Bad bridesmaid. Rachael Johns. 2025.

When serial dater Winnifred Darling - Fred - is asked to be the maid of honour at her mother’s sixth wedding, she’s determined to do everything she can to stop it. As the author of a forthcoming book called 21 Rules form not Catching Feelings, she knows about the perils of falling in love.

On arrival at the island wedding destination, Fred discovers that the groom’s hot miso son, Leo, is just as set against the wedding as she is. Together, they hatch a plan to stop their parents from making what they believe will be a catastrophic mistake.

But as Fred and Leo’s unexpected feelings for each other grow, Fred is forced to rethink her own rigid rules about romance and family. Maybe some relationships don’t have to play by the book, and Fred might just become the star in a romcom of her own.