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’ve decided,” I said, teasing him. Maybe I did like to play an arrangement of games, leading men astray, toying with their helpless emotions as much as I could, and being bad when it was unnecessary.


A string of silent seconds passed until he asked, “And?”


“I’ll go,” I said. “Spending some quality time with you will be nice.”


He cheered on his end of the line, whooping. Then he said with excitement in his voice, “Damn right you’ll have a nice time with me!”


Our conversation ended a few minutes later and we clarified details of the wedding event. I told him I preferred to travel by train to the Tuckerton Orchard in Espy, and he was going to arrive earlier in the day to provide the grooms with his services, which he was getting paid to do. His duties included grooming, dressing, and calming the pair of cowboys down with shots of Crown Royal on their special day.


“I will see you tomorrow then, Mr. Rake.”


Chapter 11