Samuel Clay Oglethorpe

     Sam is talked into taking his famous cousin’s place in a wedding staged to give the heiress-bride and movie-star groom some privacy. His reward...regaining control of the property he calls home.

     But much to his surprise, Sam is attracted to THE SUBSTITUTE BRIDE. They discover they’re both from North Carolina, and Sam offers Ellie Gray a ride home. After all, they’re both headed in the same direction, and he suspects Ellie is short of cash.

     When he drops her off and discovers how thin her resources really are, Sam offers Ellie a job making drapes for his home.

     Reluctantly, Ellie moves to Redbud...and falls in love with the town...and Sam.   

Ellie Gray in NY

     Part 3...

     A New York heiress ordering not one big name designer wedding gown but three, exposes Ellie to a new world. A world where money can buy any dream, a world where an heiress doesn’t have to make up her mind about her wedding gown until the day of the wedding. And a world where three gowns are chosen to keep paparazzi from exposing details of her wedding dress.

     Ellie feels she is part of the dream when she’s working on the gowns. Fabrics she thought beautiful on the bolt make three of the most gorgeous gowns she has ever seen, but sadness touches Ellie as well. Only one of the fairy-tale gowns will be worn.

     Even worse, reporters start probing around for details about the wedding gown. When the bride-to-be comes to the studio for a fitting, reporters and flashing cameras surround her. Furious, the heiress demands the designer send someone out of the building in her place.

     And that’s when everyone notices how much Ellie resembles the bride.

     That’s the day Ellie Gray’s life changes...

Ellie part 2

Living on a shoestring...a frayed one at that...proves doable as Ellie is immersed into the big name designer’s world. Bolts of the most beautiful fabrics Ellie has ever seen fill the workrooms of the studio. Models come and go. Designers, assistants and would-be designers all vie for the attention of the woman in charge.

Ellie is thrilled and terrified every second. This is her dream, a chance to learn from the best in the business. But what if she makes a mistake. What if it turns out she isn’t good enough to work with these professionals? What if she makes a mistake? Ruins a wedding gown...

Worry over her skills soon disappears when the designer approves of Ellie’s handwork and assigns her to work on a big order for one client. The client orders multiple gowns for her wedding, shocking Ellie. This isn’t her world. One dream-wedding gown is all she’s ever imagined. Not three for the same bride.

But more surprises await Ellie...