Bøger af Julie McCarron-Benson

A guest dies on the toilet? A naked wedding? A groom left at the altar? These are some of the issues that Belle Saint James wedding coordinator extraordinaire has faced in her long career. Finally succumbing to the demands of her admirers Belle has put together a collection of some of the more unusual or notable weddings she has organised. She offers some insights into what she has observed and discusses some of the changes she has witnessed. Belle is very clear. To her a wedding is no more than the public commitment of a couple to spend their lives together. It is just the way they go about announcing their commitment that differs. Every wedding is special in its own way, but as Belle demonstrates, all successful weddings are a combination of good will, good planning and managing expectations.

Wedding Coordinator Belle Saint James is in somewhat of a difficult social situation. The mother of the bride, her old friend Margo, is in the toilet crying, and won't come out! At first, Belle tries to soothe her old friend but it becomes apparent that Margo has very good reasons for not wanting to go home. How far does Belle have to go to protect her old friend, and how much will her involvement cost her business and her own well-being? Belle finds herself jolted out of her ignorance and suddenly made aware of a subterranean world of domestic violence and abuse which bobs along in secrecy just beneath the surface of everyday life. Does she return to her comfortable life or will she use her resources and those of her friends to try to help other women and children caught up in the cycle of domestic violence?

'Aren't wedding coordinators supposed to prevent that sort of thing?' queried Carol. This is the question that greeted wedding coordinator Belle Saint James when she was waylaid by a group of women at the conclusion of a talk about her business at the local Ladies Auxiliary. Belle has been haunted by what happened at Janelle and Scott's wedding. Between the wedding ceremony and the reception, the bridegroom disappeared. He was there one minute, and gone the next! She was as surprised as everyone else. Was there anything she could have done to prevent it? Had she done the right thing when she involved her lover; Vietnam veteran, ex-policeman, and now Private Investigator, Marcel Smith in locating the missing bridegroom? Just how encompassing are the responsibilities of a wedding coordinator anyhow?