their lives. This town is one that I'd love to find and live in. It's such an idyllic small town with their traditions and quirky characters. They go all out for the holiday and it's a lot of fun to read. I didn't want to put it down, and look forward to revisiting Twilight, Texas every Christmas (and maybe the times in between, too.)I received a copy for review from the publisher. This does not waiver my opinion.

Who knew that the nickname "Miss Priss" could actually be a sweet nickname. I have read many stories of crushes and the brother's best friend and sister hook up but thus far for 2016, I have to say that this was one of my favorite hook ups. Ryder and Katie made such a great couple together. For example, Katie had Ryder falling all over her on their first encounter as adults. Ok, so maybe it was due to the fact that Ryder thought Katie was a stalker (minor detail). Yet, what I enjoyed the most was that Ryder and Katie were not hooking up instantly on their next encounter. One of my favorite moments in this book was after Ryder and his father had their conversation. Katie offered Ryder a hug and they embraced. Although, Ryder and Katie were not the only people in this story. There are also the people of Twilight. A place that readers will want to visit over and over again. A Wedding for Christmas is the perfect stocking stuffer gift!

Reviewed for Romancing the Readers blog:http://romancingthereaders.blogspot.c...If you are looking for a comfort read Lori Wilde is your author. She writes such wonderful complex characters in towns you want to visit. I always feel happy reading one of her stories. What's better then reading a favorite author? Reading a favorite author with a Christmas story!!! I really love a good holiday story and A Wedding For Christmas is just that! I loved going back to visit everyone in Twilight Texas. The start of the books starts in the beginning of I'll Be Home for Christmas when Joe finds out his sister has traded homes with Gabi. If you haven't read the series yet but want to read A Wedding For Christmas I suggest you first read I'll Be Home for Christmas. I think it will make A Wedding for Christmas more enjoyable for you. In a way this is a second change romance (crush, not relationship) and a older brother friend crush. You've got to love a crush on a brothers friend. It adds so much more tension to the story. Will the brother be okay or will he kill you? That is the question!In A Wedding For Christmas you see how at one time Katie and Ryder really liked each other but timing wasn't right. Now as a adult they have to wonder how it would be...I really loved Ryder, he had such a crap childhood with cold unfeeling people around him. That is until he moves in with the Cheek's family. Love the last name. Things look up for him then. I also enjoyed Katie but at times I wanted to slap her upside the head. She was so wrapped up in what she was feeling and how things looked that she never thought about Ryder's feelings. In the end they were able to work out their crap and find happiness. I'm so glad for Ryder, he needed, no deserved happiness. This is a wonderful story that will make you want to go back and read the whole series. Do it!!!!

Review originally posted on joyfully reviewed http://www.joyfullyreviewed.net/revie...It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, well at least in Twilight, Texas it is. In the previous book, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Katie Cheek and Gabi Preston swap houses for the holidays and I’m so glad Lori Wilde is giving her readers the other side of the swap in A Wedding for Christmas. I may have only started this series with the pervious story but The Twilight, Texas series is becoming one of my favorite series by Ms. Wilde, especially the Christmas stories. A Wedding for Christmas shows the other side of the house swap from the previous book, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, and while Katie Cheek is in L.A. the last person she expects to run into is her brother’s best friend and her former childhood crush, Ryder Southerland. When Ryder tackles her thinking she is the stalker of his client it quickly brings back the memory of her first kiss with him. After things get hot and steamy the next morning she leaves and heads back home only to be haunted by that wonderful night that she will never forget. Katie has no hopes of seeing Ryder again since he hasn’t been back in thirteen years but a year later her brother, Joe is getting married to Gabi and Ryder is the best man opposite to her maid of honor. She can act normal around him, right? Ryder is back in Twilight, Texas after thirteen years. After losing his mother at a young age and his father kicking him out at sixteen he had no reason to come back to the same place who labeled him the town’s bad boy. His Father is losing the ranch and Ryder thinks it might be time to move on from the past and his best friend Joe is getting married and he can deny it all he wants but he is looking forward to seeing Katie again. He doesn’t regret what happened between them a year ago and if he’s honest with himself he hopes it will happen again, but when Katie ignored his calls and texts he decides to let it be. Will Twilight, Texas become his home again or is returning to L.A. what he really wants? I absolutely adore little sister falls in love with brothers best friend stories. There is something very sweet and romantic about them that just draws me in every time. While this trope has been done over and over again it never gets old for me. At first I didn’t think Katie and Ryder had much chemistry since they were both holding back, but once they were around each other more frequently I could see the feelings they were keeping hidden. In every story I usually find myself favoring one character and for A Wedding for Christmas that character was Ryder. He had such a sad childhood my heart broke for him over and over again. I wanted to reach out and just hug him, but I was glad Katie was the one he ended up with and not because they have been friends forever but because she helped put him back together so to speak. There were a few things in the beginning that had me trying to figure out how the ending would go and of course it went that way then Ms. Wilde surprised me on the turn of events and where she took these characters. When I’m in the mood for a heartwarming story Ms. Wilde is one of my go to authors. A Wedding for Christmas was truly a delightful read and has me wanting to start the Twilight, Texas series from the very beginning. This sweet yet heartwarming story will lift your spirits and get you in the holiday mood. 

I think that Lori Wilde’s books are fast becoming a Christmas staple for me. A Wedding For Christmas is the latest in Wilde’s Christmas themed books set in Twilight, Texas. Read my full review hereLink goes live 12/12/2016

4.5 Star review of A Wedding For Christmas (Twilight, Texas #7) by Lori WildeMy favourite holiday of the year is Christmas; and I love stories about Christmas, throw in a small town and a love that is meant to be and you have A Wedding for Christmas.Lori Wilde is a new author to me, that’s right I haven’t read the other books in this series, although having said that although I think it would be good to have done so, I was able to read and follow this book without difficulty or confusion.Katie Cheek has been infatuated with Ryder Southerland since she was a young girl; he is her brother’s best friend. After mistakenly being taken for a stalker at an LA Christmas party by Ryder (he is working as a body guard), Katie spends a wild and passionate night with him, only to up and leave the next morning.Fast forward 12 months and its Christmas in their home town, and Ryder is back to be the best man at her brother’s wedding. The attraction between Ryder and Katie is sizzling although Katie is doing her best to resist him; Ryder is determined to get the girl.Will the magic of Christmas and the romance of attending a Christmas wedding rub off on Ryder and Katie? Will they take a chance and move forward in their relationship? I really liked the characters of Ryder and Katie, separately and together. The story was well written and captured my attention and although not a particularly long read, I enjoyed this story so much that I am going to go and get the other books in the series and find out more about the wonderful people of Twilight, Texas. I was given this book in exchange for an honest review through the publisher and Edelweiss

Loved this visit to Twilight, Texas by Lori Wilde "A Wedding for Christmas" ... and more too from Ryder and KatieThis story line did not disappointment me.. loved it. on the edge emotions and loved the sense of humor added in the this story which brought on chuckles . Goosebumps and anticipation happened too eliciting of emotions taking over my heart and mind ... Ryder Southerland and Katie Cheek are all grown up... but still have things to work through, for themselves and together ... and that is exactly what we will experience as we to go through their journey together in this in this visit to Twilight, Texas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .... sweet dreams are made of this ... because I enjoyed right to the last page. 5star for sure !!! It was great too to see Joe and Gabi madly in love .... and are there to support their best friends. .... enjoy the fact yes I do have questions I want answered about Ryder and Katie ... in a next installment of Twilight, Texas what happens to the ranch.... and wonder about Jax ... loved to hear . Love to hear more about futures and unfoldings in Twilight, Texas.My heart is overflowing now !!!Pre-ordered and Purchased my Paperback at Chapters/Indigo. picked up at Store on Ogilivie Road, near Gloucester Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. ... very convenient cause there is a Starbucks there too... picked up my book and enjoyed a sit down with it and a fresh coffee.... Life is grand ! :-)

Welcome back to Twilight! It was fun to see the other side of the Christmas swap.

SweetLove the Twilight Series and do hope they continue. It definitely had me snickering at times and emotional at others. A good, fast, light read.

Fantastic story. At the beginning of the book, Katie is in LA, having swapped houses for the holidays with Gabi (I'll Be Home forChristmas). While there, she uses Gabi's invitation to a Hollywood party, pushing the envelope of her comfort zone. While there, she is mistaken for a stalker by a bodyguard, who just happens to be her brother's best friend (and her old crush) Ryder. Sparks fly, and after a hot night together, Katie is gone.Ryder was stunned to see Katie, especially looking as beautiful as he always thought she would be. He'd always had feelings for her, but a) she was just a kid and b) she was his best friend's little sister. When hauls off and kisses him while he's living with them, he knows that discretion is the better part of valor. He leaves the next day to join the army and hasn't been back to Twilight since. After the army he became a bodyguard, and avoids all kinds of commitments.A year later, Katie has made some major changes in her life. She has a business as an organizer, sold her yurt and bought a house. She has also not forgotten her night with Ryder, but never expected to see him again. Until she finds out he's best man to her maid of honor at her brother's wedding. She's just hoping to maintain her cool through the lead up to the wedding.Ryder has come back to Twilight to be best man at Joe's wedding. He also needs to check on his estranged father. He is also hoping to see Katie again. He hasn't forgotten their night together, and has found himself wondering what might have been if she had stuck around. He was stunned to find her at his father's house, and even more to find out why.I loved both Ryder and Katie. Ryder had had a troubled youth. After losing his mother in an accident he blamed himself for, he became the town troublemaker. After a blowup with his father, who kicked him out, he stayed with Katie's family for his senior year in high school. His relationship with the town had never been good, and coming back brings up all kinds of unhappy memories. The one bright spot is his relationship with the Cheek family. He's torn about seeing Katie, because he wants to see if they can pick up again, but he's afraid that she'll reject him. He's much more vulnerable emotionally than he lets on, but we get glimpses of it in his encounters with her.Katie's night with Ryder had been the motivation she needed to get out of the rut she had been in. One thing that she realized was that her girlhood feelings for him had never gone away, and that night with him had brought home the fact that she was in love with him. But he's a lone wolf who will never want to live in their small town again, so she has tried to put those feelings away. When he comes back to town, she wants to be with him again, but she's also afraid to risk her heart by believing that anything can come of it. I loved the way that, in spite of her fears, she does everything she can to help him during his stay.I loved the development of their relationship. The sparks were still as hot as they'd been the previous Christmas, but their time together gave them a chance to connect on a deeper level. What I loved most was how real the relationship was. It was fun to see them circle around each other, wanting more than they think the other one wants. The flames keep burning higher and higher until they can't resist, and then they are determined to try to hide it from the rest of the town. Of course, it's Twilight, and it's perfectly plain to everyone else how they feel. I also loved seeing how protective they were of each other. Katie hates seeing the pain that Ryder is in as he tries to deal with his father and their longstanding estrangement. It was sweet to see her try to be the mediator that gets them talking to each other. I also loved seeing how Ryder tries to protect Katie from any repercussions of being with him, by agreeing to hide their relationship, even though it isn't what he wants (and he misunderstands her reasons). The truly heartbreaking part is when something happens that should draw them together and instead adds more stress. I ached for Katie as all she wanted was for Ryder to actually tell her how he feels. She's pretty sure she knows, but she needs to hear the words. And poor Ryder knows what she wants, but the words just won't come. I ached for him as he ran away, and wanted to smack him for his stubbornness. I loved his big moment at the end, when he turned out to be far more eloquent than he knew he could be.The secondary characters were also fantastic. Though we only saw her a couple times, one of my favorites was Ryder's LA neighbor Clara. She is quite a character, and has gotten to know him very well. I loved seeing her read him the riot act over his relationship with Katie. I also loved seeing Joe and Cami again. It was especially fun to see the girls' night that she had with Katie, when she got Katie drunk. I also loved how they teased Ryder and Katie about their inability to hide their relationship. I also loved Ryder's dad, Jax, even though his initial treatment of Ryder was so terrible. Seeing the two of them finally talk about the things that had happened really gave a sweet resolution to their relationship. I can't wait for my next trip to Twilight.

Katie & Ryder were a fun couple. Katie was sassy, funny and was learning to become a take charge independent woman. Ryder, the lone wolf had to overcome his difficult childhood and years of rebelling to truly open up. The book centered around Katie’s brother’s wedding and Christmas celebrations. In the beginning there was a teenage flashback that had me absolutely cracking up! Ryder and Katie had lots of chemistry! Mental health, specifically OCD and hoarding were discussed and I was impressed at the accurate picture Wilde portrayed of the disorder. I really enjoyed this Christmas romance!

Loved this visit to Twilight, Texas by Lori Wilde "A Wedding for Christmas" ... and more too from Ryder and KatieThis story line did not disappoint me.. Loved it.!!! on the edge emotions and loved the sense of humor added in the story which brought on chuckles . Goosebumps and anticipation happened too ... eliciting of emotions taking over my heart and mind ... Ryder Southerland and Katie Cheek are all grown up... but still have things to work through, for themselves and together ... and that is exactly what we will experience as we go through their journey together in this visit to Twilight, Texas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .... sweet dream as made of this ... because I enjoyed right to the last page. 5 star for sure !!! It was great too, to see Joe and Gabi madly in love .... and are there to support their best friends. .... enjoy the fact, I do have questions I want answered about Ryder and Katie & want to hear more about them too in a next installment of Twilight, Texas & what happens to the ranch.... and wonder about Jax ... would love to hear . Need & Love to hear more about futures and unfoldings in Twilight, Texas. My heart is overflowing now !!!