For The Bride
On sale
2nd June 2026
Price: £10.99
Genre
🌷 A banter-filled sapphic romance with deep emotional resonance about found family, second chances, and finding love in the unexpected 🌷
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Alice Pierce’s life is unravelling.
On the surface, everything seems perfect. She’s firmly sober, has her dream job in music and just got asked to be her best friend’s bridesmaid! ⛪
But on the inside, Alice is falling apart. Her career feels directionless, she’s grieving her father, and now her mother’s dating again. She needs a distraction, and a wedding is the perfect solution.
There’s just one problem; fellow bridesmaid, Renee Roberts.
She’s Type-A, her total opposite, and can’t stand Alice. How can she possibly ignore her problems when Renee constantly reminds her of who she used to be?
But with the wedding fast approaching, and things constantly going wrong, the two are repeatedly forced together. Over the days and nights while wedding planning, Alice finds herself thinking about Renee more than she should… And when Alice desperately needs someone, Renee is there.
They have nothing in common, but maybe that’s what they need.
💐 enemies-to-lovers 💐 opposites-attract 💐 found family 💐
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“A razor sharp and deeply emotional portrait of learning to love through grief, forgive through guilt, and laugh through pain. For the people who think more bridesmaids should kiss.” -London Sperry, author of Passion Project
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Alice Pierce’s life is unravelling.
On the surface, everything seems perfect. She’s firmly sober, has her dream job in music and just got asked to be her best friend’s bridesmaid! ⛪
But on the inside, Alice is falling apart. Her career feels directionless, she’s grieving her father, and now her mother’s dating again. She needs a distraction, and a wedding is the perfect solution.
There’s just one problem; fellow bridesmaid, Renee Roberts.
She’s Type-A, her total opposite, and can’t stand Alice. How can she possibly ignore her problems when Renee constantly reminds her of who she used to be?
But with the wedding fast approaching, and things constantly going wrong, the two are repeatedly forced together. Over the days and nights while wedding planning, Alice finds herself thinking about Renee more than she should… And when Alice desperately needs someone, Renee is there.
They have nothing in common, but maybe that’s what they need.
💐 enemies-to-lovers 💐 opposites-attract 💐 found family 💐
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Praise for Becca Grischow:
“A razor sharp and deeply emotional portrait of learning to love through grief, forgive through guilt, and laugh through pain. For the people who think more bridesmaids should kiss.” -London Sperry, author of Passion Project
“For The Bride is a gritty queer firecracker by a rising force in romance. No one writes about love, friendship and figuring out your damage like Becca Grischow. A resilient and sexy must-read for 2026.” -Ella Dawson, author off But How Are You, Really
“For The Bride is a love letter to friendship with the tears still soaked into the paper. An instant sapphic romance classic.” -Annie Mare, author of Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon
“Adorable and full of friction, but WOW, Grischow makes the tension worthwhile in this funny, sexy spin on enemies-to-lovers. Here comes the bride? More like here comes the book of the summer.” -Piper CJ, New York Times bestselling author
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Reviews
"Adorable and full of friction, but WOW, Grischow makes the tension worthwhile in this funny, sexy spin on enemies-to-lovers. Here comes the bride? More like here comes the book of the summer."
"A razor sharp and deeply emotional portrait of learning to love through grief, forgive through guilt, and laugh through pain-For the Bride is an enemies to lovers rom-com delight. Becca Grischow's writing is chock-full of grit and moxie, and guided lovingly by sensitivity and heart. For the people who want to be better, for the people who think more bridesmaids should kiss, and for fans of romance everywhere-For the Bride."
"For The Bride is a gritty queer firecracker by a rising force in romance. No one writes about love, friendship and figuring out your damage like Becca Grischow. A resilient and sexy must-read for 2026."
"For The Bride is a love letter to friendship with the tears still soaked into the paper. Grischow doesn't shy away from exploring the depths of all kinds of love in this beautiful novel, taking readers on an emotional and honest journey full of yearning and leaving them laughing through tears. An instant sapphic romance classic."