Sarah Strafford doesn't believe in love, which is somewhat unexpected in a wedding planner. She is, however, creative, organised, and connected to a wide range of useful contacts. When an upper class country wedding goes off perfectly she's contacted by an American movie star (or at least by her assistant) - the current hot young thing wants Sarah to organise her upcoming and highly secret nuptials. This is a gig that will sky-rocket Sarah's profile and pretty much guarantee her success in the field, provided she can pull it off.
There are only two small hitches - Carrie Condy's getting marries in two months, rather than the year or more this kind of event would usually need to set everything up (where on earth will Sarah find a picturesque English country chapel on such short notice?), and it's the same day as Sarah's baby sister's wedding. And there's no chance of changing Lily's dates - she's pregnant and wants to tie the know as soon as possible. Can Sarah pull off too simultaneous, short-notice, important weddings, and maybe find love along the way?
Of course she can, because this is chick lit. It is also a really good example of the genre - the romance is not coerced, the stumbling blocks are understandable (particularly in light of the heroine's character) and unforced, and the secondary plots - which include the two weddings, Sarah's relationships with the various members of her eccentric family, and the development of her friends careers in step with her own - are absorbing.
Unfortunately I read this a couple of weeks before reviewing it, and so I can't be more detailed than that, but I always enjoy Fforde's writing and this was particularly good, If you're after something light but absorbing, with a guaranteed happy ending, this is the book for you. - Alex
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