A mother of the groom billionaire romance for the Wishful wedding of the year

Mayor Sandra Crawford has survived divorce. She's survived cancer. But she's not at all sure she'll survive the discovery that her town's billionaire philanthropist benefactor is actually the man she nearly left her husband for almost thirty years ago.

Gerald Peyton, III didn't fight for Sandy back in college--a decision he's regretted ever since. Now Trey's older, wiser, and determined to win the heart of the woman he's never forgotten.

When they wake up married in Vegas, Sandy chalks it up to a reckless mistake, but Trey's not willing to let her go so easily. Can he convince her to give their marriage a legitimate chance, or will she let him go for good this time? AMAZON 4 STARS

As I began to read this story I thought, "Oh good, it's going to be a good, charming second chance story." In a sweet charming town something like the town Fools Gold in the books by Susan Mallery. Well, that would be a yes AND a no in answer to those thoughts.
The town did have a small town feeling to it, where gossip is a mainstay but they also know how and WILL band together to have each others backs. But there was also more depth and emotion to the story than I was expecting. All going on while Sandra was helping pull of her son's wedding to Norah, who was another good character. Problem after problem kept cropping up when it came to pulling off that wedding. But it does also bring about the face to face between Trey and Sandra. The book really did have more depth to it than I was expecting.
Sandra has lived quite the hellish life at times but she also has quite a bit of love that surrounds her too. Her son Cam is someone that she gave up so much of her own personal happiness for. Happiness that had to do with her feelings for Gerald or Trey as she knows him as. Her family surrounds her almost to the point of making her feel like they don't trust her judgement when it comes to men or personal decisions. They didn't realize it till later but they just love her so much, it was overpowering to her at times. Her mother Helen added a bit of spunk to the story even though she only showed up a few times.
Gerald/Trey moved on in his life after he lost Sandra but that doesn't mean he was happier. But he did success financially, helping build up the family business even more prosperous than it already was. He still wondered about Sandra though, was there any future for them?
There is an unexpected twist towards the end of the book which I thought was a nice touch. All I will say is that it had to do with Sandra's ex husband.
Do Trey and Sandra get their H.E.A.? You betcha. But it won't be all sunshine and roses to get there because look at all the baggage they have to work through? But it was worth it, I enjoyed the process.

I think I will be looking into some more stories in this series especially since there was a quick look into a couple of them at end of the book. I've got my eye on "You were meant for me" Book #10.