TRISHA ASHLEY
Wedding Tiers
This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Version: 2018-04-23
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Ends and Beginnings, 1983
Chapter Ten-Slightly Adulterated
Chapter Thirteen-Altered Image
Chapter Fourteen-White Wedding
Chapter Eighteen-Mixed Pickles
Chapter Twenty-Faithful Friends
Chapter Twenty-one-Visiting Rights
Chapter Twenty-two-Unwanted Presence
Chapter Twenty-three-The Family Way
Chapter Twenty-four-Handsome Cavaliers
Chapter Twenty-seven-Spring Fever
Chapter Twenty-eight-Three Tiers for the Bride
Chapter Twenty-nine-Good Reception
Chapter Thirty-Tried and Tested
Chapter Thirty-two-Raspberries
Chapter Thirty-three-Family Matters
Chapter Thirty-five-Wedding Belles
Chapter Thirty-six-Fruits and Leaves