Thirty-four year old Cannon Rake, a wedding photographer for the cyber company Wedding Peeks, is not getting along well with his boss Lori Banter. When she learns through the grapevine that he’s socializing with her nemesis Patrick from Always a Groomsman, Lori decides to terminate Cannon's employment.<br><br>What isn’t there to like about Patrick Brogan? He’s handsome, Spartan-like, and runs his own wedding consultant company, which just happens to compete with Lori’s cyber startup. After Cannon dates the stud, he learns the truth behind Lori’s hatred for Patrick.<br><br>When tempers become heated and kisses sinful, Cannon starts to fall for Patrick and his little brother Jesse, who suffers from autism. But will Cannon forever be a groomsman wanting to be the groom? Or is there a Mr. Right out there for him in a world full of so many Mr. Wrongs? And is that Mr. Right Patrick Brogan?

Always a Groomsman

I woke from the dreams, misty-eyed and confused. None of those faraway places and the treks that were associated with them made any sense to me. Dizzy, perplexed, and somewhat sweaty from the dreams, I attempted to puzzle them together and place a name to the boy. To no avail, though, I failed miserably. They were disjointed concerning reality, vague and juxtaposed hallucinations of sorts while I slept. Sometimes I tried to fit the dreams together, piece by piece, but there was no rationale to how they united. A boating trip to Madagascar had no relation to Cape Cod whatsoever. Nor did a limestone quarry in Bloomington, Indiana, have any correlation with the three rivers that blended together in Pittsburgh. The dreams were a mystery to me and left me perplexed, but they seemed harmless, almost uneventful, and nothing out of the ordinary, if the truth be told. 3: Stephen and Ira


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