Wedding writers face particular challenges, envy being one of them, especially if the writer happens to be single, as Lucky is. Who are all these smug people, thinking life is just one great big happily ever after? Does anyone truly believe in fairytales any more?

It's a different kind of 'big day' at Your Wedding magazine. Lucky Quinn - once a lowly wedding writer - is thrust into the spotlight as Editor-in-Chief on the same day that two of the magazine's major competitors fold.

Things are looking worse for sacked former-editor Grace Ralston, who has been at the helm of Your Wedding from day one, and is now facing a lonely, uncertain and unemployed future. Meanwhile Lucky must face the confusion and disappointment of her new staff, who are struggling with their own professional and personal issues in the wake of Grace's departure.

For better or for worse, each woman confronts her past and deals with her hectic present in this tale of women, work and the world of weddings.

Susan Schneider, a bridal magazine editor and writer, has spent the last ten or so years helping engaged women choose their dresses, their accessories, their flowers, their decor, their food and their fabulous wedding cakes for the Big Day. As the former executive editor of Modern Bride and Elegant Bride, she offers an insider's peek into the bridal business and the lives of the women who work, suffer and triumph within its tulle-lined halls. She's also been an editor and writer for a number of other major women's and parenting magazines and is the co-author of two marriage and relationship books with Dr. Sonya Rhodes. She lives in New York City.