title: The Bridesmaid: A Novella
author:  Julia London 
description: "This reviewer's suggestion: grab this book for any type of travel. It will serve as an enjoyable way to pass the time" - <strong><em> Library Journal</em></strong><br /><br />"This places, trains and automobiles adventure will make readers almost wish their next flight gets grounded. " - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />"The <i>Bridesmaid</i> is a quick but very entertaining read that I would definitely recommend for contemporary romance lovers out there." - <strong><em> Harlequin Junkie</em></strong><br /><br />"I definitely recommend this book to romance lovers and to fans of Julia London. It is fun, quirky, romantic and vivid in its details." - <strong><em> Tracy Riva</em></strong><br /><br />"It's sexy and sweet, fun and entertaining. Pick up Julia London's The <i>Bridesmaid</i> for a quick mood-lifter this fall!" - <strong><em> drey's library </em></strong><br /><br />"What a fun, lighthearted contemporary read! This story is everything I've come to love about Julia London's work: great characters, fast pace, and sweet romance. " - <strong><em> Chicks After Dark</em></strong><br /><br />"I really did enjoy this book. If you are in the mood for a fast fun romance to read, look no further then The Bridemaid by Julia London." - <strong><em> The Reading Cafe</em></strong><br /><br />"The <i>Bridesmaid</i> is sweet and adorable novella perfect read after a hectic day" - <strong><em> Reading My Escape</em></strong><br /><br />"If you've never read one of London's books then The <i>Bridesmaid</i> is a great place to start. It's short, sweet, and wonderfully captures the sassy and loving nature of London's writing. - See more at: http://juliejohnson.booktrib.com/reviews/the-bridesmaid/#sthash.i7Vv9KQ5.dpuf" - <strong><em> booktrib</em></strong><br /><br />"THE BRIDESMAID is a charming look at how two strangers discover they have more in common than they ever imaged. It's a humorous look at how fate can change the course of lives in an instant." - <strong><em> Thoughts in Progress</em></strong>
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  Preface to The Brides Trilogy
  
  London, May 11, 1641
  
  Phoebe swiped one hand across her eyes as she felt for her handkerchief with
  the other. The handkerchief was nowhere to be found, but that didn’t surprise
  her. She’d lost more handkerchiefs in her thirteen years than she’d had hot
  dinners. With a vigorous and efficacious sniff, she crept around the hedge of
  clipped laurel out of sight of the clacking, laughing crowd of wedding guests.
  The high-pitched cacophony of their merrymaking mingled oddly with the
  persistent, raucous screams of a mob in full cry gusting across the river from
  Tower Hill.
  
  She glanced over her shoulder at the graceful half-timbered house that was her
  home. It stood on a slight rise on the south bank of the river Thames,
  commanding a view over London and the surrounding countryside. Windows winked
  in the afternoon sunlight and she could hear the plaintive plucking of a harp
  persistent beneath the surge and ebb of the party.
  
  No one was looking f