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Summary: Wedding bell blues, anyone?
Review: What a dandy! It's enough, though, to make anyone think twice about getting married, I should think. For Carnegie Kincaid, owner of Made In Heaven Wedding Designs, the myriad details necessary for the perfect wedding are her bread and butter. Until someone steals a car and runs down an inebriated bridesmaid, that is. From that point on, it seems as though nothing wants to go right, and no one is who they appear to be. Her friend Nicolle Parry just wants to marry Ray Ishigura , the up-and-coming concert pianist. And, for a change, money is no object, Nickie's father being Douglas Parry,
chairman of the board of King County Savings. So why do all these unsettling things keep happening? Well, for one thing, there is a battle between the former CEO of the bank, Keith Guthridge. Did he or didn't he twiddle the funds? Aaron Gold, a reporter who has a nose for gossip as well as news, seems to always pop up just when he shouldn't. It's fairly obvious he has his eye on Carnegie, but from her six-foot vantage point, his five-foot-eight or so is little more than a pest. Especially when the more than six-foot Holt Walker is on the scene, as well. In order to keep Parry from testifying at the upcoming trial, threats have been made, but when they don't seem to have the desired effect, Nickie is kidnapped. Carnegie finds herself smack in the middle of everything, mostly against her will, but she finds inner resources she didn't know she had. She hangs on by her fingernails and prevails against the bad guys to rescue Nickie and herself, and Aaron. This is not exactly your everyday cozy mystery, but I truly enjoyed it, hanging on every last word! I'm eagerly awaiting the next wedding in the series. For a first book, this one was unusually well done. Enjoy! Unless, of course, you're planning a wedding . . .
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