Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding

A Novel

De: Lian Dolan

Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed

Everyone loves—and hates—a big fancy wedding! From the author of Lost and Found in Paris and The Marriage Sabbatical comes a champagne-sparkling summer listen about two very different women planning their children’s wedding in glamorous Montecito, California.

You’re invited...to a delightful modern comedy of manners about two moms, the best-laid plans, and one very memorable wedding.

Penelope and Chase make a lovely couple. She’s a bubbly Southern California girl with killer work ethic. Chase is smart and charming and has political aspirations. They’re planning a spectacular California wedding, wrapped in peonies and thousands of little white lights, soaked in custom cocktails and romantic hashtags. Everyone’s excited about Penny and Chase’s wedding­­­­­­—except their mothers.

The Mother of the Bride, suave Greek-born Alexa Diamandis, doesn’t understand why any woman would get married. Ever! Raised in Athens and now perfectly situated in sun-splashed Montecito, California, she raised Penny as single mother by choice, supported by Lord Simon Fox, her old college friend who just happens to be an English aristocrat, and a wealthy circle of lady friends who call themselves the Merry Widows.

The Mother of the Groom, Abigail Blakeman, is a garden club stalwart firmly planted in coastal Connecticut. She thinks the whole enterprise would be so much easier if the wedding was at their golf club. Especially because the Blakeman’s fortunes have taken a turn for the worse—not that you would ever know it by looking at Abigail. Keeping up appearances is exhausting, but it is everything.

But when a sudden twist of fate calls them into action, these two very different women are forced to take over the wedding planning. Despite their differences, Alexa and Abigail charge in to save the day. How far will two moms go to make their children’s dream wedding a reality?

©2025 Lian Dolan (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Perfect Summer Read & Gift for MOB/MOG

Mom of 3 grown kids here. Son has been married a year. One daughter marries in a month. Other daughter marries in a year. Perfect book for me!
I devoured AND savored this book!
The characters and places are vivid and interesting, and I love how it subtly or maybe overtly celebrates friendships of “older” women.
I needed a chapter or two to get used to the narrator, but she grew on me, and I enjoyed her voices after a little bit. I just ordered a hardback copy for my summer MOG & will buy additional copies for the other 2 moms in our kids’ lives. Excellent!!

Listen to with a slice of lemon cake.

I just finished Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding and I loved it so much. I swear I’m gonna be buying this for every MOB and MOG in the future. I bought a hard copy but also the audiobook as that is what I can do when driving and when you have an almost 2-year-old in the house, there’s no time to sit down and read. And I’m so glad I did, the audiobook reader was perfect. I may see what else she reads. Her voices and tone are just what I want in an audiobook.

Fun read.

This was a fun read with a great narrator for the audio version. Love the different points of view.

Fun & light

If you are looking for an escape this fun & light story will take you away. At first I wasn't sure I like the narrator. Just a few short pages changed my mind. The narrator did a wonderful job with the diverse characters. I'm a fan of Lian Dolan.