characters were simply off the chart good.especially Elly, Kim, and the 'Snarky Teenager' only to name a few. I must say I only could hope for such friendships that Elly developed after she started her new life in St. This was very interesting read how this author puts this all together. Well, I can only say you must pick up this excellent read 'Elly In Bloom' to see just how life will unfold for Elly.

Now, I know you want to know what's going to happen next. This 'Big Beautiful' thirty-two young woman has a bad time with her heartbreak and insecurities but by end of this read will she comes out of this so much stronger individual? This lady (Elly) has just lost her mother through death and now she has found her husband in bed with a much younger and thin red head.

Show More reader into the novel presenting it so very descriptively and with such emotions. With the help of her friends, staff, and more than a few tasty sandwiches, Elly bravely agrees to take on the event that threatens to merge her painful history with her bright new life, and finds herself blooming in a direction she never imagined. Just when she feels that she is finally moving on from her past, she discovers that an extravagant wedding contract, one that could change her financial future, is more than she bargained for. As a bonus, her new next-door neighbor just happens to be an unnervingly handsome musician who has an eye for curvy Elly. Sure, Elly has an embarrassingly beautiful best friend, a badly behaved sheepdog, and a sarcastic assistant she simply calls 'Snarky Teenager,' but overall her days are pleasantly uneventful. Not bad for a woman who drove away from her life two years earlier when she found her husband entwined with a redheaded artist.

Surrounded by lush flowers and neurotic brides, Elly Jordan has carved out a sweet life for herself as the owner of Posies, a boutique florist in St.

Elly in Bloom by Colleen Oakes