A Wedding In December. Sarah Morgan

      

      SARAH MORGAN is an international bestseller and the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Sisters. She has sold over eighteen million books worldwide. Sarah lives near London, England with her family and when she isn't writing or reading, she likes to spend time outdoors hiking or riding her mountain bike.

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Also by Sarah Morgan

       How to Keep a Secret

       The Christmas Sisters

       One Summer in Paris

      From Manhattan with Love

       Moonlight Over Manhattan

       Holiday in the Hamptons

       New York, Actually

       Miracle on 5th Avenue

       Sunset in Central Park

       Sleepless in Manhattan

      Puffin Island

       Christmas Ever After

       Some Kind of Wonderful

       First Time in Forever

      The O’Neil Brothers

       Maybe This Christmas

       Suddenly Last Summer

       Sleigh Bells in the Snow

      A Wedding in December

      Sarah Morgan

      ONE PLACE. MANY STORIES

Copyright

      An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019

      Copyright © Sarah Morgan 2019

      Sarah Morgan asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      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 © October 2019 ISBN: 9781474095495

      This Edition 2019-10-14

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Dear Reader,

      When I told my editor I wanted to write a fun, complicated story about a snowy family wedding she said, ‘Great! I love a good wedding.’ So do I (mostly because of the champagne and cake) but that was the point where I had to confess that I wasn’t sure there was actually going to be a wedding in the end, because there were going to be so many ups and down that the bride or the groom – or both! – might think that’s enough and walk away. Sometimes when I’m writing I know the ending when I start, but sometimes I just write the story that comes to me and I arrive at the ending in the same state of shock as the characters. It’s a lot of fun, with occasional bouts of stress (alleviated by wine and frantic phone calls to my editor, Flo, who is one of my favourite people and not just because she is clever and also loves cake).

      And in case you’re the sort of person who hates weddings and are about to put this book back, it isn’t really about a wedding of course. It’s about people and family, about the complexity of relationships, and also the frustrations. The White family arrive for the wedding with secrets they haven’t shared. They’re trying to protect each other, which is very loving, but also guaranteed to unravel in a very big way. How big? Read on and you’ll find out.

      One thing I can guarantee is an idyllic snowy setting that will put you in a festive mood. So pour yourself a glass of bubbly (you deserve it), or a hot chocolate if that’s more your thing, snuggle in the warm, and join the White family at the snowiest, most magical, maybe-wedding of the year.

       Love Sarah

       xxxx

      This book is dedicated to Manpreet Grewal, an inspiration in every way.

      Contents

       Cover

       About the Author

Booklist

       Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Dear Reader

       Dedication