Wrecking Balls - by Laura Camacho Frias (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Rita didn't see it coming. In the space of a few days, she loses her job, her partner of years, and -- thanks to a landlord cashing out -- her apartment. Late forties, and suddenly she has nothing left to lose.

Ernesto didn't see it coming either. Talked into standing up at his best friend's wedding to confess a fake love and stop it, he ends up with a black eye courtesy of the bride, a viral video, and an eviction notice from the roommates he used to call friends.

Two strangers, two spectacular disasters, one bar table and a few too many drinks. By the time the hangover wears off, Rita and Ernesto have decided there's only one sane response to losing everything: get paid to ruin other people's weddings.

As their business takes off across Spain's summer wedding circuit, so does something neither of them ordered -- a friendship that keeps threatening to become more, no matter how loudly the twenty-year age gap objects. Somewhere between the chaos, the revenge, and the runaway brides, Rita and Ernesto start rebuilding the lives they thought had ended -- and discover that the wreckage might be exactly where they needed to start.

About the Author

Laura Camacho Frias grew up in a small industrial town in the North of Spain. Despite her initial dream of becoming a translator for the United Nations, life happened; she studied engineering instead and moved to Portugal to complete her first degree. This turned out to be the beginning of a relentlessly high-paced 20+ year professional career, during which she worked in product and project management across several multinational industries, overseeing multi-million-dollar projects and managing brilliant minds.

Because Laura is only human -- despite other people's opinions -- this way of life contributed significantly to a health scare. That's when she rediscovered her passion for storytelling and became a full-time writer, focusing on stories heavily inspired by her own personal experiences.

Her partner, three kids, and two dogs ensure she still can't have either a proper relaxing day or a full writing day, but deep down, she wouldn't change it for the world. They all live together in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.