The Bride Will Keep Her Name
Non-series
Jan
Goldstein
Shaye Areheart (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-307-34592-0 (0307345920)
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-34592-9 (9780307345929)
Publication Date: June 2009
List Price: $24.00
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Madison Mandelbaum is on top of the world. She's got a
loving—though totally neurotic—family, two fabulous best
friends, and best of all, she's head-over-heels in love with Colin
Darcy, an investigative reporter for NBC, distant relation to the
Queen, and—most importantly—Maddie’s fiancé.
Be careful what you wish for, her mother’s always warned, but,
with Colin on her arm, Maddie is certain, at last, nothing could
possibly go wrong.
But with one dream-filled week to go before the wedding, an anonymous
email arrives suggesting her fiancé may not be the man she
thinks he is. Someone’s idea of a pre-wedding joke, she’s
certain. Yet as more sinister phone calls, text messages, and
disturbing clues turn up, all linking Colin to the murder of a sexy
callgirl, Maddie realizes that she must get to the bottom of this. Fast.
As the clock counts down toward the ceremony of her dreams,
Maddie’s life is turned inside out. Between dress fittings,
entertaining future in-laws, planning rehearsal dinners, and putting on
a brave face, Maddie and her bridesmaids are propelled into a stunning
undercover investigation, plunging them into a seedy underworld of
anonymous sex and backroom politics. As her breathtaking search brings
her ever closer to the knowledge she desperately seeks, Maddie finds
her heart being tested in ways she’d never dreamed. And in her
non-stop, gasp-inducing race to take back her life and dreams, Maddie
discovers just how far someone in love will go to cover up the truth,
stumbling upon a shocking secret she never saw coming.
Review: Just a
week before her dream wedding, Madison Mandelbaum begins receiving
troubling messages asking the question, "Do you really know the man you
are about to marry?", in The Bride
Will Keep Her Name, a novel by Jan Goldstein.
"Be careful what you wish for," Madison's mother was fond of saying.
Like all young girls, Madison wished for a man who was tall, dark and
handsome, one who would sweep her off her feet, fall in love with her
and she with him. Her wish is about to come true, she is going to marry
Colin Darcy, the man of her dreams. But a week before the wedding
Madison receives a mysterious unidentifiable e-mail, the first of many
that suggest Colin was involved with the murder of a call girl less
than a year ago. Even details that seem to support the accusations are
provided. She could not face Colin with her suspicions. Not yet.
Together with her best friends since childhood, she begins an
investigation. The more clues they find, the more guilty Colin looked.
As the days dwindle down to the ceremonial festivities, Madison finally
confronts Colin. He admits lying to her about some of his past. He even
admits that he knew the dead girl and was with her the day before she
was murdered, a crime that remains unsolved. He denies, however, having
any part in the murder. Colin has no proof of his innocence and is
suddenly arrested for the murder. Madison wants to believe him.
Madison’s grandmother tells her to let her head follow her heart.
But can she?
The Bride Will Keep Her Name
is a briskly paced cross-genre novel, a chick-lit style mystery with
generous amounts of good humor. The love between Madison and Colin is
genuinely expressed and the secrets exposed just days before their
wedding are both shocking and from unexpected sources. It's all quite
entertaining and makes for a perfect summer read.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of The Bride Will Keep Her Name and to Goldberg McDuffie Communications for providing a copy of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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The Bride Will Keep Her Name
Shaye Areheart (Hardcover), June 2009
ISBN-10: 0-307-34592-0 (0307345920)
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-34592-9 (9780307345929)
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