Disengaged Trivia Quiz

Answer: Advice from his brother

In the book "The Worst Best Man", Lina's wedding to Andrew ends disastrously on the day of the ceremony. Rather than breaking off the engagement in person, Andrew sends his younger brother, and best man, Max Hartley to deliver the news that the wedding is off. To make matters worse, Max confesses that he had a role in the decision. Left humiliated, Lina channels her focus entirely into building a successful career as a wedding planner.

Three years after the failed wedding, Lina lands an opportunity to become the in-house wedding coordinator for a luxury hotel chain. When she arrives to pitch her vision, she discovers a major catch. To win the position, she must complete a lengthy presentation challenge alongside a marketing firm and must work with Max Hartley.

Answer: A nonrefundable wedding bill

In this book by Sarah Hogle, Naomi is utterly miserable and wants out of her engagement to Nicholas, but whichever partner officially calls off the wedding is contractually stuck paying the massive, nonrefundable wedding bill.

Because neither wants to foot the bill alone, Naomi decides to engage in a hilarious, petty cold war of pranks and mind games to drive Nicholas into calling it off first. However, she is unaware that he has secretly hatched the exact plan against her.

Answer: Her ex boyfriend

Rita and Milan dated all through high school until Milan suddenly broke up with Rita in a voicemail. Six years later, the book finds her dating a nice guy named Neil and running her own business. Her mother, an unfailing believer in second chances, sets her up with Milan who is back in town and is just as charming, cocky, and confident as he was back in school.

To prove she's definitely over him, she signs herself and Neil up on MyShaadi.com, a matchmaking site famous for its success stories and trustworthy enough to convince everyone that she and Neil are the new and improved couple. Instead, she's shocked when MyShaadi's perfect match for her isn't Neil but Milan.

Answer: His secret betrothal to another witch

Nine years prior to the events of the book, nineteen year old witch Vivi Jones has her heart completely broken when her boyfriend, Rhys Penhallow, reveals that his traditional father had arranged a betrothal for him to another witch back in England. Crushed and furious over the hidden engagement, Vivi breaks up with him on the spot.

That night, while nursing her heartbreak with vodka, a nice bath, and scented candles, she and her cousin cast a "silly" drunk spell to curse him. This hex unknowingly set off a dormant magical curse that activates nearly a decade later when Rhys returns to town.

Answer: Severe food poisoning

The wedding disaster in this novel happens almost as fast as the marriage begins. During the reception, practically the entire guest list, including the newly married bride and groom, contracts severe food poisoning after eating contaminated shellfish.

Because both the bride and groom are too violently ill to stand, let alone travel, their marriage gets off to a completely stalled start. The sudden illness effectively torpedoes their immediate plans as a married couple and forces them to give up their non-refundable, 10-day luxury honeymoon trip to Maui. Both their siblings took their place on the trip and the rest is history.

Answer: No talking about his past or future

In "Ugly Love", Miles guards himself against emotional attachment due to the devastating loss of his infant son six years prior, which destroyed his relationship with his first love, Rachel. Refusing to risk that kind of heartbreak again, he agrees to a strictly physical relationship with Tate only under two non-negotiable rules: she must never ask about his past, and she must never expect a future.

This intimate but hidden relationship full of secrets goes on for a while. Then tensions escalate and the couple breaks up. However, after revisiting his past (including a physical journey) Miles realizes what he is jeopardizing.

Answer: Nick's father's murder

Nick grows up as the town outcast, but he and Alix build a deep bond that blossoms into love. However, their future is abruptly shattered after a brutal, violent altercation with his abusive father forces Nick to flee town to avoid prison, leaving a devastated Alix behind without warning or explanation.

Unbeknownst to Nick, Alix is pregnant with his child when he disappears, leaving her trapped in their small town to endure years of heartbreak, social stigma, and an unhappy marriage. When she is finally getting it all together, Nick shows back up in town.

Answer: His fiancee cheats on him at the bachelorette party

Jamie and B (Brecks) have had an on-again off-again relationship for years across high school and college. Things keep getting in their way. Before long, Jamie is engaged to someone else. However, his engagement crumbles right before his wedding when he discovers his fiancee cheated on him at the bachelorette party. He and and B give in to their intense, long-suppressed attraction.

But Jamie feels he needs a break to evaluate his life and they drift apart. B ends up in a doomed marriage to someone else before they all face the truth of their real feelings.

Answer: Medically induced coma

After spending years unrequitedly in love with her twin brother's best friend, Chase, Arianna is devastated when he initially breaks her heart. She forms a deep connection with star quarterback Noah, but when a sudden traumatic accident leaves Arianna with a coma and resulting amnesia, her memories reset to a time when she was still in love with Chase.

Seeing her return to Chase breaks Noah's heart, but he steps back to let her heal. Ultimately, as Arianna recovers her full memory, she realizes that her past devotion to Chase was a romanticized dream compared to the real, selfless love Noah gave her, driving her to break off her attachment to Chase for good and choose Noah.

Answer: A secret living spouse

Just as the priest asks if anyone knows of an impediment to the marriage, a London solicitor named Mr. Briggs interrupts the ceremony of Jane Eyre to Rochester. He reveals that Mr. Edward Rochester is already legally married to Bertha Mason, a violent woman kept locked away in the attic of Thornfield Hall under the care of Grace Poole.

Rochester admits to the bigamous attempt and takes the wedding party to view his secret wife. Devastated that she cannot legally or morally remain as his mistress, Jane flees Thornfield in the dead of night, breaking off their engagement entirely.