SUMMARY (from Goodreads): With bridal magazine covers to her credit, Mackensie “Mac” Elliot
is most at home behind the camera – ready to capture the happy moments she
never experienced while growing up. Her father replaced his first family with a
second, and now her mother, moving on to yet another man, begs Mac for
attention and money. Mac’s foundation is jostled again moments before an
important wedding planning meeting when she bumps into the bride-to-be’s
brother…an encounter that has them both seeing stars.
Carter
Maguire is definitely not her type: he’s stable, and he’s safe. He’s even an
English teacher at their high school alma mater. There’s something about him
that makes Mac think a casual fling is just what she needs to take her mind off
dealing with bride-zillas and screening her mother’s phone calls. But a casual
fling can turn into something more when you least expect it. And with the help
of her three best friends – and business partners – Mac must learn how to make
her own happy memories…
MY OPINION:
Vision in White is the first in a series of four books about
four friends co-owning a wedding planning company called Wows. It is a typical
Roberts’ romance – compelling, heart-warming and funny.
Mackensie
comes from an unstable family, so she believes everything has an expiration
date, nothing lasts. That is why she has trouble forming relationships and
trusting people, apart from her three friends. With her friends’ help she learns to
break up with the pattern she subconsciously took from her mother and finds her
way toward happiness. Nora Roberts is an excellent portraitist of this kind of
personal growth and she does not disappoint in Vision in White.
Carter is
not a typical romance hero. He is a teacher, a kind and unexciting man. At
least that is the first impression. In the course of the story we find out that
he is not all stay-calm-and-quiet: he is tough and he stands up for himself
as well as for people he loves. I liked how he and Mackensie seem the exact
opposite, but as the plot unravels, they slowly discover things they have in
common, which helps them both as individuals and as a couple.
Although Vision in White is a predictable read,
it is far from boring. Mackensie and Carter quickly become the characters you
care about and it is delightful to watch how their lives work out.
RECOMMENDATION: Vision in White is a sweet, heart-felt romance
which makes you feel good. It is a fast and relaxing read.
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