Dragged to the Wedding

by Andrew Grey

Overview

The Wedding Date meets The Birdcage in this laugh-out-loud gay romantic comedy from Andrew Grey

He’s here to slay…but will he stay?

James Petika is living the single gay life he always wanted. A police officer in Chicago, he has a good job, good friends—and he’s two thousand miles away from his family’s expectations. He also has a problem: he needs a date for his sister’s wedding in Missoula, Montana, but his family has no idea that he’s gay, and he’d like to keep it that way.

The solution? Daniel Bonafonte aka Lala Traviata, the queen of the Chicago drag scene. Lala is the real thing: she can sing, she can dance—and she can throw more shade than a solar eclipse. One drink and plenty of dishing later, Daniel agrees to help James out and be his incognito date to the wedding.

Daniel’s drag-diva skills are put to the test right away, with the bride’s ill-fitting wedding dress, a groom who’s a danger on the dance floor and more drama than auditions for a gay men's chorus. Faking this relationship—and ignoring the very real feelings developing between them—might just be the performance of their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335508133
Publisher:	Carina Press
Publication date:	10/17/2023
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	210,707
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Andrew Grey is the author of well over 100 works of Contemporary Gay Romantic fiction. After twenty-seven years in corporate America, he has now settled down in Central Pennsylvania with his husband of more than twenty-five years, Dominic, and his laptop. He is a recipient of the RWA Centennial Award, has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and now writes full-time. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

09/18/2023

Gray (Upside Down) returns with a goofy gay rom-com in which Chicago police officer James Petika, who is not yet out to his family, recruits drag queen Daniel Bonafonte—aka Lala Traviata—to pose as his girlfriend at his sister’s wedding in Montana. As Daniel (or Daniella, as he’s known to James’s family) proves indispensable in his ability to fix all wedding-related fiascoes, James questions whether what they’re pretending to have could become something real—but how to come out to his controlling mother? The premise is undeniably fun and campy, but there’s a fundamental flaw in the men’s relationship that goes unaddressed. Daniel has explicit police-related trauma, so the fact that he falls for a cop, no questions asked, strains credulity, especially given lines like James’s upon first meeting Daniel: “I’m a police officer—you can trust me.” It’s laughable, except this isn’t one of the book’s intentionally humorous parts. The underlying political landscape, while not at the foreground of the plot, will distract progressive readers. Still, fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race (which, indeed, is mentioned multiple times throughout) will find plenty to enjoy. Agent: Lesley Sagba, Seymour Agency. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race (which, indeed, is mentioned multiple times throughout) will find plenty to enjoy."—Publisher's Weekly

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