OUR EX’S WEDDING

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Ani Avakian quit her job to follow her dream of becoming the Bay Area’s most successful Armenian wedding planner, but her career is off to a rocky start. With overdraft fees looming, she agrees to take on the wedding of an up-and-coming indie movie star, Grace, who’d already lined up an Armenian-owned winery as the venue. At first, Ani is excited to work with someone who shares her heritage, but she and the winery’s owner, Raffi Garabedian, get off on the wrong foot. Ani’s heard stories about Raffi’s reputation as a love ’em and leave ’em type, while Raffi is too tongue-tied to address her preconceived notions. Then Ani’s in for shock when it turns out that Grace’s fiancée is Kami, the woman who broke her heart two years ago, and that’s not even the worst part. Apparently, Ani’s ex-girlfriend Kami is also Raffi’s ex-girlfriend Kami. Wedding planner and winery owner are beyond surprised to discover they have similar tastes in women, but there’s no time to be rattled about the revelation because they need to work together to make sure this wedding goes off without a hitch. That means having meetings about where to hold the ceremony, where to install the fountain Kami wants, what flowers to use to capture the color scheme, you name it. The more time Ani and Raffi are forced to spend in each other’s company, the more they suspect the tension between them is rooted in something more complicated than mere dislike, but they’ll have to prioritize professionalism over personal feelings to give their ex the wedding of her dreams. Voskuni returns to the same winning blend of humor, romance, and culture that made her debut, Sorry, Bro (2023), so unputdownable, and her latest feels like a natural evolution of all her best traits as a writer. With sparkling chemistry, plenty of nods to classic rom-coms, and a welcome dose of spice, the end result is a slow-burn love story that heats up at the perfect moment.

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