The Great Escape: The laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from the summer bestseller

The Great Escape: The laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from the summer bestseller
Fiona Gibson

Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, Hannah, Sadie and Lou are determined to give it their best shot.Hannah’s getting married… and has serious pre-wedding jitters. She adores Ryan but can’t figure out how to fit into his grown-up, family-sized life. There’s that fridge, for starters. That, too, is family-sized, with a gadget on the front that spits ice in her face. More alarming still are Ryan’s children, Daisy, 10 and Josh, 13, who clearly don’t relish the prospect of Hannah, a free-spirited greetings card illustrator, becoming their step-mum.So she fires off invitations to a hen weekend – just the ticket to get her into the marrying mood. Trouble is…New mum Sadie is leaving her twin babies for the very first time with their terrified dad…Lou is unaware that her long-term man Spike is desperate to bundle her onto that Glasgow-bound train so he can hot-foot it round to see his secret fling Miranda…And, unbeknown to the girls, Johnny, their sexy upstairs neighbour from their art college days, is still frequenting those haunts, desperately in need of a little magic to happen.Perfect for fans of Jane Costello, Kate Long and Tess Stimson.

FIONA GIBSON

The Great Escape

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2012

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Ebook Edition © February 2012 ISBN: 9780007461714

Version: 2018-05-11

Dedication

For the fabulous Dolphinton writers

Contents

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Title Page (#u17c5551b-cdc3-5129-b57b-155ff6de6667)

Copyright (#u90e24f28-6d2f-5d27-bf6b-ea84e49e86b7)

Dedication (#ua5894a5e-8cbe-566b-9ca5-d6dfc39762a7)

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Chapter Three (#u119319bf-ebf6-5a40-8dcc-fdd43b6d43a3)

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Chapter Twelve (#u7db1057a-d2af-5f60-85f8-96b22d36fae8)

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