June Bride

Vienna-based Carey Jackson is one of Carleton Towne's most valued foreign correspondents. With the Vienna office closing because of changing times, Carleton reassigns Carey to the only open position within his media empire: as feature writer for women's magazine "Home Life". While feature writers have come and gone from the magazine because none are able to work for hard-nosed editor Linda Gilman, Carey only accepts the reassignment when he learns that he will be working for Linda--they have a Past. Their breakup occurred three years ago when Carey made the unilateral decision for the overseas assignment; given the choice, Linda would have chosen a more stable home life. While Carey hopes to rekindle their romance, Linda does not; she's solely focused on the magazine's next edition, a June-bride feature. The subjects are Jeanne Brinkman and Bud Mitchell of Crestville, Indiana, and their wedding is being portrayed as taking place in June but actually happening in the middle of winter. Linda and her staff have one week to transform both the Brinkman house and the Brinkmans themselves into magazine-worthy subjects before the actual wedding ceremony at the house. Linda wants a straightforward piece of a perfect June wedding in small-town America; Carey has thoughts of a more newsworthy piece if he can sniff out a story. Without telling Linda, he believes he has found that story, but he needs to orchestrate the proceedings, which not only affect Jeanne and Bud, but also Jeanne's 17-year-old sister "Boo" and Bud's older brother Jim, who is currently away in the military. There's no guarantee that Carey will be able to make everything work out, but it results in what should have happened and just needed a little push. Carey's machinations in this issue may kibosh his and Linda's professional and personal relationships, even if they can get over the fundamental differences which led to their breakup. able to get over their fundamental differences which led to their breakup.