Midsummer Magic

Midsummer Magic
Julia Williams

The course of true love never did run smooth!Josie is taking planning her wedding a little too seriously. Harry, her fiance, is starting to feel left-out and overwhelmed… Josie decides a trip to her beautiful family home in Cornwall will be just the thing to get him in the mood, and Harry reluctantly agrees. It’s going to be the first perfect opportunity for chief bridesmaid Diane and best man Ant to meet, too.But they’ve hardly been in the car five minutes before they’ve declared all out war on one another.As friendships are tested to the limit, Ant tries to lighten the mood. He suggests the four agree to a dare put forward by Freddie Puck, a famous TV hypnotist.On Midsummer’s Eve they must go to the spooky standing stones on the cliff and agree to be hypnotised.Local mythology says that true love and lasting happiness belong to those who plight their troth at midnight on Midsummer’s Eve at the standing stones. But as night falls and Freddie Puck begins to play his mind games Josie, Harry, Diane and Ant discover much more about themselves, those they care about and their destinies than anyone could have imagined …Inspired by Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and packed with surprises and hugely enjoyable twists and turns this is a hilarious, fast-paced and absolutely magical read.If you like Katie Fforde and Veronica Henry, you’ll love this!

For Dot with love and gratitude

‘You want to know how it’s done? I can’t tell you that. Shh, or you’ll spoil the magic.’

Freddie Puck: The Art of Illusion

Table of Contents

Title Page (#uf79c36df-39a1-51c6-8f20-befc0563aea7)

Dedication (#u2644b031-7f9f-5fe9-9311-8418a45427bf)

Epigraph (#u6a6d1ed6-a66b-5942-8fae-d53013a4c360)

Prologue

1982: Tatiana

Halloween

Part One: There May I Marry Thee

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

1983: Tatiana

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

1986: Tatiana

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

1988: Tatiana

Part Two: Ill Met by Moonlight

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

1992: Bron

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

1995: Bron

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

1998: Bron

Part Three: The Course of True Love

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

2002: Tatiana

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

2007: Tatiana

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven