Gamble on Engagement (23 page)

It would be okay, I’d thought at the time,
everyone would lose interest soon enough and I could just plan the
whole thing myself, right?

But as I stood, watching them square off
against each other over wedding cake albums, I knew, somewhere deep
in my soul, that things were not going to end well.

And all I could think was… dear God, what
have I done?

Stay tuned for more of
Josie’s adventures in the next installment of the
McMaster the Disaster
series.

Book 3,
The Wedding Wager,
coming this winter.

And if you missed the first installment of
McMaster the Disaster
:

Bridesmaid Lotto
(a
McMaster the Disaster
novel)

Josephine McMaster is pretty and smart, but
very much a klutzy mess. Finally, at 26, she may have actually lost
the dreaded ‘McMaster the Disaster’ nickname that has followed her
around her whole life.
Josie’s quite content to be single, much to her mother’s
disappointment. So when a bizarre contest is announced where a
socialite is holding a lottery to pick her bridesmaids (and rake in
a little extra cash), she can’t roll her eyes fast enough, even if
it does mean meeting Jake Hall, her one and only movie star crush.
Obviously, Josie doesn’t enter the bridesmaid lottery, so you can
imagine her surprise when her picture pops up among the winners,
thanks to Mom. With a little prodding—okay bribing—Josie agrees to
participate.
The wedding turns into the event of the year, and Josie finds
herself in the middle of a paparazzi feeding frenzy, which gets
even crazier after Jake Hall takes a special interest in her.
Can Josie handle the pressure in the spotlight? Is it possible she
might really have a chance with Jake Hall? And if she’s busy
worrying about all that, how in the heck is she going to keep
‘McMaster the Disaster’ from showing up in front of the entire
world?

More books by Rachel Astor:

~ Contemporary Romance ~

Payback’s a Witch

Nelle Peterson has finally found Mr. Right.
He’s handsome, smart, and successful. In fact, she’s amazed he’s
still available.
But shortly after her new relationship begins, things start to go
wrong. Really wrong. Nelle doesn’t really believe in fate, or fairy
tales, or magic, but when her boyfriend lets it slip that his ex
used to be really into witchcraft, it all starts to fall into
place.
Will Nelle be able to get past her logical ways and protect
herself? Can she keep her boyfriend from falling back under the
ex’s spell? And now that it's Nelle's turn to learn the ways of
witchcraft, what will happen when she tries to conjure up a little
revenge of her own?

~ Young Adult Paranormal ~

Haunt
(a
Sisterhood of Murder
novel)

Three strangers end up at the same place at
the same time. So what’s the problem? Well, the corpse for
one.
Years of unexplained blackouts have made Sophie tough, at least as
far as anyone knows. She’s tried to stop her ritual cutting after
the blackouts, but with the pain comes too much control and
clarity.
Ashlyn’s years of avoiding society have made her timid, afraid to
let anyone in. For as long as she can remember, her dreams reenact
the lives of each person who comes in physical contact with her.
Not the best situation for making friends. Her only release is
purging her pain into her artwork.
Libi’s only concern is her social status… until now. She always
thought the stories about her old Granny Matilda who claimed to see
ghosts were completely insane, or at least Granny must have been.
Guess the joke’s on Libi now that she’s turned sixteen.
The trio has little in common, except one thing. Each girl knows
what it’s like to live with secrets. Will they be able to get it
together and figure out what drew them to the abandoned warehouse,
not to mention solve the little problem of the body they’ve found?
Or perhaps even more important, will finding each other finally
make them feel like they have a place to belong?