Long-buried secrets resurface when a woman returns home for her sisterâs lavish resort wedding in the Everglades, where gossiping aunties and Burmese pythons arenât the only threats, in this suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Matchmaker.
When her younger sister, Lulu, calls with shocking newsâsheâs getting married in forty-eight hours and their mother is dyingâHenaâs plan is simple: fly home, say goodbye, and leave before she reopens old wounds. But nothing about the trip is simple. This isnât a one-day event. Itâs 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 partyâa childhood friend and a newcomer unfamiliar with her historyâthe remaining guests quickly make it clear: No one is happy sheâs back.
Then Luluâs 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 Henaâs was destroyed years ago. To survive this week, sheâll have to uncover the culprit behind these attacks . . . before the past sheâs tried to outrun finally catches up to her.
Long-buried secrets resurface when a woman returns home for her sisterâs lavish resort wedding in the Everglades, where gossiping aunties and Burmese pythons arenât the only threats, in this suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Matchmaker.
When her younger sister, Lulu, calls with shocking newsâsheâs getting married in forty-eight hours and their mother is dyingâHenaâs plan is simple: fly home, say goodbye, and leave before she reopens old wounds. But nothing about the trip is simple. This isnât a one-day event. Itâs 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 partyâa childhood friend and a newcomer unfamiliar with her historyâthe remaining guests quickly make it clear: No one is happy sheâs back.
Then Luluâs 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 Henaâs was destroyed years ago. To survive this week, sheâll have to uncover the culprit behind these attacks . . . before the past sheâs tried to outrun finally catches up to her.