Lies and Weddings
The New York Times bestselling romance from the author of Crazy Rich Asians
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'Truly delicious . . . it's everything I want a book to be' DAISY BUCHANAN
'A hugely fun tale' I PAPER
'Salacious and addictive, every page left me giggling with glee' ANNIE LORD
'Wickedly delectable' NEW YORK TIMES
'Crazy Rich Asians meets Saltburn' PLUM SYKES
'A plot with more twists than an Elsa Peretti for Tiffany corkscrew' FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Juicy, salacious and a whole lot of fun . . . an absolute must for your summer reads this year’ GLAMOUR
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his mother, is for him to attend his sister’s wedding and seduce a woman with money.
Will it be the French hotel heiress with a royal bloodline? The venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or will Rufus betray his family and confess his love for his best friend and ‘girl next door’ Eden? But when a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans – and their reputation – go up in flames, making Rufus’ choice all the more impossible.
Taking us from the sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Beverly Hills to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan has written a juicy, hilarious and sophisticated tale of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.
***PRAISE FOR KEVIN KWAN***
'Outrageous . . . wickedly delectable' NEW YORK TIMES
'Your perfect summer read' DAILY MAIL
'Delightful' INDEPENDENT
'Lough-out-loud funny' SUNDAY MIRROR
'Pure entertainment' NYLON
'Flash, funny, delicious . . . the juicy stuff of classic high-society drama' USA TODAY
‘As good as Crazy Rich Asians, but even more ridiculous and hilarious’ COSMOPOLITAN
'Thank God for Kevin Kwan' W MAGAZINE
Lies and Weddings, New York Times bestseller, June 2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kwan (Sex and Vanity) returns with another irresistible comedy of manners driven by marriage plots. Lady Augusta Gresham, daughter of the "self-absorbed" Arabella Gresham, is slated to marry Prince Maximillian zu Liechtenburg at a luxe Hawaiian resort. The ceremony is briefly delayed by a volcano eruption, then marred by each family's discovery of the other's mountainous debt. Most distressing to Arabella, however, is the unwelcome news that her son, Rufus, has fallen in love with the comparatively modest Eden Tong, a doctor, rather than wealthy Solène de Courcy, whom Arabella had invited to her daughter's wedding in hopes of matching Rufus with Solène and thus securing her family's welfare. The various festivities allow Kwan to indulge in his flair for vivid party scenes, such as a ball staged in an ice palace built with "frozen blocks filled with flowers and hauntingly lit so that the petals seemed suspended in space." Kwan also delivers on his reputation for breezy prose, encyclopedic references to art and haute couture, and quick-witted dialogue laced with Cantonese. The author's fans will devour this.
