BOOK TWO: WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
A Waking Up In Vegas Novel
By RHM What happens in Vegas was supposed to stay in Vegas.
Instead, it followed them home.
After drunken weddings, messy divorces, accidental second chances, and neon-lit vow renewals, Harper and Evan Carter finally chose each other on purpose. Their best friends, Maya and Lucas Reed, did too.
Now both couples are back in Las Vegas-still riding the high of reckless romance, late-night chapel vows, and the kind of love stories that should never have worked but somehow did.
Then everything changes.
Two positive pregnancy tests.
Two panic attacks.
Two husbands spiraling in completely opposite ways.
And suddenly the city that started as one giant mistake becomes something else entirely:
Home.
Harper and Evan are terrified to become parents when they still feel like the same impulsive idiots who got married wearing plastic rings. But somewhere between midnight cravings, nursery shopping on the Strip, and Evan kissing Harper's stomach every night like he still can't believe she's real, they begin building the life they never planned for.
Meanwhile, Maya and Lucas Reed are absolute chaos preparing for parenthood. Maya romanticizes everything. Lucas stress-buys baby monitors at three in the morning. They fight, flirt, nearly lose their minds, and somehow fall even deeper in love while preparing for the arrival of their son.
Vegas changes all of them.
Not with neon or casinos this time-
but with quiet mornings, tiny kicks, wedding photos hanging on apartment walls, and the terrifying realization that love doesn't end after happily-ever-after.
Sometimes that's where it actually begins.
One year after their unforgettable weddings, both couples return to the same legendary Vegas chapel where it all started-this time carrying two babies in their arms, matching wedding rings on their fingers, and enough memories to fill an entire city.
Harper and Evan name their daughter Vegas.
Maya and Lucas name their son Ronnie Elvis-after the iconic chapel officiant who accidentally changed all their lives forever.
And when they ask Ronnie himself to become the godfather of their children, even Vegas can't compete with the emotional chaos that follows.
Because sometimes the craziest love stories are the ones worth choosing twice.
And sometimes what happens in Vegas becomes the rest of your life.
THE VEGAS ROMANCE SERIES TROPES
- Best Friends to Lovers
- Accidental Vegas Marriage
- Friends Married On Purpose
- Childhood Friends
- Marriage of Convenience
- Found Family
- He Falls First (and denies it)
- She Falls Harder (and denies it louder)
- Forced Proximity
- Family Legacy Romance
- Slow Burn
- Mutual Pining
- "We're Just Friends"
- Second Wedding
- Elvis Matchmaker
- Happily Ever After
Perfect for readers who love: - Friends-to-lovers romance
- Accidental marriage tropes
- Small interconnected romance universes
- Found family
- Multi-generational love stories
- Romantic comedy with heart
- Vegas wedding chaos
- Sweet, emotional HEAs
- Gilmore Girls-style family dynamics with Vegas energy
Books that feel like a romantic comedy movie marathon with recurring characters and callbacks.
