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The first time I met Hudson Rothschild was at a wedding. I\u2019d received an unexpected invitation to one of the swankiest venues in the city.<\/p>\n
Hudson was a groomsman and quite possibly the most gorgeous man I\u2019d ever laid eyes on.\u00a0 He asked me to dance, and our chemistry was off the charts.<\/p>\n
I knew it wasn\u2019t a good idea to get involved with him, considering the wedding I was at.\u00a0 But our connection was intense, and I was having a great time.<\/p>\n
Though the fun came to a screeching halt when Hudson figured out I wasn\u2019t who I\u2019d said I was.\u00a0 You see, that unexpected invitation I received? Well, it hadn\u2019t actually been addressed to me\u2014it was sent to my ex-roommate who\u2019d bounced a check for two months\u2019 rent and moved out in the middle of the night.\u00a0 I figured she owed me an expensive night out, but I guess, technically, I was crashing the wedding.<\/p>\n
Once caught, I couldn\u2019t get out of there fast enough. As I bolted for the door, I might\u2019ve plucked a few bottles of expensive champagne off the tables I passed, all while the gorgeous, angry groomsman was hot on my tail.<\/p>\n
Outside, I jumped into a taxi. My heart ricocheted against my ribs as we drove down the block\u2014but at least I\u2019d escaped unscathed.<\/p>\n
Or so I thought.<\/p>\n
Until I realized I\u2019d left my cell phone behind at the table.<\/p>\n
Take one guess who found it?<\/p>\n
This is the crazy story of how Hudson Rothschild and I met. But trust me, it\u2019s only the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n
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Add to Goodreads<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facebook Profile\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Facebook Page<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Facebook Group<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Website\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Twitter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Instagram\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Invitation by Vi Keeland is live! \u201cHands down one of my favorite books of all time. OF ALL TIME…I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Natasha Madison Amazon\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Apple Books\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[634,349],"class_list":["post-57014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news","tag-release","tag-vi-keeland"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-Invitation.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-ePA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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