Beth Kozera promised her best friend, Carrie Hansen, she would stay and manage Celebration House in Carrie's absence. How she regrets that promise! She has no idea how to run an event venue. Since when did brides become so demanding and grooms so lecherous? Plus, she can't boil water, let alone supervise a sit-down dinner for two hundred guests every weekend! Thank goodness for Joshua—or, at least, she thinks. But when Beth offers his mom a job overseeing the kitchen, Josh shows his patriarchal colors—so much for tall, dark, and haughty. Could Beth's life get more complicated? Apparently so. Her former fiancé wants her back, convinced if he can restart his romance with her, he can somehow mend his life. But all she wants is to keep her promise to Carrie.