Becky Hastings has got a lot on her plate: she’s a mum to two naughty children who would drive Supernanny to distraction, her husband is hardly ever at home because he’s always away on business and she’s also got a boss from hell snapping at her heels and asking her to do the impossible. Life for Becky seems to get stressful by the minute, so the last thing she needs is for her father to breezily announce that he’s getting married – to a ghastly woman called Monique, who is about as warm as an igloo and as pleasant as a lizard!
Becky has only just got over her parents’ divorce and she cannot bear to think that her father has decided to bring this frightful woman into their family life. Rude, condescending and about as stylish as a clown, Becky cannot help but wonder what it is about Monique that her father finds so irresistible. The only thing she is certain about is that Monique is hiding something – and she’s determined to find out what – which is where her friend, Janie, comes in…
Kind-hearted Janie has been best friends with Becky for decades and has just been made redundant from yet another job. She desperately needs a fresh start and a new challenge, so when Becky suggests that Janie helps Monique plan the wedding, Janie is thrilled, unaware that her friend is expecting her to dish the dirt about her soon-to-be stepmother. But it’s not just Janie who finds herself rising to new challenges…
Becky’s mother, Helen, was stunned when her ex-husband informed her that he was getting married again. Since their break-up, Helen has lurched from one disastrous relationship to another. But when her new job takes her back to the marital home she had abandoned years back, Helen finds herself drawn to the new owner, Robin who has secrets of his own…
In the midst of all this chaos and panic comes vicar Mel, whose perfectly ordered life is thrown into complete turmoil when her teenage daughter is knocked down by a speeding car.
As their patience, faith, courage and perseverance are tested, the four women find themselves wondering whether their lives will ever return to something resembling normality ever again…or whether disorder and disarray will continue to rule their lives – and their hearts!
Sophie King has penned an enjoyable realistic romp that will strike a chord with women everywhere! Hilarious, engrossing and believable, The Wedding Party is an engaging tale of second chances, family feuds and happy endings that perfectly captures the chaos and calamities of every-day life and love!