different places at the venue where he could have started taking pictures, he’d chosen to begin in the kitchen with Jenn. Was Liz the only one who saw the sparks between the two of them?
She’d never considered the possibility of a workplace romance—especially when she was managing the staff members who were falling for each other. But it actually didn’t bother her in the least. Not when Daniel and Jenn were both such good people, and she wanted nothing but the best for both of them.
A visit to Margaret had been last on Liz’s agenda. Tucked away in an office that had once been one of the hotel’s guest rooms, Margaret had covered most of the walls in pictures and luxurious scraps of fabric—an inspiration board taken to glorious extremes.
“How are you doing?” Liz had asked her.
“I’m fine,” Margaret had quickly replied, as though worried about saying the wrong thing.
“You know you can come to me if you need anything, don’t you?” When Margaret simply nodded but didn’t say anything more, Liz continued, “I know how hard you’re working to spread the word about Married in Malibu, Margaret.”
“I’ve been telling my friends, and they’ve been telling their friends.” Margaret shook her head, looking worried again. “I know that doesn’t sound like much. I wish I had more to report.”
“It sounds great,” Liz assured her. Given how wealthy and well connected Margaret’s family and social circle were, the names in her address book were exactly the kinds of clients the new business needed.
All in all, Liz thought as she finished typing up her notes for Rose, it had been a very good first week. Now she just needed to make sure they made the most of that start.
After sending the email to Rose, she was pleased to see that a few inquiries about the business were already starting to filter into her inbox. Liz didn’t know whether it was the association with the Rose Chalet, Margaret’s word-of-mouth connections to LA’s upper crust, or her own efforts at advertising the business, but people were definitely beginning to take note of their presence.
Still, what they really needed was an incredible wedding to launch Married in Malibu. If they could book a wedding for a Hollywood star who was willing to take a chance on a new business and entrust their big day to them, it would make all the difference in the world.
Liz spent a few minutes replying to the email inquiries, hoping that at least one of the possibilities would turn into an actual booking. In addition to sending out feelers, she had also been doing her best to keep up with all the latest celebrity news, noting the big-name engagements in the hopes that at least one would be the perfect fit for Married in Malibu.
“Who would have thought my job would ever include reading the celebrity gossip pages?” Liz murmured with a small laugh as she picked up exactly the kind of paparazzi-fueled magazine they would be trying to keep their clients’ weddings out of.
Amber and Robert Plan Big French Château Wedding proclaimed the biggest headline, accompanied by a photo of starlet Amber Blakely and her fiancé, Robert Wakefield, standing together on a red carpet. The story suggested that the two had settled on a wedding in the south of France at a privately owned château.
If only Married in Malibu had been open a few months ago when Amber and Robert got engaged. Not only would theirs have been the perfect first wedding for Married in Malibu, but they might actually have had a chance of booking it, given that Liz and Amber had once been close.
More accurately, Liz had been close with Amber’s uncle. As close as two people could be. Liz wasn’t surprised to see a picture of Jason Lomax in the story about his niece’s upcoming wedding. He was famous in his own right as a number one bestselling thriller writer, but she suspected the inclusion of the photo also had plenty to do with the fact that he was square-jawed, ruggedly
She’d never considered the possibility of a workplace romance—especially when she was managing the staff members who were falling for each other. But it actually didn’t bother her in the least. Not when Daniel and Jenn were both such good people, and she wanted nothing but the best for both of them.
A visit to Margaret had been last on Liz’s agenda. Tucked away in an office that had once been one of the hotel’s guest rooms, Margaret had covered most of the walls in pictures and luxurious scraps of fabric—an inspiration board taken to glorious extremes.
“How are you doing?” Liz had asked her.
“I’m fine,” Margaret had quickly replied, as though worried about saying the wrong thing.
“You know you can come to me if you need anything, don’t you?” When Margaret simply nodded but didn’t say anything more, Liz continued, “I know how hard you’re working to spread the word about Married in Malibu, Margaret.”
“I’ve been telling my friends, and they’ve been telling their friends.” Margaret shook her head, looking worried again. “I know that doesn’t sound like much. I wish I had more to report.”
“It sounds great,” Liz assured her. Given how wealthy and well connected Margaret’s family and social circle were, the names in her address book were exactly the kinds of clients the new business needed.
All in all, Liz thought as she finished typing up her notes for Rose, it had been a very good first week. Now she just needed to make sure they made the most of that start.
After sending the email to Rose, she was pleased to see that a few inquiries about the business were already starting to filter into her inbox. Liz didn’t know whether it was the association with the Rose Chalet, Margaret’s word-of-mouth connections to LA’s upper crust, or her own efforts at advertising the business, but people were definitely beginning to take note of their presence.
Still, what they really needed was an incredible wedding to launch Married in Malibu. If they could book a wedding for a Hollywood star who was willing to take a chance on a new business and entrust their big day to them, it would make all the difference in the world.
Liz spent a few minutes replying to the email inquiries, hoping that at least one of the possibilities would turn into an actual booking. In addition to sending out feelers, she had also been doing her best to keep up with all the latest celebrity news, noting the big-name engagements in the hopes that at least one would be the perfect fit for Married in Malibu.
“Who would have thought my job would ever include reading the celebrity gossip pages?” Liz murmured with a small laugh as she picked up exactly the kind of paparazzi-fueled magazine they would be trying to keep their clients’ weddings out of.
Amber and Robert Plan Big French Château Wedding proclaimed the biggest headline, accompanied by a photo of starlet Amber Blakely and her fiancé, Robert Wakefield, standing together on a red carpet. The story suggested that the two had settled on a wedding in the south of France at a privately owned château.
If only Married in Malibu had been open a few months ago when Amber and Robert got engaged. Not only would theirs have been the perfect first wedding for Married in Malibu, but they might actually have had a chance of booking it, given that Liz and Amber had once been close.
More accurately, Liz had been close with Amber’s uncle. As close as two people could be. Liz wasn’t surprised to see a picture of Jason Lomax in the story about his niece’s upcoming wedding. He was famous in his own right as a number one bestselling thriller writer, but she suspected the inclusion of the photo also had plenty to do with the fact that he was square-jawed, ruggedly
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