Weddings by Design Series by Janice Thompson

Its ok - your not seeing double - yes I did just do a review of a great book called Picture Perfect Wedding by Fiona Lowe who is an Australian Author (although the book is set in America)

This Picture Perfect is the 1st in a new series by Janice Thompson. I've just finish reading book 1 and 2 in this series which flows on lovely from her earlier series called "Weddings by Bella"
The second book 'The Icing on the Cake" came out on 15th August 2013.
I really loved the first series and was very happy to realise that this new series picked up where the old series finished. I can't wait for Book 3 to come out next year.

Picture Perfect (Weddings by Design #1) by Janice Thompson

The first in the "Weddings by Design" series by Janice Thompson picks up a few years down the track from her "Weddings by Bella" series and while you could just pick this book up on its own reading the three books in the "Weddings by Bella" series does round things out.

For me I loved that even though it is a new series it ties in with the first because I really wasn't finished with Bella and her boisterous Italian-Texan family so it was great to find out what had been happening since I last left them behind in "It had to be you".

In Picture Perfect Wedding Irish-American wedding photographer Hannah McDermott feels her life is always coming second. So when she gets a chance to impress Bella Neeley, Galveston Island's most sought-after wedding planner she decides she will be like her ancestors and fight to the end - even it if it means going up against her arch rival Drew Kincaid who also happens to be Irish, and a Photograph, and did she mention... very good looking. But while dealing with a celebrity Bridezilla and her nightmare of a publicist Hannah discovers that maybe she doesn't always have to come second, and that her life really isn't that bad, and just maybe Drew might not be her arch rival after all.

This is another sweet love story with a message from Christian Author Janice Thompson. Each chapter starts with an appropriate Irish Saying or Blessing, some will make you laugh out loud, all well chosen for the chapter.
This book made me laugh and swoon and generally feel great. I can't wait to read the next books in this series.

The Icing on the Cake (Weddings by Design #2) by Janice Thompson

Book 2 in Weddings by Design picks up the story of Scarlet Lindsey - Hannah's best friend and baker extraordinaire. Scarlet's wish has finally come true when her Aunt Willy helps her to open her own Bakery on Galveston Island but as in life things never go to plan. Scarlet has to juggle her ever helpful assistant and friend Kenny who is more in love with her than she is with him, her best friends wedding which she is not only Maid of Honour but also making the wedding cake plus the stress of the grand opening and trying to organise the church fundraiser and things are looking a bit wobbly for poor Scarlet. But with Janice Thompson's trademark Christian Faith and good friends & family Scarlet tries her best even if her 'sticky buns' get her into trouble more than once.

The Icing on the Cake flows on great from Picture Perfect Wedding and expands on the stories of the characters we have come to love including the Rossi's and it was great to see a different side of Bella's brother Armando and the hilarious antics of Aunt Willy and Aunt Rosa (Bella's Aunt) and their "top secret family recipe" (which by the way is in the back of the book!)

I was given a copy of this book to do a review and when I realised it was book 2 of this great series I had to get onto Amazon and download Book 1. Now I just have to wait til next year for book 3 :(