The Paid Bridesmaid

A Novel

By: Sariah Wilson

Narrated by: Sarah Naughton

From Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of Roommaid, comes a captivating romantic comedy about what happens when a wedding party mixes business with romance.

Rachel Vinson is a bridesmaid for hire: part confidante, part wedding planner, and one hundred percent pretend BFF. Discretion guaranteed. Her next gig is a destination wedding - livestreamed and sponsored - for an Instagram influencer. That means a paradise of new contacts, which could be a boon to her already booming business. If Rachel can keep the very handsome and slightly too interested best man at bay, that is.

High-tech entrepreneur Camden Lewis must know: Who is this gorgeous, intelligent, and mysterious woman? Too good to be real. Convinced she’s a corporate spy out to tank his company, Camden’s not letting her out of his sight. But the constant surveillance is also opening his eyes to things about Rachel that he likes. If she’s a spy, she’s certainly the cutest one he’s ever seen.

As the week’s worth of wedding events march along, Rachel and Camden are learning almost everything there is to know about each other. Rachel’s made a career out of always a bridesmaid...but perhaps there’s a chance for her own trip down the aisle?

©2022 Sariah Wilson. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Combining a fast-paced plot with a slow-burning romance, this is sure to give readers butterflies.”—Publishers Weekly

“Wilson’s (Roommaid) funny, sweet stand-alone about marriage, friendships, and mistaken identities is full of witty dialogue, endearing characters, and fast-paced narrative. Will appeal to fans of feel-good romances, rom-coms, and plots about weddings and social media.”—Library Journal

Child like

The book has a nice story line when it was talking about the actual plot line ( not boys). Parts of the book are almost like middle school cheesy. I like to chose books with catchy titles without reading what it’s about. I didn’t know that it was a very child like “romance” book. Too many chapters were spent talking about how she wishes the jock boy would kiss her & going into detail for too long. Also the character is a grown up with a child’s mentality. She talks about how annoying she thinks her mother is, awkward sports talking around men, and comments about eating everyone’s foods, and Virgin daiquiris. But then she is supposed to be this business woman, so just too many odd things not going together to me. The ending is cute and pulls the topic together.

Loved the book!

This was a fun read. I enjoyed it immensely. I laughed, I got stressed out, I loved Camden Lewis tinfoil hat beliefs about telephones and I especially loved Rachel's work ethic.
I don't know how the author did it but with ALL of the drama .... it was funny, the characters were professional and it has a great happily ever after.

The paid bridesmaid

I love this book , It was very well written and I’m glad it was a clean wholesome romance . It made me feel happy. I would recommend it to anyone. I hope there’s a part two. It cut off too fast.

fun book despite the stress

predictable yet enjoyable Lots of love and romance which is my favorite. I can't think of anyway it could have been improved.

Use fast forward

The premise was ok, but it had way too much silly description of their burning desire to kiss each other etc, followed by laughable descriptions of kissing. Dumb. Work on good story and interesting dialogue rather than this boring, unnecessary drivel.