The Ex Vows
Georgia Green is the maid of honor at her best friend Eli's destination wedding in the Berkshires, juggling timelines, seating charts, and her own tightly managed emotions, when Eli's brother Leo walks back into her life. Leo is the man Georgia used to be engaged to, the one who broke things off and disappeared on her years ago, and he is now the best man. Stuck together for a week of rehearsal dinners, welcome brunches, and carefully choreographed photo ops, Georgia and Leo are forced to reckon with what actually ended their engagement, the version of herself she buried when he left, and why her body keeps remembering things her plan does not allow. Jessica Joyce's novel pairs second-chance romance tropes with a thoughtful portrait of burnout, grief, and the people we let ourselves be near the ones who know us best.
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Wedding planner Georgia goes back to Northern California for the wedding of her childhood best friends. The best man is her ex Eli, the boy she once loved before her own life broke their relationship a decade ago.
The Ex Vows was written by Jessica Joyce and published in 2024. Joyce is also the author of You, with a View. Both novels are contemporary romances with strong friend-group dynamics.
Yes. The Ex Vows contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The romance is between exes reuniting at a wedding.
Yes. The Ex Vows contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The romance is between exes reuniting at a wedding.
The Ex Vows is 60 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Ex Vows takes most readers under an hour to finish.
The Ex Vows is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The Ex Vows is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
