Under the Bower, Lark Sullivan: List

Two years ago, Haley Grayson made a choice. She’ll follow the expected path, keep the peace within the family, and maybe just help her mother recover from her shattered past. One night she thought her life might be different, but it didn’t matter. It felt like fate when her boyfriend Joe proposed to her after finding the most popular wedding venue. All she had to do was get on the altar.

Alex Flores is delighted. You know, except for the fact that she slept with her best friend’s girlfriend and then had to run across the country to escape the guilt and heartache. But that’s all behind us now. She could easily avoid talking to Joey and never have to see or think about Haley again. That is, until news of the wedding turned into a request for help planning it.

Alex’s reappearance throws Haley’s life into chaos. How should she think about planning her wedding to Joe when Alex always shows up in her space with an insufferable giggle and an arrogant attitude? Alex, for her part, just wanted to fulfill a promise to her friend and maybe relieve the guilt that had been with her for two years.

But in the process of choosing a wedding dress and dealing with the overbearing mother of the bride, those pesky feelings Alex has been avoiding since the beginning resurface, and Haley finds herself once again attracted to the woman she rejected two years ago.

As the wedding approaches, Haley must ask herself: Is the life she planned really the life she wants?

title: Under the pavilion

author: Clark Sullivan

release date: October 1, 2025

Publisher: independent author

Genres and Tropes: Contemporary romance, forced proximity, wedding planning, enemies of lovers, slow burn, love triangle, best friend’s girlfriend, tattoos

series: Goodbye the beginning of the story

Available on KU: Yes

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Marry the love of your life and live a normal life ever since? That’s the plan. But what happens when you start to wonder if the love of your life isn’t the one you want to marry?

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