Two Friends and a Funeral: friends to lovers rom com

Two Friends and a Funeral by Wendy Dalrymple is a friends to lovers rom-com. Amy Grimes has no intention of getting married. She is happy making her IT company thrive, traveling to exotic places and living life to the fullest. When her childhood friend, Owen Durant, approaches her with a plan. His uncle passed away and his will places Owen in an awkward situation: he must marry or forfeit his inheritance. Owen has the brilliant idea: a marriage of convenience, one just long enough to get his inheritance. Amy agrees and as the two get caught up in the wedding planning, they begin to find something inconvenient about marriage of convenience: their own mutual attraction. The attraction they have denied for years. Will their marriage of convenience become one for real? 

From the description, I was expecting a laugh-out-loud story filled with comedic situations. Unfortunately, it was not. The story felt rushed and fell flat. There was no real suspense. No real drama. Only one person was suspicious of their sudden engagement and rush to marry. However, nothing comes from their suspicions. It’s actually brushed aside fairly quickly. Why didn’t anyone question their sudden romantic relationship especially after the reading of the will? There wasn’t really any time to get to know Amy or Owen and their history. Even their transition from friends to lovers felt off. It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t great either. It just wasn’t the story I was expecting. The ending was the worst of all. All the build up for that?!?!? I did not enjoy Two Friends and a Funeral. 

Two Friends and a Funeral is available in paperback and eBook.