Vicky Mizell
Piper Rayne returns to Lake Starlight for the long awaited nuptials of Austin and Holly. Followers of The Bailey Series will enjoy catching up on the lives of each of the Bailey siblings as they prepare for Austin and Holly’s wedding! Readers were first introduced to Austin and Holly as well as the entire cast of Lake Starlight in Lessons of a One Night Stand. As the title implies, a drunken hook-up in a car behind the local watering hole is exposed in the local gossip rag and the lives of the eldest Bailey and and a school principal are changed forever!! While this novella can be read as a standalone, newbies to The Bailey Series should probably start with the first book in this series. There are nine siblings, including two sets of twins, who lost their parents in a tragic accident and were raised by their eldest brother and sister, Austin and Savannah. Sacrificing his chances at a career in professional baseball, Austin has been a father figure his whole adult life. In Lessons From a One Night Stand, readers are introduced to all of the Bailey Clan as well as the quaint small town Lake Starlight in Alaska. This reader’s heart was immediately captured by the love and strong family bond that makes the Bailey Series a must read!! The authors’ talent for romance and humor shines thru tugging at my heartstrings and dreading the last page in each of their books!! That’s why I give Operation Bailey Wedding five shining stars!!
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Erin Lewis
5 Star Review Operation Bailey Wedding (The Baileys #3.5) by Piper Rayne From the first book in this fabulous series, Piper Rayne had me hooked. In fact there is not a Bailey that I don’t love. They are such a great family and their friends are just as awesome. I really love small town romances and have often found myself often wishing that I could be a part of the Lake Starlight , Alaska community and a member of the Bailey clan. Piper Rayne write strong characters that are so easy to relate to and are not afraid to show them in all their flawed glory, it makes the stories that much more realistic and I really love and appreciate that. Although a novella, it was with a happy smile that I dove in to Operation Bailey Wedding. It was great catching up on all the couples as the family and the community prepare for Holly and Austin’s wedding. It was everything that I hoped for and so much more. Going in to a Piper Rayne book, you know that there is going to be plenty of humour, that’s a given, but this book had so much that at times I wanted to cry. It also had several intense and vulnerable moments that got to me. I love how the Bailey Clan are all in one another’s business, always ready to offer unconditional love, support and acceptance. I loved this book from start to finish and highly recommend you one click. I cannot wait for the next book in the series and based on this book I have no doubt that it is going to blow us away.
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C.M Pepper
Take me back home!!! Awww, wasn’t that just the sweetest thing. Operation Bailey Wedding, told in family POV, each sibling plus friends and Dori got to share their feelings in the week leading up to the big day. Holly and Austin are stressed out, things can go wrong and often do. Sometimes in the most hilarious of ways. But underlying all this is that deep, abiding love that’s shared by the whole family, love interests included. For all it’s size this darling novella packs quite an emotional punch. I couldn’t have asked for better from this amazing duo authors. It was a fantastic little treat picking up the threads of their lives since Birth of a Baby Daddy, and a tantalizing glimpse of the way ahead. I loved these sibling with all my heart. Everybody has a favorite member, and wants to have that imaginary family as their own. There’s still so much to come from Lake Starlight, and I personally CAN NOT WAIT. Bring on the Baileys!!
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