Hats off to Carolyn Brown for another classy, classic country tale in BRIDE FOR A DAY. Cassie and Ted make an interesting almost-couple. You see as circumstances had it, these two young adults married in haste. Cassie needed protection and Ted was immediately taken with this sad, scared woman. So Ted did what he could think of at the moment.

As weeks progressed Cassie and Ted, although truly not consummating this fake marriage, were spending a lot of time together. Enough time to get on each other’s nerves it would seem. Ted even spoke to god and asked why his bride was so argumentative. True to Carolyn Brown and her innate sense of love, honor, faith, and humor, BRIDE FOR A DAY seems to have this recipe well memorized.

Cassie hasn’t lived her life with many frills. Life as the daughter of a single mother who waitressed for a living, having only the basics was the norm. Then her mother died, leaving Cassie with a good friend, another waitress who lived with her trucker husband. Cassie was called into duty to tend to the ailing wife, but after her passing, Cassie was going to be left with the husband who was demanding in many ways. So she did the only thing she could, she ran with little to her name. And happened to meet Ted at a bus stop.

Suffice it to say Ted isn’t really what you would envision as a white knight. Ted has a wonderfully close-knit family and has had an amazing support group all his life. So much so that in Cassie’s mind Ted needs to grow up, face his challenges, and most important his grief. Ted is a great guy but has been living in the shadows for several years.

When faced with Cassie’s fears, Ted is forced to gain perspective on how he has been barely coping since his twin brother died. Their conflicts almost always surface when one or the other is reminded of the fragility of life and their own futures. Working together as a team, if not as a truly married couple, might be the answer to a prayer. Coming to grips with their totally unexpected and candidly not welcomed mutual attraction will be the ultimate challenge.

Ted's family takes in Cassie and treats her like the family she always wished for. But Cassie knows this is a temporary respite from her real life. The fear that it will ultimately catch up to her is ever present in her mind.

Carolyn Brown’s stories come from a deep place in her heart and of course creative mind. I often wonder how an author finds a spark of an idea and develops a tale around it. That is exactly what Carolyn Brown does with panache in BRIDE FOR A DAY. Ted and Cassie are amazingly well-developed characters each facing challenges. The story is off the charts with the course of events detailed. You can’t help but join in on the fun and games. And of course, there is a bit of country mixed into the recipe for BRIDE FOR A DAY.

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