Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding: A Sparkling Summer Rom-Com About Two Mothers, a Dream Wedding, and the Hilarious Chaos of Family Life in Montecito, California

From the author of Lost and Found in Paris and The Marriage Sabbatical comes a summer novel about two mothers planning their children's wedding in Montecito, California. Penelope and Chase are engaged. She is a hardworking Southern California woman; he is intelligent, charming, and politically ambitious. They are planning a California wedding decorated with peonies and white lights, featuring custom cocktails and romantic hashtags. Their mothers, however, have reservations. Alexa Diamandis, Penny's mother, is a Greek-born woman raised in Athens who now lives in Montecito. She is a single mother by choice, supported by her college friend Lord Simon Fox, an English aristocrat, and a circle of wealthy friends called the Merry Widows. She questions why any woman would marry. Abigail Blakeman, Chase's mother, is a garden club member from coastal Connecticut who believes the wedding should be held at their golf club. The Blakeman family's finances have declined, though Abigail maintains appearances carefully, as it is essential to her identity as a family-focused matriarch. When circumstances force these two very different women to take over wedding planning, they must work together despite their differences to make their children's wedding a reality.