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The Stranger at the Wedding

A Novel

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Before love at first sight, there were things no one saw.
Annie never much believed in love. That is, until meeting Mark. After crossing paths on morning commutes, they connect at a group counseling session for trauma survivors. Each recognizes something in the other, though both hide their own troubled pasts.
It's a whirlwind romance that propels Annie through their courtship, all the way to her wedding day. But as Annie stands at the altar, casting her eyes over the rows of well-wishers, she spots a stranger in the crowd, and she soon learns that her new life isn't going to be the happily ever after that she had planned. Who is the stranger at the wedding? What really happened to Mark's first wife? And was Annie and Mark's meeting as random as it first appeared, or is something more sinister at work?
A sizzling thriller, A. E. Gauntlett's The Stranger at the Wedding will make you think twice before saying "I do."

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    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2024

      Annie and Mark connect at a group counseling session for trauma survivors and quickly fall in love, but on their wedding day, Annie stands at the altar and spots a stranger--and realizes that her life isn't going to have a happily-ever-after. UK literary agent Gauntlett's debut receives a 100K-copy first printing. Prepub Alert.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 10, 2024
      Literary agent Gauntlett debuts with an un-put-downable thriller about a couple whose relationship unravels on their wedding night. University professor Annie Clark has put an uncommon amount of care into her wedding to surgeon Mark Lane, which goes off without a hitch until she spots an uninvited guest. From there, flashbacks reveal how Mark’s marriage to his first wife, Hope, fractured amid his drinking and their fertility issues, and how Hope disappeared without a trace after befriending a mysterious woman named Charlotte. Devastated, Mark joined a support group for trauma survivors, and met Annie outside the venue one evening. Meanwhile, the uninvited wedding guest turns out to be a PI hired by Mark’s father to investigate Hope’s disappearance, and his presence causes Mark to spiral. Soon, he’s casting suspicion on Annie, wondering whether their meeting was truly by chance and becoming increasingly curious about the deaths of her father and sister. Gauntlett moves fluidly between past and present, gradually revealing the secrets behind Hope’s disappearance without once allowing the pace to flag. By the time the explosive finale arrives, readers may find they’ve been up all night.

    • Booklist

      August 1, 2024
      Gauntlett's debut domestic thriller is a tale about obsessive love. Set in London, the plot revolves around Annie, a history and mythology professor. She falls in love at first sight with Mark on her morning train commute. One year later, the two meet again at a support group for trauma survivors and embark on a whirlwind romance. Both Mark and Annie hide their questionable pasts from each other as they seek stability. Soon they are getting married, even though Mark's first wife is still missing. When a mysterious man attends their wedding, Annie questions whether she may have been too naive. Is there such a thing as true love? Was their meeting really a chance encounter? What actually happened to Mark's first wife? Annie slowly realizes that her new life might not have a happily ever after ending. Told in multiple time lines and through references to Greek mythology, this addictive thriller is filled with dark secrets, culminating in an unexpected, twisty ending. Recommended for readers of Carola Lovering, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, and Liv Constantine.

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