The Wedding Season

'An instant classic of a rom-com . . . perfect feel-good escapism' - Laura Jane Williams Freya Scott is getting married. Her wedding to Matthew, her long-term boyfriend, is the first of eight in her calendar this year, and as someone who prides herself on being meticulously organised, Freya is intent on making it the perfect day to remember. But when Matthew calls things off hours before they walk down the aisle, Freya's entire life plan goes up in smoke. Humiliated and heartbroken, the last thing she wants is to attend a summer of other peoples' nuptials on her own. Fortunately, her friends have an idea: together they devise a series of outrageous challenges for Freya to complete at each event, designed to distract her from Matthew and what might have been. From getting stuck in an old church bathroom and needing to be rescued by the vicar to making out with a barman at a French chateau, Freya realises that despite herself, she might just be having fun. By the time the final wedding arrives, she's not the same woman she was at the start of the season. And maybe her own love story isn't over just yet . . .

Katy Birchall is a journalist and the author of several romantic comedies, including The Secret Bridesmaid, The Wedding Season and The Last Word. She has written a retelling of Jane Austen's Emma for the Awesomely Austen series and the Netflix spin-off novel Sex Education: The Road Trip. She also writes under various pseudonyms, penning romantic sports fiction as Katharine Reilly, romantic fiction for young adults as Ivy Bailey, romantic comedies as Katrina Logan, and young adult and teen novels under her own name. Katy lives in London with her husband, daughter and rescue dog.