Three Weddings and a Proposal: One summer, three weddings, and the shocking phone call that changes everything . . .
£4.70
Sunday Times bestseller April 2022
Irish Times bestseller March 2022
At the first wedding, there’s a shock
The second wedding is unexpected
By the third, Delphie thinks nothing could surprise her. But she’s wrong . . .
Delphie is enjoying her brother’s wedding. Her surprise last-minute Plus One has stunned her family – and it’s also stopped any of them asking again why she’s still single. But when she sees all the missed calls that evening, she knows it can’t be good news. And she’s right.
Delphie has been living her best life, loving her job, her friends, her no-strings relationships and her dream house by the sea. Now she has to question everything she believed about who she is and what she wants. Is her mum right – is it time to settle down? Or does she want to keep on trying to have it all?
Each wedding of a glorious summer brings a new surprise. And as everything Delphie thought she had is threatened, she has the chance to reshape her future . . .
‘One of my favourite authors’ Marian Keyes
‘Sheila’s books always make you feel as if you’ve spent time with a good friend’ Carole Matthews
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Additional information
| Publisher | Review (20 May 2021) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 3634 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 458 pages |
by miss carol l thompson
Loved this book. Couldn’t put it down.
The main character was so inspiring in not allowing herself to do what was expected of her by others.
by Kindle Customert
After a slow start, it really got going. I’m thinking ahead for how it will move on. Then, wow! I didn’t see that happening. So we have several upsets, but it levels out again. Delfie seems fine with how it’s all going, but I’m not happy. I want to rewrite it! You will have to read it to see where it goes from here. One star off due to the slow start and for leaving us in the air at the end. I would recommend though. ????
by Maxine R.
This book is absolutely gripping, it is a perfect book to get lost in, it is empowering and shocking. I love Sheila O’Flanagan she is a wonderful Author. I have read a lot of her books and they get better each time I read them because every story is worth reading at least three or four times to make sure you haven’t missed anything in the book that might be important. Thank You for such a thoroughly authentic read.
by Jenny Jones
Great storyline, I’m glad Delphi made the right decision in the end.
Delphi was such a strong character and she was true to herself.
by Read and Reviewed
This is my first Sheila O’Flanagan novel and the title conjures up an illusion of a far fluffier novel than Three Weddings and a Proposal actually is. The weddings alluded to in the title are actually incidental to the plot and the protagonist, Delphine (Delphie) Mertens, is approaching her thirty-eighth birthday and a committed career woman. Having graduated with a law degree she works as an executive assistant to Conrad Morgan, the obscenely wealthy CEO of investment vehicle Cosecha. Despite having bought her own cottage by the sea, good friendships and often accompanying Conrad around the world, her family seem to think they know what’s best for ambitious Delphie, and that means settling down, getting married and putting her career second. Running out of available men to act as her plus-one for her brother’s wedding, Delphie sets the cat amongst the pigeons when she surprises everyone by bringing an ex-boyfriend. It is at this wedding that she gets the news that turns her world upside down and threatens the career that she cherishes. As things start to crumble and Delphie’s position at work is undermined, a busy summer forces her to reassess her priorities and wonder if her family were right all along about pursuing her career at the expense of her love life.
The book primarily concerns the career of Delphine and how the news she receives destabilises her position within the company as gatekeeper and glorified secretary to the CEO. I found Delphie a bit of a contradiction as she is at pains to point out how indispensable she is to the company and how she has expanded her role to give input to investment decisions yet runs errands such as collecting keys and jewellery for the women in Conrad’s life. She is also far too good to be true about everything from corporate responsibility to charitable enterprises within the firm, even when her own career is in free fall. That her main opponent within the firm is a misogynist and archetypal bad guy who wants to do away with the companies ethical attitude is all too predictable.
I found the novel pretty tedious in truth, not helped by the fact that the two major plot points are readily identifiable by the end of the initial wedding. The prose is pedestrian and the novel lacks the warmth of Maeve Binchy, the wit of Marian Keyes or the sass of British author, Jane Fallon, all of whom could have made it into something memorable. As it stands I found the whole thing ponderous and Delphie’s high opinion of herself made it hard to connect with her. The book obviously has a feminist message and is about doing what is right for you, regardless of family pressures, however turning forty and being single and childless is no longer seen as something overly concerning and I didn’t find the badgering that came from Delphie’s family credible at all. Whilst I found the ending refreshing it does also feel rushed.
by Jo
Another amazing book ???? by Sheila O’ Flanagan, I absolutely love ❤️ her books.
Sheila is such a brilliant writer, I have never read a bad book by her.
Once I start reading her books ???? I just don’t want to put them down. They are so real you feel as if you know all the characters.
I would definitely recommend that you read this book ???? and all her other books, you won’t be disappointed…..
by dolphin1974
I’ve read many a book by this author over the years and I have to say that this is the first time I’ve ever struggled to read and finish one of her books.
Spoilers
I kept hoping that there would be a twist and Conrad would be alive and hiding from his ex wife, current GF and Delphine the main character in this novel to get some peace, or that the GF killed him off fir his money …. I think I’ve read too many thrillers lately.
I’m glad I waited 7ntil this book was on a deal and not paid the whopping 9.99 it was when I first added it to my list.
More Spoilers
In short Delphine has a great job, her boss dies, she’s made redundant, gets a better job and all whilst this is going on attends a couple of weddings with an ex who then asks her to marry him, he turns out to be a bit controlling, she wakes up to this, calls the wedding off , the end.
Would have loved her to get together with the other male mentioned in the story but this was not tied up as a loose end.
It was ok, I would read Sheila’s books again, it was just a little flat for me.
by ang benn
Easy read