The Plus-Size Best Friend Who Never Gets Picked: A Slow-Burn Contemporary Romance About Self-Worth, Emotional Intimacy, and Love Without Shrinking (The Curvy Brides Romance Series)

Everyone's favorite person.
Nobody's first choice.

Ana Beltrán is the one you call when the florist cancels, the seating chart implodes, or the bride is crying in the bathroom an hour before the ceremony. She's the steady one. The kind one. The friend who always, always shows up.

She's planned a hundred weddings.

She's never once been the bride.

So Ana does something terrifying: she stops. Stops volunteering. Stops fixing. Stops buying her place in everyone's life by making herself indispensable — and finally asks the question she's dodged for thirty years.

What does she actually want?

The answer is quieter than she expected. His name is Caleb.

He's the sound engineer who lingers at the edges of every wedding — the man who notices everything and needs nothing, who sees Ana the moment she stops performing and never once asks her to be smaller, easier, or more available. With Caleb, for the first time in her life, Ana doesn't feel useful.

She feels chosen.

But a man who's spent his whole life refusing to need anyone has walls of his own — and when his world cracks wide open, Ana faces the hardest test there is. Not whether she can show up for someone she loves. Whether she can stop chasing, hold her ground, and let herself be met instead of managed.

A warm, witty, achingly real love story about boundaries, self-worth, and the quiet courage of finally stopping leaving yourself behind.

Readers are falling for this one if they love:

• A plus-size heroine who chooses herself
• Slow-burn, friends-to-something-more tension
• Found family, a swoony steady hero, and banter that earns the laugh
• Closed-door, all-the-feels emotional reads
• "Always the bridesmaid" stories that finally let her have the happy ending

The Curvy Brides Club is a collection of standalone romances about women who take up space — in love, in life, and in their own stories.

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What Early Readers Are Saying

“This book felt like being understood. Ana’s journey was quiet, honest, and incredibly powerful. I didn’t want it to end.”

“Finally, a romance where the heroine doesn’t have to shrink to be loved. The emotional intimacy here is everything.”

“A beautiful slow burn with real depth. The kind of love story that stays with you long after the last page.”

Perfect for readers who love emotionally intelligent romance, body-positive storytelling, and love that grows from self-respect—not sacrifice.

Part of the Curvy Brides Club series—celebrating women who take up space in love, life, and their own stories.

About the Author:

Helena Moreau writes swoony, slow-burn romantic comedies about strong, curvy heroines, cinnamon-roll men, and the beautiful chaos of falling in love when you least expect it. When she’s not baking up fictional wedding disasters or writing flirty banter at midnight, she’s drinking too much coffee, misplacing her phone, and pretending not to cry at strangers’ love stories.

She believes in messy feelings, happy endings, and second chances—preferably with frosting.

Sweet on You is her debut novel and Book One of the Curvy Brides Club series.

About the Publisher:

At BLOCKBUSTER STORY PUBLISHING, we believe in the power of a great story to captivate, entertain, and inspire.

Our authors are focused on writing, not chasing likes and followers, building author websites or obsessing over social media—they're here to create and share unforgettable stories.

We publish books for readers, not algorithms. If you’re looking for bold, entertaining stories that put the art of storytelling first, you’ve come to the right place.