
Added on January 11, 2026
After arguing with her live-in boyfriend about his inability to commit, Peggy Adams flies to a friend's bachelorette party in Las Vegas, and wakes up next to a man she can't remember. Hung-over and miserable, she sneaks out of the sleeping man's hotel room and returns home to New York, where her boyfriend apologizes for the fight and gives her a Tiffany box containing a pre-engagement ring. Not what she expected, but close enough! The next day she receives a phone call from the Las Vegas one-night stand, Luke, claiming she's already married to him and he faxes her the license for proof! Both are ready for an annulment, until Peggy arrives in quaint New Nineveh, CT, where Luke cares for his Great Aunt, and the old woman makes Peggy an offer she can't refuse.
After seven long years of courting Brock, Peggy Adams has reached the end of her over extended New York minute. She admits that she loves the handsome and charming sports cameraman but has seen one too many of her former roommates walk happily down the aisle, one too many of her old college friends announce a second pregnancy.Just before hopping a plane to Vegas for a friend’s bachelorette party, she gives Brock an ultimatum: It’s time for action or eviction. If he doesn’t tie her down, she can’
Chicklit is a difficult category to judge properly. At its worst chicklit is formulaic, histrionic, and badly written. At its best it is heartwarming, funny, and engages the reader with heroines that are fully fleshed and real. I must say Helen Fielding has a great deal to answer for—she is the one that got me interested in chicklit in the first place. To wit, reading Bridget Jones’ Diary on an overseas trip with a girlfriend. I was laughing so much in our shared hotel room that V. demanded that
I bought this book because I was amused by the title but I didn't expect much out of it; however, once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. The characters were interesting, the story was entertaining, and the writing was strong. It definitely still counts as a "pink" book, but it wasn't as cheesy as most. I definitely enjoyed it!