{"id":28266,"date":"2022-06-30T07:20:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T11:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=28266"},"modified":"2022-10-16T03:46:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T03:46:25","slug":"review-the-accidental-newlywed-game-by-jaci-burton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/30\/review-the-accidental-newlywed-game-by-jaci-burton\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Accidental Newlywed Game by Jaci Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28266\" data-postid=\"28266\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28266 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/the-accidental-newlywed-game-jaci-burton.jpg?resize=310%2C500\" width=\"310\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Accidental Newlywed Game by Jaci Burton\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Accidental Newlywed Game by Jaci Burton\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Wedding planner Honor Bellini is in Las Vegas for a work convention when she runs into her sister\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9, Owen Stone, who\u2019s also in town for his craft brewery business. They\u2019re both glad to see a familiar face from home\u2026until a night of drinking leads to waking up in bed together\u2014and a marriage certificate from a wedding that neither of them can recall.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Horrified, Owen suggests an immediate annulment. Honor agrees, but when they spend the day together, their chemistry is overwhelming. Plus, Honor has a flash of memory of their steamy wedding night, and she definitely likes what she remembers.\u00a0They decide to wait before cancelling the whole marriage thing, though they both head back to Oklahoma determined not to tell anyone at home what happened in Vegas.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The problem is, Honor and Owen can\u2019t seem to stay away from each other\u2014or keep their hands off one another. The longer they keep their secret, the harder it gets to deny how they really feel. Even worse, this huge secret has the potential to hurt someone they both care about. They need to get an annulment before this accidental marriage turns into love.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg?resize=135%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 28, 2022<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Boots and Bouquets<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honor<\/strong> is in Las Vegas for work when she runs into <strong>Owen<\/strong>. He was her sister\u2019s fianc\u00e9 until he called off the engagement. They have known each other for years so she is happy to see a friendly face. Since they are both in town, they decide to go and enjoy a night out. Things get complicated when the next morning, they see a paperwork showing that they got married.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The blurb for this book sounds so good. Yes, it is a little dicey and I normally do not gravitate towards exes of a sibling kind of thing. However, I remember Owen from book one in this series. He was going through some health issues and his story made the ending of book one sort of sad. I\u2019m glad he got his story.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There are two issues that I have with this book. The chemistry is off. The two see each other in Vegas but the initial interaction is so friendly. That is to be expected since Owen was engaged to Honor\u2019s sister. I just didn\u2019t understand how they wound up in bed and married. Not to mention, they were just so accepting of that. It threw me off. The author relies on the readers assuming there was some attraction that was there already. I don\u2019t want to guess. I want to feel it. I need to see it through her lens.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The other issue is that the sneaking around got old quickly for me. I think they should have been honest because for some reason they never seem to be in a rush to get the marriage annulled. It became a weird dynamic after a while which took away from some of the romance that started to pop when they arrived back home.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, the story is cute and a fairly quick read. If you read the other books in the series, you will enjoy getting glimpses of the other couples. 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They\u2019re both glad to see a familiar face from home\u2026until a night of drinking leads to waking up in bed together\u2014and a marriage certificate from a wedding that neither of them can recall.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Horrified, Owen suggests an immediate annulment. Honor agrees, but when they spend the day together, their chemistry is overwhelming. Plus, Honor has a flash of memory of their steamy wedding night, and she definitely likes what she remembers.\u00a0They decide to wait before cancelling the whole marriage thing, though they both head back to Oklahoma determined not to tell anyone at home what happened in Vegas.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The problem is, Honor and Owen can\u2019t seem to stay away from each other\u2014or keep their hands off one another. The longer they keep their secret, the harder it gets to deny how they really feel. Even worse, this huge secret has the potential to hurt someone they both care about. They need to get an annulment before this accidental marriage turns into love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 28, 2022<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Boots and Bouquets<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honor<\/strong> is in Las Vegas for work when she runs into <strong>Owen<\/strong>. He was her sister\u2019s fianc\u00e9 until he called off the engagement. They have known each other for years so she is happy to see a friendly face. Since they are both in town, they decide to go and enjoy a night out. Things get complicated when the next morning, they see a paperwork showing that they got married.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The blurb for this book sounds so good. Yes, it is a little dicey and I normally do not gravitate towards exes of a sibling kind of thing. However, I remember Owen from book one in this series. He was going through some health issues and his story made the ending of book one sort of sad. I\u2019m glad he got his story.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There are two issues that I have with this book. The chemistry is off. The two see each other in Vegas but the initial interaction is so friendly. That is to be expected since Owen was engaged to Honor\u2019s sister. I just didn\u2019t understand how they wound up in bed and married. Not to mention, they were just so accepting of that. It threw me off. The author relies on the readers assuming there was some attraction that was there already. I don\u2019t want to guess. I want to feel it. I need to see it through her lens.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The other issue is that the sneaking around got old quickly for me. I think they should have been honest because for some reason they never seem to be in a rush to get the marriage annulled. It became a weird dynamic after a while which took away from some of the romance that started to pop when they arrived back home.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, the story is cute and a fairly quick read. If you read the other books in the series, you will enjoy getting glimpses of the other couples. 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