A wedding planner wannabe trying to save her fledgling career at a glam safari wedding. A gorgeous violinist who’s not telling the whole truth. And a baboon moonlighting as cupid…what could possibly go wrong?
Intern Sophie James is one weekend and one glamorous African safari wedding away from becoming a permanent member of the Star Weddings team. All she needs to do is not mess up.
But booking a wedding string quartet that turns up minus a first violinist would definitely count as messing up. She could fill in herself; after all, she knows her way around a violin. Except a dream-destroying mistake a long time ago saw her pack away her instrument forever, and the thought of playing again is almost as harrowing as the thought of slinking back to her parents’ house after yet another career sunk in a sea of failure.
It’s a good thing then that Sophie finds herself in the right place at the right time to rescue the delectable—and heaven-sent—violinist Nate Holt from a baboon that’s holding him captive in his game lodge shower. Now she has all the leverage she needs to convince him to fill in at the wedding in the bush.
Which is problem solved. Or so Sophie thinks. Because it turns out that problems, like baboons, are seldom solitary. As Sophie rushes to put out one career-ending fire after another, there’s another fire sparking into life between her and Nate. But there’s something Nate isn’t telling her. Something Sophie really should have noticed, if she hadn’t been so wrapped up in her own insecurities.
Once she finds out the truth about him, will she turn and run, letting her painful past continue to dictate her life? Or will she take Nate’s hand and confront what happened all those years ago, so she can finally grab hold of a future she didn’t even know she wanted?
A low-spice, super-swoony romcom novella set in the exotic bushveld of a South African game reserve, with a wish-he-were-mine book boyfriend and an uplifting, heartwarming happily-ever-after.
What readers have been saying about Second Fiddle!
Nicolle A., ARC reviewer: “I had a smile on my face most of the way through! … A sign of a good book for me is when the characters and story hang around with you after you have finished. [Meg’s] crew is still in my head, which is quite an achievement given the fact that it’s a short story.”
@shelves_by_sim: Rating: 
One book and one novella and I am totally in love with @megchronisauthor and her writing! I think, at this point, she is officially my favorite South African author. I love how everything she writes makes me laugh so. Damn. Much!! Second Fiddle is a wonderful novella with feel good moments and funny mishaps that left me giggling and grinning and kicking my feet!
Cassie B., author: “It’s been a very long time since I’ve read a book that I feel I will actually remember for years to come. A couple that has actually made it onto my list of favorites, and won’t be soon forgotten.”
Jane L., Goodreads: “Absolutely delighted with this gem of a book. If you haven’t read it yet, why not?”
Frieda L., ARC reviewer: “I ploughed through the book and got completely swept away in it all.”
