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Irish Wish, the brand-new rom-com starring Lindsay Lohan just landed on our screens last week and suffice to say… I watched it immediately!
Is it good movie? No, not all all. Did I have so much fun? Yes!
Irish Wish follows an aspiring writer’s trip to Ireland for her best friend’s wedding. Trouble is, she’s in love with the groom! In her despair she makes a rash wish to a wily witch(?) that she was getting married instead and wakes up in an alternate reality where she’s the one marrying her crush! However, is he really her Happily Ever After, or should she peruse the spark she has with the handsome wedding photographer?
It’s sweet, silly and just a bit swoony. Lindsay Lohan is a delight on our screens, and the Irish landscape is GORGEOUS.
If you, like me, just want more Irish Wish vibes here are our reading recs!
If you loved the Irish setting…
Read: Doing Ireland! by Kate Hoffmann
A spring that inspires instant lust? There’s no chance sensible Claire O’Connor believes some Druid springwater can make a man fall in love with the woman who offers him a drink. So why is she leaving Chicago for a craggy island off the coast of Ireland? Is she so desperate to win back her ex she’ll travel the globe chasing a mere rumour?
But when she meets sexy innkeeper Will Donovan, Claire realizes the island has a magic all its own. Because she’s suddenly tempted to abandon her old life and spend the next few months indulging in all the sensual delights the sexy Irishman has to offer. But is it her libido talking or did Will slip her some local elixir? Because two can play that game.
If you love the ‘makes a rash wish’ trope…
Read: This Spells Love by Kate Robb
What if one little wish changed everything?
When Gemma gets dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any reasonable twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax. After one too many margaritas, they decide to perform a love- cleansing spell, which promises to erase Gemma’s ex from her memory. They follow all the instructions, including a platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal.
When Gemma wakes up, she realizes that this silly spell has worked. Not only does it seem that she never dated her ex, but the rest of her life is completely unrecognizable. The worst part: Dax has no idea who she is.
To reverse the spell and get back to her old life, Gemma must convince her once-best-friend-now-near-stranger to kiss her. But as she carries out her plans, she finds herself falling for him—hard. Soon, Gemma begins to wonder whether she even wants to go back to the way things once were. What if Dax was The One all along?
If you love a romance with an unrequited love story…
Read: Cinderella Assistant To Boss’s Bride by Ally Blake
In the final installment in Ally Blake’s Billion-Dollar Bachelors trilogy, find out what happens when an assistant falls for her far-too-charming billionaire boss!
Mixing business with pleasure!
Assistant Hadley has given her all to billionaire Ronan’s business. He’s infuriating and charismatic in equal measure! And her crush on him was a secret…yet he’ll never let his guard down whilst she’s his employee. Hadley’s only option? To resign! But she’s shocked when Ronan won’t let her go… Could her brooding boss finally be brave enough to risk his heart and promote this Cinderella to his bride?
If you love rom-coms set at weddings…
Read: Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma
Bobbi Kaur is determined to plan a celebration to remember for her best friend’s wedding. But she has two problems that are getting in her way:
1. The egotistical, and irritatingly sexy, chef Benjamin “Bunty” Padda is supposed to help her with the menu since he’s the groom’s best friend, and
2. Someone is trying to sabotage the wedding.
With aspirations of taking over her family’s event planning business, Bobbi knows that one misstep in managing the Kareena Mann and Prem Verma (#Vermann) party, along with the other weddings on her plate, will only give her uncle another reason not to promote her. That means Kareena’s big day and Bobbi’s future career are on the line.
Bunty will do anything for his best friend, even though he has his hands full in finding a new location for his next restaurant while also playing mediator between his brother and father, the celebrated Naan King. When Prem asks Bunty to help with the wedding menu, he agrees, especially since it puts him in close proximity to the delicious Bobbi Kaur. When a mystery shaadi saboteur starts leaving threatening notes, and cancelling cake orders, Bunty and Bobbi have no choice but to call a truce and face the volatile attraction they have for each other.
If you love stories with a touch of magic…
The Witch is Back by Sophie H. Morgan
Love is a hex of a thing.
There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of trying to fit in where she doesn’t belong are over — they ended seven years ago, when the man she’d hoped to marry left town without a word. She’s much happier now, living a delightfully mundane human life in Chicago and running her bar, Toil and Trouble.
Until Bastian Truenote walks through the door and announces that he wants her back.
Bastian had his reasons for leaving — even if he can’t tell Emma what they are. Now, to win Emma’s heart, he’s got to face down an adorably goofy dog familiar, a best friend who’s all too eager to hit him with a carefully aimed hex, and a woman who’s far from the meek witch he remembers.
Magical contracts aren’t easily broken, but as far as Emma’s concerned, not even a marriage of convenience will have her falling under Bastian’s spell again…
If you love rom-coms where the heroine is an author…
Read: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She’s supposed to be penning swoon-worthy novels for a famous romance author but, after a bad break-up, Florence no longer believes in love. And when her strict (but undeniably hot) new editor, Benji Andor, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye.
Although when tragedy strikes and Florence has to head home, the last thing she expects to see is a ghost at her front door. Not just any ghost, however, but the stern form of her still very hot – yet now unquestionably dead – new editor.
As sparks start to fly between them, Florence tells herself she can’t be falling for a ghost – even an infuriatingly sexy one. But can Benji help Florence to realise love isn’t dead, after all?
If you love the ‘stuck together’ trope…
Read: One Stormy Night by Jules Bennett
She can’t risk another scandal. He’s her potential boss. But when the storm comes and the lights go out, all bets are off in USA TODAY bestselling author Jules Bennett’s captivating new romance!
All the rules change once the lights go out…
Up and coming plus-size model Mila Hale couldn’t chance another scandal ruining her newest job. That means keeping her eyes and hands off billionaire playboy — and her potential boss — Cruz King. Until a storm traps Mila and Cruz at his palatial estate. Now all bets are off. Their chemistry ignites into a whirlwind fling…but what will they do once the lights come back on?
Happy reading book lovers!