Erin Lawless - The One with the White Wedding

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First published in Great Britain by Harper Impulse 2017

Copyright © Erin Lawless 2017

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Cover design © Alex Allden 2017

Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2017

Erin Lawless asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9780008181765

Version 2017-05-18

‘Funny and Addictive… If this is Erin Lawless’ first book, I can’t wait to read her next one!’

Fabulous Magazine (the Sun)

‘A lovely, warm read to snuggle up on the sofa with’

Novelicious

‘Devastatingly brilliant…an absolute triumph’

Books with Bunny

‘First there was Bridget and Mark; then there was Em and Dex and now there is Nadia and Alex…it is a rare thing to be able to make the love between two fictional characters become so real that you actually champion their love from your very roots’

Lisa Talks About…

‘Friendships, trust, lies, deceit, love and so much more – a real page-turner for me’

Cosmochicklitan

‘A superb debut about complicated ties, betrayal and lies, and one of my favourite books of the year’

ChickLit Club

‘Mind-blowingly good and everyone should read it’

ChickLitReviews

‘This book was so incredibly amazingly awesome that I want to shout it from the hilltops and make ALL my friends buy it this instant’

The Chiq Blog

For Jacqui, Joanne, Ksenia and Nicola – my beautiful, brilliant bridesmaids,

and for all of my Lawless Hens:

I’ll never forget the amazing weekend when we all met The Juan.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page The One with the White Wedding ERIN LAWLESS A division of HarperCollins Publishers www.harpercollins.co.uk

Copyright Harper Impulse an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by Harper Impulse 2017 Copyright © Erin Lawless 2017 Cover images © Shutterstock.com Cover design © Alex Allden 2017 Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2017 Erin Lawless asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9780008181765 Version 2017-05-18

Praise for Erin Lawless

Dedication

Character List

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Also by Erin Lawless

About the Author

About HarperImpulse

About the Publisher

Please Save the Date

for the wedding of

NORA EILEEN DERVAN

and

HENRY ROBERT CLARKE

New Year’s Eve

Nora Dervan, the bride

Harry Clarke, the groom

Bea Milton , a bridesmaid – Nora’s godsister and best friend since birth

Cleo Adkins, a bridesmaid – Nora’s best friend from university

Daisy Frankel, a bridesmaid – an American girl Nora befriended while travelling in their early 20s

Sarah Norris, a bridesmaid – the wife of the Best Man

Cole Norris, the Best Man – friends with Harry, Nora and Bea since primary school

Eli Hale, a groomsman – friends with Harry, Nora and Bea since primary school

Barlow Osbourne, a groomsman – Harry’s best friend from university

Archie Clarke, a groomsman – Harry’s younger brother

Eileen Dervan , Nora’s mother and Bea’s godmother