The Stag and Hen Weekend

2012 | Fiction & Poetry

The Hen's Story...
Helen loves boyfriend Phil so why with a week to go has she yet to buy her wedding dress? Convinced it's a case of cold feet she lets best friend Yaz talk her into celebrating with a hen weekend at a luxury spa hotel.

Arriving at The Manor Helen is expecting a weekend of champagne, pampering and laughs with old friends. But the one thing she hasn't planned for is running into her ex fiancé, the man who broke her heart, the man who has a secret he's desperate to share.

And then of course there's what the boys are up to in Amsterdam...

The Stag's Story...
Phil is thrilled that Helen has finally accepted his proposal even though he practically had to bully her into it. But before the big day there's still one last ordeal to overcome: his stag weekend in Amsterdam.

Because even with his mates all pushing forty it's guaranteed to be less about clogs and tulips and more about getting off their faces and trawling bars for girls.

But when Phil gets talking to one such girl everything changes: not because he fancies her, or even because she's pretty, but because they have much in common, even if neither of them know it yet.

And then of course there's what the girls are up to at their luxury spa hotel...

Told as two separate stories that have implications for both Helen and Phil's future happiness The Stag and Hen Weekend is a fresh and original story of a couple trying to get it right and all too often getting it spectacularly wrong.

Mike Gayle (Author)