The Morning After the Wedding Before. Laura Ziepe

Читать онлайн.
Название The Morning After the Wedding Before
Автор произведения Laura Ziepe
Жанр Контркультура
Серия
Издательство Контркультура
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780008318499



Скачать книгу

02">

      

       About the Author

      LAURA ZIEPE lives in Brentwood in Essex with her husband Terry, three-year-old twins Harry and Darcey, and two dogs. Laura has always loved writing from a young age and was often writing stories from as young as eight. After leaving sixth form and working in office jobs for a year in London, Laura decided to go to university. Unsure what to study, Laura’s oldest friend asked her what her ideal job would be. Immediately answering ‘author’, Laura followed her dreams and chose a degree in Creative Writing and English at St Mary’s University in Twickenham. As well as writing books, she is a freelance make-up artist and loves travelling as much as she can. She has previously written three novels, ’Tis the Season to be Single, Essex Girls and Made in Essex and hopes to be writing for many years to come. You can follow Laura on Twitter @lauraziepe or on Instagram @lauraziepewriter.

      The Morning After the Wedding Before

      LAURA ZIEPE

Image Missing

      HQ

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019

      Copyright © Laura Ziepe 2019

      Laura Ziepe 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.

      Source ISBN: 9780008330958

      E-book Edition © 2019 ISBN: 9780008318499

      Version: 2019-05-24

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Chapter 1: Holly

      Chapter 2: Holly

      Chapter 3: Emma

      Chapter 4: Holly

       Chapter 7: Emma

       Chapter 8: Kim

       Chapter 9: Holly

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11: Holly

       Chapter 12: Emma

       Chapter 13: Kim

       Chapter 14: Holly

       Chapter 15: Kim

       Chapter 16: Emma

       Chapter 17: Holly

       Chapter 18: Emma

       Chapter 19: Kim

       Chapter 20: Holly

       Chapter 21: Emma

       Chapter 22: Kim

       Chapter 23: Holly

       Chapter 24: Emma

       Chapter 25: Emma

       Chapter 26: Kim

       Chapter 27: Holly

       Chapter 28: Emma

       Chapter 29: Kim

       Chapter 30: Emma

       Chapter 31: Emma

       Chapter 32: Holly

       Chapter 33: Kim

      Chapter 34: Kim

      Chapter 35: Emma

      Chapter 36: Holly

      Chapter 37: Six Months Later – Holly

      Chapter 38: Emma

       Acknowledgements

       Extract

       Dear Reader …

       Keep Reading …

       About the Publisher

       To Stacey.

       Always in my thoughts.

       Forever in my heart.

       Chapter 1

       Holly

      As Holly looked around, hypnotized by the scene in front of her, she had a good feeling about this trip. It wasn’t as though she hadn’t been to a pool party on holiday before; she’d been to dozens when she’d been in her early twenties. It was just she’d never been to Las Vegas before; the swimming pool was absolutely enormous, the sun blazing, music blasting, the place was heaving with young people and it was a twenty-four-hour party paradise. She felt so pleased that her college friend, Emma Langford, had chosen Vegas as her wedding destination. Holly being a single mother to two young children, it was exactly the kind of place the doctor ordered. The wedding was the perfect excuse to escape toddler tantrums for this oasis of indulgence.

      ‘Emma?’ Holly called out hesitantly, as she made her way over to the slender girl in the white bikini taking a selfie. The girl she was calling had her back to Holly and hadn’t heard her voice over the loud music. Holly knew Emma had lost tons of weight,