Grace Livingston Hill 
By Way of the Silverthorns 

Three weddings and the promise of a fourth. Mc Rae Silverthorn and her brother Lincoln grew up in a close circle of friends, and now that they are all out of college those friends are starting to settle down into marriages. It starts as Rae and Link attend Sydney Hollis’s wedding before she moves across country to California. All their friends attend, including the annoying Minnie Lazarelle and a mysterious stranger. As tensions rise, can Rae and Link help their friends navigate through this new stage of life as well as weather the trials and surprises themselves?