Always the Bridesmaid. Lindsey Kelk

      

      Always the Bridesmaid

      LINDSEY KELK

       Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by Harper 2015

      Copyright © Lindsey Kelk 2015

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      Lindsey Kelk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of 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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      Source ISBN: 9780007582334

      Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780007582341

      Version: 2019-07-18

       Dedication

       For Janice

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Acknowledgements

       Keep Reading …

       About the Author

       Also by Lindsey Kelk

       About the Publisher

      My Bridesmaid Journal

      Name: Maddie Fraser

      Age: Thirty-one but I definitely don’t look it, honest

      My bride’s name is: Lauren Hobbs-Miller

      My bride is: My alleged best friend

      I have known my bride for: 12 years

      How we met: We were flatmates at university

      My other bridesmaids’ names are: Sarah Hempel, Jessica Hobbs-Miller-Joyce

      Three words that describe my bride: Tyrannical control freak Generous, loving, blonde

      Three words that describe the groom: Potentially on drugs

      The date of the big day is: Too soon for me to lose weight

      How I feel about being a bridesmaid: Like I’d rather pull my womb out with a rusty coat hanger and parade up and down Brighton seafront wearing it as a hat Blessed.

      Congratulations!

      You have been asked to join your bride on this most important journey, one of lasting love and a lifetime of memories. A bridesmaid is not someone who follows her bride down the aisle, but someone stands who beside her in life. Yesterday you may have been