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Megan Vandemeer meant to tell her parents about her broken engagement, but a month and a half later she finds herself boarding a plane home to her wedding. Having stretched avoidance to its limits, it's time to come clean—a terrifying prospect since her mother is sure to blame her rather than her cheating, emotionally frigid ex. A couple of drinks and two Dramamine later, Megan finds herself spilling her sob story to the tall, dark, and handsome stranger in the seat next to her.

With only one week left to save his business, Josh McMillan boards a plane to Kansas City in a last-ditch effort, leaving the details to chance. An unexpected answer is delivered in the form of the beautiful brunette beside him. Though she's completely loopy, her honesty, openness, and humor charm him. So when she passes out before landing, he helps her off the plane—a good deed that leads to a colossal misunderstanding. Her parents assume that he's her fiancé. In a twist of fate, the mix-up might help Josh save his business, so he plays along, figuring that he can help Megan too. All he has to do is stage a public break up convincing enough to appease her mother.

Josh is only supposed to be a substitute groom, but the more time he and Megan spend together, the more their pretend engagement starts to feel real and the less they want to break it off. Can a relationship that began as a farce turn into happily ever after?

Contains mature themes.

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Denise Grover Swank has written several novels, including the Chosen series and the Rose Gardner mysteries. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. At nineteen, she became a nomad, living in five cities, four states, and ten houses over the next decade before returning to her roots. Her hobbies include making witty Facebook comments and dancing in the kitchen. She has six children and hasnt lost her sanityor so she leads everyone to believe.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition (March 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982669764
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982669768
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 7.5 inches

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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became nomadic, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.

You can find out more about Denise at www.denisegroverswank.com

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Janine

Josh and Meggie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

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Maggie was flying home for a wedding she hadn't cancelled. She had caught Jay with his secretary she broke up with him but she couldn't tell her Mother.
Josh just barely caught the flight. He didn't have a plan he had to save his company.
Maggie had taken a couple Dramamine then had a couple drinks. She fell. Asleep after Josh had gotten her water and a blanket. They were in Kansas City and he couldn't get her awake. He tried to get help from the flight attendant. She was going to call security. He got her awake enough to say she was going with him. Then he fireman carried her to the arrival area. As he was setting her down her parents skies them their daughter and her fiance that they had never met.
This only gets better.
Some very hot sex but very good story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2022

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A cute, sweet, OTT, insta-love story.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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Was an enjoyable for the most part. Loved the story. Didn't really care for the sex scenes. To long. But over all the story was great!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2020

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This is one of the funniest stories I've read in a while and definitely enjoyable, but I don't really believe in instalove for one. Two Marine is a proper noun, it's a title therefore it's supposed to be capitalized and yes as someone who served and went through the hell that was bootcamp I find it offensive when a writer doesn't bother to capitalize the title. (Also on a side note on the blurb from the back for Kevin's story, Marines don't call them Drill Sergeants, they're called Drill Instructor followed by their rank, which yes, is often Sergeant, but not always, and then their last name. A character who actually is a Marine would know that.) If you're going to write about a member of the armed services take the time to do the appropriate research. There's an entire office on every base who has answering civilian questions in their job description. Its called the Public Affairs office and as I can attest to the fact they've humored a woman who thought harriers were landing in her backyard and stealing her pies and answered all her nutty questions (as I actually answered that phone call before redirecting to an officer because at 19 I had no idea how to answer that level of crazy) they're more than likely to answer questions on appropriate grammar and titles. I mean they even take calls from civilian publications only miles from the base who call during a hurricane to ask what the weather is like. (Yep answered one of those calls too) At least you have a legitimate question if you're attempting to make an accurate character that's not going to irritate people with all the things you've gotten wrong by not bothering to research. There weren't a ton of errors in this book because Kevin has a smaller role, but nust based on the snippet I won't be reading his story.

Also, since her father was a big part of the reason all of this started I felt cheated not to actually witness the big reveal to him or see him answer for the things he shouldn't have done. I don't think those parts should have been skipped for a vague summary in the epilogue.

Plus, I don't think the Momzilla who hijacked her daughter's wedding to the point of canceling her dress and getting a different one was properly addressed because let's be honest the only good things about that wedding were the feelings between the bride and groom and what Josh brought to the wedding. Nothing else was something her daughter wanted. If it's the right person, you only get one wedding and as someone who had her wedding hijacked by a former MIL it's disheartening to the point that it ruins the idea of even planning another wedding should you remarry. You don't look back on that shit with smiles you look back and think about how horrible the whole event was and you feel cheated. So I feel like there should have been more than her just continuing to lie to her Mom. Because at some point Megan needs to tell her Mom to love the daughter she has and not the one she wishes she had. Or that not everything is about her, so many truths need to be said to that woman and its never addressed.

Then there is the nightmare that is Blair. With friends like her do you even need enemies? To say she was a bitch is an understatement.

Overall though I did enjoy the story and I am looking forward to reading Libby's story because I bet that one will be amazing. Definitely recommended if only for the humor alone.

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Amanda Clark

Denise Grover Swank popped my cherry!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 1, 2016

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For a reader, there is nothing more painful than being in a book slump. We've all been there, I'm sure. You finish a good book that won't leave your thought process so you search desperately for something to fill that void it left behind only to start and stop several with nothing really grabbing your attention past the first few pages. That was what happened to me before I picked up "The Substitute" . I had started a handful of different books, some even by authors I've loved previously but sadly nothing was getting me excited. Thankfully though, Denise Grover Swank not only got me out of my slump but she also popped my cherry! Meaning this was the first book of hers I've read...not that she... never mind.

Anyway, "The Substitute" sounded like a cute story with lots of promise and that's exactly what I got from reading this book. Both main characters, Megan and Josh have problems that need dealing with. Megan is afraid to tell her control freak mother that she's not getting married and Josh has to find a way to save his failing company. Little do they both know as they board the same plane that fate has other ideas for these two. This is the kind of story I love to read, where two unknowing strangers are thrust together and they find in each other something they didn't realize they needed. Megan needed a good guy for once and Josh needed something deeper besides propping up his father's business legacy.

What you don't get from the synopsis is how incredibly FUNNY this story is. With a quirky family like Megan's, where your feisty grandmother runs around nude, pinching behinds, doing yoga in her birthday suit and several wedding mishaps are commonplace there was always something goofy happening to break up the moments filled with mild dramatic elements. I was already in love with this story within the first few chapters but the more I got to know Megan and Josh, the more I fell. These two were such an amazing couple who were honest with each other, despite Josh's ulterior motive to get closer to her in order to learn about her father's business. They talked and laughed and snuggled and fell in love and it was perfect for me. They weren't immature, they weren't irresponsible and they didn't play games with each other to get what they wanted. It was just an honest, heartfelt bonding relationship that got stronger as the story unfolded with an adorably sweet climax I had hoped for.

I admit that I'm a very moody reader and sometimes I'm in the mood for sweet and endearing but others I want passionate chemistry with a little bit of angst to get my heart pumping. "The Substitute" was precisely what I needed with it's adorable romance between MC's Megan and Josh and a hilarious cast of side characters that I find myself excited to read their stories. Even the bitchy best friend Blair, who pissed me off several times with her meddling but ultimately I saw A LOT of myself in her. That's a story I'm seriously looking forward to! I bought this book on a freebie sale but with that adorable cover and how wonderful it was overall, I would have definitely paid full price and can't wait to put this paperback on my shelf. For moody readers like me, I would suggest this book if you're in the mood for a sweetly endearing love story with mild angst, some mildly passionate love scenes if you're burnt out on over-sexed characters and some laugh out loud moments to make you smile throughout.

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Rosanna

Good story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 9, 2022

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Of course, it all sorted out. It was refreshing to read a story where the heroine actually puts her faith in what she believes the hero to be, rather than believing what others might say about him, just for the sake of creating more drama in the story.

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Riverdaffyd

Hilarious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 6, 2016

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This book is hilarious, the story is too far fetched for reality to have a place, but I giggled throughout. Megan broke up with her boyfriend because he was cheating on her, but has neglected to tell her parents, who have organised a large, lavish and expensive wedding. They have never met her fiancé. She flies home a few days before the wedding is supposed to take place, still trying to pluck up the courage to tell her mother, who is the brides mother from hell. When she gets on the plane she takes Dramamine to calm her nerves, and not realising that it does not mix with alcohol she has a couple of drinks. Josh is trying to save his business, and happens to sit next to her on the plane. The pills and alcohol take effect, she is flirty with him through the journey, but is out of it by the time the plane lands, unable to walk, and he carries her. Her parents assume he is her fiancé, and he goes along with the deception because it should help him sort out his business issues. That is when it starts getting really funny. Everything that can go wrong does - Murphy's Law working at its best! And just when it all looks as though it is going to be happy ever after - chaos ensues once more!

A most enjoyable read.

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Stephanie

Amazing! Favourite read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 21, 2018

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I've read this book a couple of times now and I still love it each time. I tend to read it simply for something light and funny to read. It delivers on every aspect its funny, it's sweet and honestly it's amazing.

I cry with laughter within the first few pages each and every time. I really love the characters and their (sometimes) very obvious flaws. Gram is one of my all time favourite charactees and honestly she makes me laugh so hard. Josh is so sweet and honestly in my head so very insanely hot. Nicole and Bart are hilarious too... The exaggeration! Oh my... So much fun in one book.

I wasn't a fan of all the lying and subterfuge in the book, I mean in one aspect it was obvious but there just seemed to be so many tangled webs... But it all ended well so I can't really complain 😅

I've not read anything else by Denise Grover Swank but that is going to change, since I found out that this is the first in a series I will be bingeing it in the next few days and I'm so excited

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Michelle

Really sweet, highly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 29, 2019

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I literally laughed out loud at this book! It was so sweet, a little unbelievable however it worked. I think because Megan and Josh are such loveable characters, the flaws in the book are overlooked. I absolutely loved it.
Megan is heading home to tell her controlling mother, that her fiance cheated on her and now the (very expensive) wedding has to be cancelled.
Josh is hoping this trip will save his company, what are the chances the woman he sits beside on the plane, is the daughter of the very man Josh hopes to run into.
Playing Megan's fiancé seems to solve both of their problems. Quick break up before the wedding, Megan won't get disowned from her family and Josh will save his company. Simple? So it would seem. Throw in some feelings and things get complicated.
I will definitely reread!

Yogibearandbellaboo

The Substitute

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 16, 2019

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The premise of this story seems a bit far fetched but it's so well written that you soon forget all that.
Megan can't tell her overbearing mother that she called off her wedding to a cheating *******. Josh is fighting to save his business when another company stole his designs. When they end up sitting next to reach other on a plane to Kansas City their worlds collide and they both could be the answer that the other one needs.
There are moments of hilarity mainly from Megan's elderly grandmother who is so not into acting her age.
I enjoyed this book from start to end and had trouble putting it down.

Mrs. Claire Sprent

Easy read, predictable click favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 3, 2021

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It was an easy read. Easy to follow the story. My only complaint was that I was a bit disappointed it didn’t live up to the reviews I had read before hand. This story is said to be ‘funny’ ‘hilarious’. I think I laughed once. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not depressing but I didn’t find it humorous as all. Otherwise I don’t really have any complaints. Most chick books are quite predictable as is this.

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