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Lies and Weddings

Lies and Weddings

Summary

'Truly delicious . . . it's everything I want a book to be' DAISY BUCHANAN
'A hugely fun tale' I PAPER
'Salacious and addictive, every page left me giggling with glee' ANNIE LORD
'Wickedly delectable' NEW YORK TIMES

'Crazy Rich Asians meets Saltburn' PLUM SYKES
'A plot with more twists than an Elsa Peretti for Tiffany corkscrew' FINANCIAL TIMES

Juicy, salacious and a whole lot of fun . . . an absolute must for your summer reads this year’ GLAMOUR

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AMAZON.COM'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his mother, is for him to attend his sister’s wedding and seduce a woman with money.

Will it be the French hotel heiress with a royal bloodline? The venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or will Rufus betray his family and confess his love for his best friend and ‘girl next door’ Eden? But when a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans – and their reputation – go up in flames, making Rufus’ choice all the more impossible.

Taking us from the sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Beverly Hills to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan has written a juicy, hilarious and sophisticated tale of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.

***PRAISE FOR KEVIN KWAN***

'Outrageous . . . wickedly delectable' NEW YORK TIMES
'Your perfect summer read' DAILY MAIL
'Delightful' INDEPENDENT
'Lough-out-loud funny' SUNDAY MIRROR
'Pure entertainment' NYLON
'Flash, funny, delicious . . . the juicy stuff of classic high-society drama' USA TODAY
‘As good as Crazy Rich Asians, but even more ridiculous and hilarious’ COSMOPOLITAN

'Thank God for Kevin Kwan' W MAGAZINE


Lies and Weddings, New York Times bestseller, June 2024

Reviews

  • LIES & WEDDINGS is truly delicious - it's everything I want a book to be, exhilarating, clever and fun. Life is better when I'm in the middle of a Kevin Kwan book. I didn't want this to end. I think it's his best yet
    Daisy Buchanan

About the author

Kevin Kwan

Kevin Kwan is the author of Crazy Rich Asians, the international bestselling novel that has been translated into more than 30 languages. Its sequel, China Rich Girlfriend, was released in 2015, and Rich People Problems, the final book in the trilogy, followed in 2017. For several weeks in 2018, the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy commanded the top three positions of the New York Times bestseller list - an almost unprecedented single-author trifecta, and the film adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians became Hollywood's highest grossing romantic comedy in over a decade. In 2018, Kevin was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
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