The word shenanigan has appeared in 159 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 20 in “The Best Second-Chance Romance Novels” by Tia Williams, a New York Times best-selling author. Ms. Williams’ list includes the book “Forget Me Not” by Julie Soto:
Wedding planning in real life? Stressful. But in fiction? Bring me all the Big Day shenanigans. In Julie Soto’s delightful debut, an ambitious wedding planner, Ama, and a curmudgeonly florist, Elliot, are hired to work the same high-profile wedding and must figure out how to juggle celebrity brides, a reality TV crew and their own angst-ridden romantic past.
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