From New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan comes the debut novel that made her the sensation she is today--a hilarious, unforgettable story of one woman´s mad dash to put a stop to the wedding of her old school friend who´s the complete opposite of the sweet Scottish lord she´s marrying. Amanda´s old school friends, Mel and Fran, are shocked when the social-climbing queen of mean announces her engagement to a laird (Scottish lord). It doesn´t matter that Fraser McConnald has worn the same pair of Converse sneakers for the last three years and that his castle is a pile of rubble with one gas heater--she´ll be the wife of an actual laird! But Mel and Fran can´t just sit back and let the sweet and gentle Fraser marry Amanda, especially since Mel had a huge crush on him back in University. Something must be done! Joining forces with Fraser´s adorable younger brother Angus, they set out to sabotage this mismatch of the century. So between fighting off the attentions of a love-crazed accountant, keeping Fran´s deadly maneuvers´ with the opposite sex under control and trying to win her own war of love with her aspiring rock-star beau, Mel finds herself preparing for a wedding that´s everything you´d wish on your worst enemy.