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Wedding Coach Rita Smircich draws on her many years of experience to help engaged couples plan both a wedding and a marriage. Her book covers the basic topics -- from selecting venues to buying a wedding gown to planning seating arrangements - as well as practical areas, including organizing, working with vendors, and keeping track of all the details. Throughout the text, Rita provides War Stories, Heads Up Alerts, and Budget Tips; on her web site ToDoBeforeIDo.com, Rita provides worksheets and timelines. All of these tools and tips help make planning the wedding, and surviving the wedding planning, much easier. Rita also goes beyond the typical wedding planning book by talking with her readers about the meaning of marriage and providing information the couple can use to build a strong relationship in their married life.

The first book in the Simone Simpson series explores Simone's days as a young woman. Leaving behind an abusive father, and a masochistic mother, she leaves Kentucky to begin a new life in New York City, where she eventually settles and finds her place. But it isn't long before heartbreak follows her.When Simone meets the eclectic Jennifer Keys, the two women become friends and business partners in "I Do" LLC, where the duo plan weddings for the rich and famous, often having to tolerate outbursts from bridezillas and their families.In Die Before "I Do" the women have to face violence, substance abuse and murder.In the midst of the chaos, can Simone find love again, or will the ghosts from her past follow her, bringing danger and intrigue at every turn?

Simone Simpson finds herself, once again, tangled up with a variety of questionable characters in See Paris Before "I Do". For months, Simone has been receiving text messages of love from her deceased husband, Joe. And it seems there's been an intruder in her home rearranging her belongings What is going on? Fear and suspicion distract Simone from planning her client's elegant wedding in Paris. Could it be her boyfriend, or her business partner, Jennifer Keys? Or, someone else? This wedding brings Simone and her team to Paris, France. But the feeling of being under surveillance seems to have come along with her to Europe. Working with a dysfunctional couple doesn't make her job any easier. The book comes to a climax when the true offender makes themselves known to Simone. Deceit and shock culminate as Simone, once again, finds herself in a life or death situation.

Johnny and Carmine Palmieri are brothers, enemies and next door neighbors. They are separated by fences, security cameras and baby monitors. Dysfunction, deceit and eavesdropping thrives inside and outside of their homes. Johnny and Francine have five children, two of them are identical twins: Anthony and Vinny. The two specialize in plotting, conniving and lying. Carmine and Tara have one grown daughter, Veronica, who can't keep her marriage, herself or her toddler in order. Jennifer Keys moved in with her soul mate, Anthony Palmieri, who makes promises of marriage and a future together. She has faith that his insensitive and macho ways will change once they're married. Anthony treats Jennifer like his personal maid, expecting her to cook, clean and take care of his lovable and energetic dog, Goober. Simone Simpson, owner of "I Do" LLC is struggling to keep her company running smoothly without her long-time partner and friend, Jennifer Keys, who broke off their business agreement, simply because Simone didn't approve of Anthony. Jennifer fights to survive from a harrowing near-death experience on Milford's Charles Island. Meanwhile, she too struggles with the separation from her friend, Simone. Can Jennifer live long enough to tell Simone how much she misses her? Drown Before "I Do" is the third book in the Simone Simpson Mystery series. It is another page turner that will captivate you

Get Croc'd Before "I Do" is the fourth book in the A Simone Simpson Mystery series. Simone and her staff at "I Do" LLC have been asked to oversee the unusual: organize a sologamist wedding. The bride, convinced that no one will ever love her, wants to be married, even if it means marrying herself. Others don't agree, and struggles between family members, and herself, develop. The wedding, scheduled to be held in Key Biscayne, Florida, is interrupted by a hungry and stealthy reptile. Will the bride survive the jaws of this fearsome, powerful animal? Or, will her true love save her?