The Wedding Date

A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory—author of the Resse Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal.

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“A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment Weekly (The Must List)

What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel....One of the best books I've read in a while.”—Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger

Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist.

On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend....

After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other....

They're just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century--or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want....

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Published Jan 30, 2018

336 pages

Average rating: 6.44

262 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

TheBookishOne
Dec 27, 2025
6/10 stars
I read The Proposal first but wanted to go back and read this one before reading the next one. Guillory is an excellent writer but this one isn't my favorite of the two I've read so far. Alexa and Drew drove me a little crazy for two professional adults. I give it three stars because I enjoyed a light read. Actually glad I didn't read it first because I would have passed on the rest but because I read The Proposal first I have hope for the series.
b_marie
May 01, 2025
4/10 stars
2.3 Had some interesting moments but I am not a fan of assumptions and that was happening constantly throughout the book. Also not the biggest fan of Drew.
Kayholla
Feb 28, 2025
8/10 stars
Easy read,
Barbara ~
Dec 11, 2024
6/10 stars
It was pure fluff but I but I needed something that was a good counterpart for the previous book that I read which is LA confidential series book 1: The Black Dahlia.
Boy meets girl in elevator. Girl has snacks stored in purse during elevator getting stuck which leads to a wedding date and then some ;-). But can they build a relationship after that?
MLC
Nov 18, 2024
4/10 stars
did not enjoy this one at all, confusing chemistry, she deserves much better, they both need therapy and he probably needs anger management, the whole thing was just sex and anxiety, not what I'd call fluffy at all to be honest

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