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STOPPING A WEDDING: WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Medieval History Professor Thomas Charlemagne thinks he's finally slaying the dragon of his "Timid Tommy" reputation when he responds to an outlandish dare at a bachelor party and stops a wedding the very next morning.
The only problem? He wanders into the wrong church.
That doesn't matter to bride DeeDee McGowan, however, who was having second, third, and fourth thoughts about saying "I do" anyway. She grabs the chance to leave her groom at the altar, dragging Tom with her.
DeeDee and Tom share a history, a fling more than ten years ago, before he went off to graduate school and started ascending the career ladder of academe and she took over her father's car dealership in sleepy Oyster Point, Maryland, building it into a coveted business treasure. Their reconnection sets sparks flying between them -- from the original passion that bonded them and the class differences that parted them.
Meanwhile, what started as a prank leads to serious legal issues for both Tom and DeeDee as the groom sues them, DeeDee countersues, and Tom is caught in the middle. Concerned that this distraction will affect his quest for tenure, Tom encounters an unsympathetic department chair eager to replace him with a renaissance expert from the UK and a women's studies professor committed to challenging the "validity" of Thomas's signature research into an obscure poetry-writing medieval monk, Aefle, and his lady-love, Gisela.
A comic romp blended with sharp satire, AEFLE AND GISELA delivers laughs and love as Thomas learns, along with his "little monk," that life outside the “scriptorium” requires him to find real courage at last.
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PRAISE FOR LIBBY MALIN’S ROMANTIC COMEDIES:
MY OWN PERSONAL SOAP OPERA by Libby Malin:
-- Malin creates a world of wit and chaos that is …smart and insightfully written. - Booklist
-- Malin's latest is heavy on humor… (she) coaxes plenty of laughs…- Publishers Weekly
-- I wholly recommend this romance... You’ll not be disappointed. Trust me! Rating: 5 Stars. - Love Romance Passion
FIRE ME by Libby Malin:
-- This fast-paced, humorous book kept me giggling throughout the night. - A Novel Menagerie
-- Fire Me ...had this reader chuckling out loud. - Jo-Anne Greene Lancaster Sunday News
-- Libby Malin pens a tale that is hilarious while still being poignant and introspective. - The Romance Studio
LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT by Libby Malin:
-- The love story is charming and will be appreciated by any woman with bad taste in men who somehow inexplicably ends up with Mr. Right. - Washington Post
-- A whimsical look at the vagaries of dating... an intriguing side plot adds punch and pathos to the story... - Publishers Weekly
-- Malin's clever debut toys with chick-lit stereotypes and offers quite a few surprises along the way. - Booklist
-- Loves Me, Loves Me Not will leave the reader feeling refreshed and hopeful…a simply terrific book. - A "Top Pick" at Romance Reader at Heart
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ABOUT LIBBY MALIN
Libby Malin is the award-winning author of romance, literary, mystery and young adult fiction. In an attempt to thoroughly confuse her reader fans, she writes comedy under the name Libby Malin and serious fiction under the name Libby Sternberg. Her first young adult mystery, UNCOVERING SADIE’S SECRETS, was an Edgar nominee, and her first romantic comedy, FIRE ME, was optioned for film. She lives in Pennsylvania, has three children and one husband, and confesses to watching “Real Housewives” shows despite enormous amounts of culture-guilt.
Medieval History Professor Thomas Charlemagne thinks he's finally slaying the dragon of his "Timid Tommy" reputation when he responds to an outlandish dare at a bachelor party and stops a wedding the very next morning.
The only problem? He wanders into the wrong church.
That doesn't matter to bride DeeDee McGowan, however, who was having second, third, and fourth thoughts about saying "I do" anyway. She grabs the chance to leave her groom at the altar, dragging Tom with her.
DeeDee and Tom share a history, a fling more than ten years ago, before he went off to graduate school and started ascending the career ladder of academe and she took over her father's car dealership in sleepy Oyster Point, Maryland, building it into a coveted business treasure. Their reconnection sets sparks flying between them -- from the original passion that bonded them and the class differences that parted them.
Meanwhile, what started as a prank leads to serious legal issues for both Tom and DeeDee as the groom sues them, DeeDee countersues, and Tom is caught in the middle. Concerned that this distraction will affect his quest for tenure, Tom encounters an unsympathetic department chair eager to replace him with a renaissance expert from the UK and a women's studies professor committed to challenging the "validity" of Thomas's signature research into an obscure poetry-writing medieval monk, Aefle, and his lady-love, Gisela.
A comic romp blended with sharp satire, AEFLE AND GISELA delivers laughs and love as Thomas learns, along with his "little monk," that life outside the “scriptorium” requires him to find real courage at last.
_________
PRAISE FOR LIBBY MALIN’S ROMANTIC COMEDIES:
MY OWN PERSONAL SOAP OPERA by Libby Malin:
-- Malin creates a world of wit and chaos that is …smart and insightfully written. - Booklist
-- Malin's latest is heavy on humor… (she) coaxes plenty of laughs…- Publishers Weekly
-- I wholly recommend this romance... You’ll not be disappointed. Trust me! Rating: 5 Stars. - Love Romance Passion
FIRE ME by Libby Malin:
-- This fast-paced, humorous book kept me giggling throughout the night. - A Novel Menagerie
-- Fire Me ...had this reader chuckling out loud. - Jo-Anne Greene Lancaster Sunday News
-- Libby Malin pens a tale that is hilarious while still being poignant and introspective. - The Romance Studio
LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT by Libby Malin:
-- The love story is charming and will be appreciated by any woman with bad taste in men who somehow inexplicably ends up with Mr. Right. - Washington Post
-- A whimsical look at the vagaries of dating... an intriguing side plot adds punch and pathos to the story... - Publishers Weekly
-- Malin's clever debut toys with chick-lit stereotypes and offers quite a few surprises along the way. - Booklist
-- Loves Me, Loves Me Not will leave the reader feeling refreshed and hopeful…a simply terrific book. - A "Top Pick" at Romance Reader at Heart
_____________
ABOUT LIBBY MALIN
Libby Malin is the award-winning author of romance, literary, mystery and young adult fiction. In an attempt to thoroughly confuse her reader fans, she writes comedy under the name Libby Malin and serious fiction under the name Libby Sternberg. Her first young adult mystery, UNCOVERING SADIE’S SECRETS, was an Edgar nominee, and her first romantic comedy, FIRE ME, was optioned for film. She lives in Pennsylvania, has three children and one husband, and confesses to watching “Real Housewives” shows despite enormous amounts of culture-guilt.
