Lindsey Kelk - Lindsey Kelk 6-Book ‘I Heart...’ Collection

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Copyright © Lindsey Kelk 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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Source ISBN: 9780007331604, 9780007353163, 9780007368679, 9780007383450, 9780007383733, 9780007444809, 9780007501526, 9780007501564

Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780008141332

Version: 2017-05-25

Contents

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Title Page Lindsey Kelk 6-book ‘I Heart’ Collection Plus two bonus short stories! I Heart New York I Heart Hollywood I Heart Paris Jenny Lopez Has A Bad Week I Heart Vegas I Heart London I Heart Christmas Jenny Lopez Saves Christmas Lindsey Kelk

Copyright

I Heart New York

I Heart Hollywood

I Heart Paris

Jenny Lopez Has A Bad Week

I Heart Vegas

I Heart London

I Heart Christmas

Jenny Lopez Saves Christmas

Keep Reading Always the Bridesmaid

Keep Reading Girl

About the Author

Also by Lindsey Kelk

About the Publisher

To the people that taught me everything I need to

know: Nana, Granddad, Janice, Phillip and Bobby

And to the people that taught me everything else:

James, Della, Catherine, Beth, Mark and Louise

Seventeen shades of thank you to everyone that made this book happen, especially Lynne Drew, Claire Bord and Victoria Hughes-Williams, I heart the second floor. Thank you to Katie Fulford for not putting my manuscript in the bin and telling me she’d read it in the first place. Thank you to Ayshea for putting your foot through that glass door and sending me to New York for the very first time. Thank you to everyone in the children’s team (past and present) for putting up with me for so long and keeping quiet from here on in. Thank you to Beth and Janet for putting up with me every time I need to ‘research’. And thank you to the dollar for being so weak for the last eighteen months. And thank you to Marc Jacobs for your never-ending parade of pretty. I owe you everything.

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Title Page LINDSEY KELK I Heart New York

Dedication Dedication Dedication Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Epilogue To the people that taught me everything I need to know: Nana, Granddad, Janice, Phillip and Bobby And to the people that taught me everything else: James, Della, Catherine, Beth, Mark and Louise

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Epilogue

The aisle looks really, really long.

And my tiara feels so tight.

Can you put weight on around your head? Have I got muffin top on my scalp? And my shoes really hurt. No matter how beautiful or how expensive they might be, the balls of my feet feel as if they’ve been up and down a cheese grater and then dipped in TCP.

I saw Mark standing at the end of the aisle, looking relaxed and happy. Well, I suppose he doesn’t have to walk down it in four-inch Christian Louboutins and a fishtail floor-length gown. You can’t even see the bloody shoes, Angela, I chide myself. Not even the tip of the toe.

And now my hands feel sweaty. Do I have sweat patches? I tried to sneak a peak under my arms without dislodging anything important from my bouquet.

‘Angela? Are you all right?’ Louisa frowned at me, a picture of perfection, calm as anything, immaculate make-up and not teetering a touch. And her heels are higher than mine.

‘Uh-huh,’ I replied, as eloquent as ever. Thank God it’s her wedding and not mine. And please God, while I’m at it, could you not let Mark focus on what a shoddy bridesmaid I’m turning out to be, just in case it puts him off setting our date. Seriously though, sweat patches would show horribly, the dress is a light coffee colour, specially selected to make me look sick as a dog.

I stumbled down the aisle behind Louisa, with a small smile for my mum and dad, looking appropriately happy whilst acknowledging the solemnity of the occasion. I really hope that’s how I look, anyway. There is a good chance I look as if I am wondering whether or not I’ve left my hair straighteners on. Shit! What if I have left my hair straighteners on?