It Had to Be You

by Lynda Renham

  ‘You don’t like it?’ I say acting surprised.

  ‘I did before, but …’

  He lifts my chin and looks into my eyes.

  ‘Binki Grayson, will you do me the honour of marrying me and preferably in a different dress.’

  I try to smile but I can barely see him through my tears of happiness.

  ‘Yes,’ I say.

  There is applause from behind us and I turn to see Mum, Dad, Muffy and Max in the doorway.

  ‘I couldn’t have wished for anything better,’ I hear Mum whisper to Muffy. Honestly, my mum.

  ‘God moves in mysterious ways,’ nods the vicar.

  ‘Well, even if he turns out to be a little shit at least he’ll be a rich little shit,’ Muffy says.

  ‘Muffy,’ I snap.

  ‘Just saying,’ she smiles.

  William laughs and takes my hand.

  ‘Shall we make our exit? Call it a practice run.’

  We leave the vestry to the applause of the congregation. I already feel married and smile when I know I still have that pleasure to come.

  Aunty Vera left me the best inheritance ever. I can somehow imagine her looking down from heaven. It wouldn’t surprise me if she planned the whole thing; she always was a bit of a minx. Thank you Aunty Vera, I couldn’t have wished for a better legacy.

  Also by Lynda Renham:

  Annabel Lewis (Bels) has two days to get to her wedding in Rome, but her journey is beset with one disaster after another as fate takes its turn. Will the stranger she meets on the way get her to her wedding on time or will he change her life forever? Come with Bels on her humorous romantic journey to see if she marries Mr Right or if destiny takes her in a different direction.

  Alice Lane has everything; a wonderful fiancé, a responsible job and a lovely flat in Chelsea, but after she has a bra fitting her life goes tits up. Homeless, and with just a sparkling engagement ring as a memory of her previous life Alice accepts a live-in farm manager s job and discovers that things actually can get worse. Come with Alice as she makes her hilarious career change and struggles to cope with her moody employer, Edward. But can Alice turn her back on romance and resist the dashing Dominic or will the past come back to surprise her?

  Literary agent Libby Holmes is desperate for her boyfriend, Toby, to propose to her and will do anything for him and if that means dieting for England then she’ll have a go. However, when Libby’s boss introduces her to her new client, Alex Bryant, her life is turned upside down. Alex Bryant, ex-SAS officer and British hero, insists Libby accompany him to Cambodia for a book fair. What she hadn’t bargained for was a country in revolt. Libby finds herself in the middle of an uprising with only Alex Bryant to protect her, that is, until Toby flies out to win back her affections. Come with Libby on her romantic comedy adventure to see if love blossoms in the warm Cambodian sunshine or if, in the heat of the day, emotions get just too hot to handle.

  On arriving home after a friend’s posh wedding, launderette worker Harriet, finds her life changed when she discovers her flat ransacked and her boyfriend missing. In a matter of hours she is harassed by East End gangsters and upper crust aristocrats. Accepting an offer she can’t refuse, Harriet, against her better judgment becomes the fiancée of the wealthy Hamilton Lancaster, with dire consequences. What she had not bargained on was meeting Doctor Brice Edmunds.

  The Dog’s Bollocks is Lynda Renham’s funniest novel so far. A cocktail of misunderstandings, three unlikely gangsters, a monkey and a demented cat make this novel a hysterical read. Follow Harriet’s adventure where every attempt to get out of trouble puts her deeper in it.

  A collection of short funny tales and a unique insight into the world of chicklit royalty, aka Lynda Renham. A right comedy of errors if ever there was one. If you’re looking for her beauty secrets and fashion ideas you’ve come to the right place. Read of her intimate sex life, her secrets for staying young and how she keeps her man - just. A fly-on-the wall true account of the life of a romantic comedy novelist, written in her own words. It’s all here, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

  Publisher Note: We are not responsible for any of the advice given in this book. If you do not look like Lynda after reading this we cannot be held accountable.

  Warning: Tena Pads recommended while reading.