скачать книгу бесплатно
The Wedding Planner: A heartwarming feel good romance perfect for spring!
Eve Devon
A charming feel good romance perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Sarah Morgan Wedding bells are ringing and gossip is spiralling in Whispers Wood… Single mum Gloria Pavey has a bad habit of saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. Determined to make a positive change she can’t say no when her best friend, Emma, asks her to take on the role of her wedding planner. The only problem? Gloria’s co-planner – best man Seth Knightley. Gloria is on a self-imposed man ban but pulling together the most beautiful wedding Whispers Wood has ever seen alongside gorgeous Seth is pushing her to her limits. As every interaction increases the tension between them Gloria finds herself wondering…could the happy ever after she never thought she’d have be in her future after all?
The Wedding Planner
EVE DEVON
A division of HarperCollinsPublishers
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
HarperImpulse an imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by HarperImpulse 2019
Copyright © Eve Devon 2019
Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019
Cover images © Shutterstock.com (http://Shutterstock.com)
Eve Devon 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.
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008306724
Version: 2019-04-12
For Mum and all the other stars that shine so brightly in the sky.
Epigraph (#u1c06b268-482a-5dff-a45b-5b388bf1a93e)
‘When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.’
– Viktor E. Frankl
Table of Contents
Cover (#u5b65c9f8-940e-504b-9825-ce78205e7928)
Title Page (#ud305733e-0486-5233-ba57-5977dc9564f9)
Copyright (#u03ba6e6c-4b04-5d6c-8638-73d37fcd85e1)
Dedication (#uaa31b26f-ad44-55cb-838c-6b4ca5ca0844)
Epigraph
Cast of Whispers Wood Characters (#ub53a35da-68af-573c-a9a9-de03d8fcbb6e)
Chapter 1: Angry Bird Going Cold Turkey (#u04778838-65ae-59b8-8915-29ab9209d1e3)
Chapter 2: Fortuna Favours The Brave (#u56471c27-e9cb-5667-b69e-b018f7500003)
Chapter 3: The ‘F’ Word (#u37498827-7203-5fab-9d56-94af5e7a97b4)
Chapter 4: Popping the Question (#uc23c2c95-e499-5511-9600-8a83ee1d0ba4)
Chapter 5: Village of the Damned (#ubc434a12-f032-57c6-bf40-07386b55bbd4)
Chapter 6: Treading on Toes, Financial Woes and Post-Divorce Goals (#u66c90942-3d8d-5e79-b16c-da3d2a07f68e)
Chapter 7: Show Me The Way To Armadillo (#ubd9daade-5a1d-5002-8fb7-d9a76d3755aa)
Chapter 8: The Cow, The Bitch and the Wardrobe Choice (#u0cb0dd42-fab0-5e15-b069-6a18f16b0506)
Chapter 9: Wedding Favours (#u1e7fb60f-405d-584f-af01-b29dbcb9488c)
Chapter 10: Peace Talks (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11: Close Encounters With Kitchen Counters (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12: Debate Team (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13: Chapel of Love (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14: 8 Mile Road (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15: All’s (Wedding) Fair in Love and War (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17: Ooga Chaka (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18: Out, Out, You Demons of Desperation (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20: And if One Rosé Bottle Should Accidentally Fall … (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21: Marriage is a Lot Like Marmite (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22: A Hug a Day Keeps the Attraction at Bay (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23: Ladies Who Lunch (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24: Never Work With Animals (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25: Holding Court (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26: A Riddle, Wrapped Inside a Mystery, In An Enigma (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27: Driving Miss Emma, Miss Juliet and Miss Kate (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28: Adult Education (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29: Poker Face (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30: Flower Power (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31: Drawn Together (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32: The Edge of Glori-a (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33: Carpool Crying (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34: The Birds and The Bees (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35: A River Runs Through It (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36: Don’t Look Back In Angler (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37: The Lady Isn’t For Melting (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38: A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39: Model Behaviour (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40: Sliding Doors (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41: Oktoberfest (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42: Measuring Up (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43: Marvellous Night For A Romance (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44: Crafty Conundrums (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45: Lovesick (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46: Heart-shaped and Pear-Shaped (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47: It’s a Nice Day For a Themed Wedding (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48: A Good Walk Ruined (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49: The Other Vows (#litres_trial_promo)
Dear Reader … (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
About HarperImpulse (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Cast of Whispers Wood Characters (#ulink_8da4f076-a622-56f4-be48-34616be862be)
Welcome to the village of Whispers Wood, home of rom-com magic …
The Whispers Wood series can be read in any order, but here’s the skinny on key residents.
KATE SOMERSBY – Resourceful, impulsive, and with much to prove to the village of Whispers Wood, she swapped travelling the world for resurrecting an old dream – that of opening up a business in the clock house on the village green. Now owns the day spa, Beauty @ The Clock House.
JULIET BROWN – Lover of all things craft and vintage, super-chic hairdresser and owner of the new hair salon, Hair @ The Clock House.
EMMA DANES – Jane Austen-loving, matchmaking mixologist moved all the way from Hollywood to Whispers Wood to run the tea room/bar in the clock house, Cocktails & Chai.
DANIEL WESTLAKE – Former accountant moved to Whispers Wood for a fresh start. Owner of the co-office working space, Hive @ The Clock House. Whispers Wood gossip inferred he was the stunt-double for a certain superhero but he’s better known as: The Newcomer.
OSCAR MATTHEWS – Widowed with a daughter, he looks after the bees at the clock house and has recently found love again. Can he fix it … yes he can … because, wearing his tool-belt with aplomb, he also runs his own construction company.
JAKE KNIGHTLEY – Award-winning garden designer, runs his ancestral home, Knightley Hall, located on the edge of the village. Known for his brooding manner and Poldarklicious locks.
GLORIA PAVEY – Single mum. Works at Cocktails & Chai. Frequently turns her ‘sarcasmometer’ up to eleven. Allergic to weddings and impervious to romance … or is she?
SETH KNIGHTLEY – The youngest of the six Knightleys, back living at the Hall with his brother, Jake. His dimples, dancing eyes and gift of the gab gave him the moniker, Salesman Seth, but now he’s determined to prove he’s more substance than sales spiel.
OLD MAN ISAAC – Retired clock maker, previous owner of The Clock House and Whispers Wood’s very own Yoda (because of his age and wisdom, rather than being green and short).
CRISPIN HARLOW – Head of the Residents’ Association, and putting the ‘e’ in pedantic, one village meeting at a time.
SHEILA SOMERSBY – Kate Somersby’s mum, owner of Whisper Wood’s B&B and a demon baker (Note: not an actual demon, this is not that genre).
CHERYL BROWN – Juliet Brown’s mum and retired hairdresser. Known for her prize-winning dahlias.
