Matching Up Marigold: Magic and Mayhem Universe: Weekend Magic, #1

By Amy Gregory

Welcome to the Cape Diem Bed & Breakfast where the wedding season has come in like a lion. A man-eating, spit’em out Bridezilla that has left wedding planner extraordinaire, Marigold Dee, in a pickle. Now, she’s left with two choices: either tame the lion or end up in the Magic Pokey.

Samuel Walden has been caught in the ugliest shit storm of the millennium. Being a twin is costing him his sanity. His sister is getting married and lost her ever-loving mind. Not to mention, their parents are missing in action and have stopped answering her calls. Guess it’s a good thing he’s handy with power tools because they might be his only saving grace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: REN Publishing
• Release date: Jun 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201024789

Amy Gregory

When asked ‘when do you have time to write’, Amy Gregory simply laughs.  The real answer is, “in bits and pieces”.  She and her husband live in Kansas City with their three fantastic kids that keep them running in three very different directions.  Because she sits so much, she always carries a notebook with her at all times. She has an off the wall, snarky, off the cuff sense of humor that often shocks even those who’ve known her for years.  And she loves that her children have all been blessed that ability to make others laugh as well.  At least she’s grateful most of the time!  Her husband often teases her about how she “makes this stuff up” when he’s reading a piece of her work. … The answer—“it just comes to me when I’m typing”. Scary thought, huh!

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Matching Up Marigold

Matching Up Marigold

Weekend Magic, Book One

Amy Gregory

REN Publishing

Dedication

Without my sister from another mister—this book would not have happened! Late nights, tons of —typing, check in at X time! And omg the brainstorming—a godsend.

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You’re my angel J, love you!

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Xoxo

A

Contents

Foreword

Book Description

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Epilogue

Holiday Magic

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

About the Author

Copyright © 2021 by Amy Gregory

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All rights reserved.

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is coincidental.

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This book contains content that may not be suitable for young readers 17 and under.

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The Author of this Book has been granted permission by Robyn Peterman to use the copyrighted characters and/or worlds created by Robyn Peterman in this book. All copyright protection to the original characters and/or worlds of the Magic and Mayhem series is retained by Robyn Peterman.

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Foreword

Blast Off with us into the Magic and Mayhem Universe!

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I’m Robyn Peterman, the creator of the Magic and Mayhem Series and I’d like to invite you to my Magic and Mayhem Universe.

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What is the Magic and Mayhem Universe, you may ask?

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Well, let me explain…

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It’s basically authorized fan fiction written by some amazing authors that I stalked and blackmailed! KIDDING! I was lucky and blessed to have some brilliant authors say yes! They have written brand new stories using my world and some of my characters. And let me tell you… the results are hilarious!

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So here it is! Blast off with us into the hilarious Magic and Mayhem Universe. Side splitting books by fantabulous authors! Check out each and every one. You will laugh your way to a magical HEA!

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For all the stories, go to https://magicandmayhemuniverse.com/. Grab your copy today!

And if you would like to read the book that started all the madness, Switching Hour is FREE!

https://robynpeterman.com/switching-hour/

Book Description

Welcome to the Cape Diem Bed & Breakfast where the wedding season has come in like a lion. A man-eating, spit’em out Bridezilla that has left wedding planner extraordinaire, Marigold Dee, in a pickle. Now, she’s left with two choices: either tame the lion or end up in the Magic Pokey.

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Samuel Walden has been caught in the ugliest shit storm of the millennium. Being a twin is costing him his sanity. His sister is getting married and lost her ever-loving mind. Not to mention, their parents are missing in action and have stopped answering her calls. Guess it’s a good thing he’s handy with power tools because they might be his only saving grace.

Chapter 1

Marigold Dee headed home to the Carpe Diem Bed and Breakfast. One of her familiars, a sweet little Yorkie, named Berry was by her side. Thursday was her favorite day and always started with a trip to the flower shop on the square. Mortals wouldn’t get five steps into the flower shop for multiple reasons. First, it appeared to be vacant with no vibrant flowers to buy, only dried out stems with missing petals despite the name on the building. That was if they saw the minuscule sign for the town of Assjacket, West Virginia. If they did exit the highway, everything was purposely run down and just plain ugly.

However, for immortal residents of the town, they saw beyond the town abandonment knowing it was what kept them safe. Yet inside each dilapidated building and home were magical doors or hidden staircases that led to a hidden world of bright colors, beautiful architecture and wonderful friends of all sizes, ages and species.

Marigold took a left at the shriveled-up daisies and walked behind the counter. Taking care to watch her step on a rickety staircase, she pushed the button underneath the dirty door handle. The automatic door swept open and the combination of numerous flowers, all smelling simply divine, wafted out. Someday the greenhouse her brother had built her would look this vibrant. In the meantime, she was very content with its progress and loved each of her little lovely babies she’d grown from seeds. Today, though, she was here on very serious business.

In less than seventy-two hours, she and her siblings had to prep for the first wedding of the season. But if she were being honest, they were eager to get it over with. Spring and summer were beautiful in West Virginia. It wasn’t too hot that the bride’s hair went into frizzball mode. No one fainted, at least not from the weather. And the rain was something they could talk to Mother Nature about and pencil in on the calendar.

The only bad part of wedding season was the brides. Most were wonderful, a bit nervous about the big day, but kind. However, the bridezilla starting off this season was one of a kind, and definitely the worst Marigold had ever had to work with.

When it came to Carpe Diem, her younger brother, Rox, and her oldest sibling, Joanna, split the work evenly with her. Joanna’s love and natural talent were in the kitchen. Another place the bride was wreaking havoc. Rox in this situation kept his head down. A jack of all trades, he just took orders from his sisters and tried to avoid the entire fiasco.

It wasn’t that Samantha Walden was trying to be a pain in every single person’s patooshie, at least that was the lie still running through Marigold’s head. Maintaining the gigantic amount of positivity, it took to deal with Miss Walden, was quickly dwindling her energy level. It’d be a lot easier to deal with Samantha if she was from somewhere in California. Yet, her family lived only about a half hour away. Marigold didn’t know them, but several members of the town were groaning about the entire production already.

Marigold made her way up and down the aisles. Water dripped on the floor, pooling in the black plastic holes of the mat under her feet. This bride was picky down to the tiniest details. She wanted pale yellow and blush colored baby’s breath—everywhere. Joanna, Rox and she had sat down plugging in measurements,