Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #73 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.
Length: 336 pages.
Genre: Women’s Fiction
From The Publisher:
Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own motives and fed up with the way society treats women, who forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day
Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai’s most eligible bachelor surprises her with a proposal, the only acceptable answer is yes, even if the voice inside her head is saying no. His family’s fortune would solve all her parents’ financial woes, but Lulu isn’t in love or ready for marriage.
The only people she can confide in are her two best friends: career-minded Rina, who is tired of being passed over for promotion as her biological clock ticks away; and Jane, a sharp-tongued, luxury-chasing housewife desperate to divorce her husband and trade up. Each of them desires something different: freedom, time, beauty. None of them can get it without money.
Lulu’s wedding is their golden opportunity. The social event of the season, it means more than enough cash gifts to transform the women’s lives. To steal the money on the big day, all they’ll need is a trustworthy crew and a brilliant plan. But as the plot grows increasingly complicated and relationships are caught in the cross fire, the women are forced to face that having it all might come at a steep price…
Why I Can’t Wait To Read Women of Good Fortune:
I enjoy books written about cultures other than my own and this one sounds as though it has some interesting characters with a intriguing storyline.
Recent Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:
Can’t Wait Wednesday #72 – The Summer Book Club by Susan Mallery
Can’t Wait Wednesday #71 – When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
Can’t Wait Wednesday #70 – Recipe For A Charmed Life by Rachel Linden
Jody
Interesting choice, Jodie ☕📚🪱🥶☃️💙
thathappyreader
Thanks Jody!
Barb @ Booker T's Farm
This sounds really good and I hope you love it when you get to it. Looking at that red cover is warming me up because I’m freezing right now – haha!
thathappyreader
We’ve had a foot of snow today too Barb so I an relate!
Jonetta | Blue Mood Café
Good one, Jodie💜
thathappyreader
Thank you Jonetta.
sjhigbee
This scenario certainly is a change from the bride/groom running off with the wedding planner… I hope you enjoy it, Jodie:).
thathappyreader
Thanks Sarah!
Carla
I also enjoy reading about other cultures, Jodie. I want to read this one too. Great choice.
thathappyreader
Thanks Carla. I hope that we both enjoy it.
Karalee
I haven’t heard about this book, but it does sound intriguing. I enjoy books set in different cultures too.
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading Karalee!