You Are Cordially Invited . . .

to your brother's wedding where he will marry rich, famous Marni Shay, at the River Lodge, the most elite resort in Colorado, the state you chose to go to college in so you could escape your family, except they'll all be there. Enjoy ten fun-filled days of avoiding your mother, who still thinks you're not girly enough; planning your brother's bachelor party, because you are his best man, er, girl; and, oh yeah, trying not to drool all over Hot Connor, who happens to be in your English seminar and work at the River Lodge. Put your best foot forward, and . . .

Don't miss the most joyous celebration of the year!

Yeah, right.

How would you like the given name Farrah? Exactly! That’s why Farrah decides to go by her middle name Jane when she starts at Colorado University. Colorado was as far as she could get from her family. By using Jane, no one could possibly figure out that she is part of the THAT Morris family.

Everything is going along perfectly for Jane. She even had a real conversation with Hot Connor the last day of the semester. Though that only happened because they collided into each other after finals. But now, she’s off to River Lodge to attend her brother’s wedding. Of all the places he had to choose to get married, it had to be in her safety state of Colorado. Well, Jane plans to make the best of it, not really understanding why her brother Jonah would choose to marry Marni Shay, besides her being rich and famous. At least Marni has a cool younger sister, Biff (her real name is Buffy, but don’t you dare call her that!), that Jane immediately bonds with.

What can possibly go wrong? Of course the reader knows that something has to happen. And that turns out that Hot Connor WORKS at River Lodge. He actually seems pleased to see Jane. But that’s probably because Biff told him that the 2 girls are nannies for some rich family. Not quite true, of course. Jane’s family’s wealth represents all that Connor resents.

So now, Jane has to pretend she is the nanny to her 2 younger brothers whenever Connor might be around. As can be expected, things don’t always turn out the way that she wants. Jane has to juggle wedding preparations, avoiding Connor at the wrong moments, and being extra attentive to her younger brothers as a front for her deception.

This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Harrison, but it definitely won’t be my last. Jane was a lot of fun and the misfortunes she finds herself in are very comical, but point out the problems when you don’t tell the truth from the beginning. One small lie builds into a waterfall of lies that soon create a disaster for Jane. Only by coming clean does she have any hope of a happy ending.