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The Bride's Runaway Billionaire, by Pippa Grant

Synopsis: A solo honeymoon in Fiji to recover from the viral wedding disaster that almost had me married to the wrong man? Yes, please. Tripping over my number one celebrity crush, who is hungover and asleep on my bungalow porch? Not exactly in the plans, but I can roll with it. Turns out Jonas Rutherford, Razzle Dazzle movie star and heir to the entertainment conglomerate’s billions, is hiding here too after details of his scandalous divorce went public. I didn’t think inviting him in for a hangover cure would lead to us getting friendly. And friendlier. And then—okay, yes. I slept with him. Who can blame a girl? When you’re suddenly single and the number one guy on your freebie list is available, you leap. But when I wake up the next morning, I discover I’m not the only runaway. He’s ghosted me. It’s fine. I’m fine. Neither one of us is in a position to start an actual relationship. But three years later? When he crashes my brother’s wedding? Where the son that he’s just discovered we have is serving as ring bearer? Life was a lot easier when I was just a runaway bride.

The Bride’s Runaway Billionaire is a deliciously juicy and utterly swoony romcom featuring a jaded optimist who’s had enough of the limelight, a happy-go-lucky celebrity whose world has been upside down since that fling after his divorce, the most adorable two-year-old on the planet, and a chicken with an attitude. While this book stands alone, it takes on new depth when you read The Worst Wedding Date, The Gossip and the Grump, and The Last Eligible Billionaire first.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Review: I've thoroughly enjoyed hanging out in Snaggletooth Creek, Colorado, for this series, and I'm sad to say goodbye. I'm secretly hoping that Pippa might write another series in this town for the triplets. This final book in the series is a great addition and brings the closure we readers needed for Emma (and for ourselves) in terms of Chandler getting his comeuppance and Emma getting her HEA with someone who's not a total jackhole. To be honest, I'm not a kid person (cue the gasps), so I wasn't sure how much I would like this one, but I enjoyed Bash. I am, however, an animal person, so of course for me, Yolko Ono stole the show. One of my favorite things about Pippa books (aside from the myriad of starring critters) is that they are low on angst and high on laughter and feeling good, and this book is true to that formula. If you like to laugh, give this series a try. After all, who wouldn't want to read a book starring a one-legged chicken who purrs?

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