The Wedding Week
A Novel
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- Expected Jul 7, 2026
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Publisher Description
Long-buried secrets resurface when a woman returns home for her sister’s lavish resort wedding in the Everglades, where gossiping aunties and Burmese pythons aren’t the only threats, in this suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Matchmaker.
It’s been three years since Hena Mirza saw her family. Three years since her fiancé mysteriously vanished on their wedding day. Three years since everyone decided she was to blame.
When her younger sister, Lulu, calls with shocking news—she’s getting married in forty-eight hours and their mother is dying—Hena’s plan is simple: fly home, say goodbye, and leave before she reopens old wounds. But nothing about the trip is simple. This isn’t a one-day event. It’s an eight-day desi wedding with a guest list that eerily mirrors the one from her own failed nuptials. And though Hena feels unexpected sparks fly with two men in the wedding party—a childhood friend and a newcomer unfamiliar with her history—the remaining guests quickly make it clear: No one is happy she’s back.
Then Lulu’s carefully planned itinerary goes awry. Hena initially dismisses the strange incidents, but as days pass and the sabotage escalates, it becomes clear that someone is determined to destroy the wedding, just as Hena’s was destroyed years ago. To survive this week, she’ll have to uncover the culprit behind these attacks . . . before the past she’s tried to outrun finally catches up to her.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A woman grapples with grave danger while attending her sister's nuptials in Saeed's fast-paced latest (after The Match Maker). Hena Mirza has been living in San Francisco for the past three years and hasn't returned home to Florida since her fiancé, Nasir Wahidi, disappeared right before their wedding. She's shocked when her younger sister Lulu calls and asks Hena to attend her Florida wedding, which is scheduled to take place in just two days. Though Hena is reluctant to fly home, she agrees after Lulu tells her that their mother is also dying. Hena's return is complicated by disdain from other wedding guests, some of whom blame her for Nasir's disappearance, and a string of suspicious occurrences, including a python infestation and her sister's brush with a deadly allergen. As danger mounts, Hena becomes convinced she's the target of someone's wrath, fearing for her life even as she strikes up a romance with groomsman Reza. Saeed shrewdly toggles between past and present as she sketches in the details of Hena's troubled backstory. With twists galore, this will keep readers guessing until they turn the final page.