The wedding for Pepper Pomeroy’s sister Felicity starts with dearly beloved but it ends with dearly departed when Ashley, the bartender Pepper befriended earlier in the evening, drops dead from a lethal nightcap. Authorities think it’s just a tragic accident. After all, who’d want to kill a virtual stranger at a country club wedding reception? That’s what Pepper wants to know.
A search into Ashley’s past reveals a twisty path of secret sororities, well-connected enemies, and an unsolved slaying still shadowing members of high society—including a filthy-rich battle-ax whose demands for the services of Pepper’s Perfect Proposals are starting to sound more like veiled threats. Pepper’s business may be booming but continued success means outsmarting a mysterious culprit who’s still wedded to the idea of murder.
Review of Newlywed Dead
Review (4.5 Stars): Pepper is so happy to be attending her sister’s wedding and enjoying the fact that she wasn’t in charge of the planning when one of the bartender’s ends up dead at the end of the night. She soon discovers that this nice bartender had a torrid past and enemies that would do anything to protect their secrets. Now, she must find a killer before the next victim on their hit list is Pepper.
Newlywed Dead was a deliciously entertaining mystery with humor, suspense and a spunky heroine that you won’t forget. I have been a big fan of Pepper and her Perfect Proposals since the first book in the series and this book was a great mystery. The story was well-written and fast paced with strong developed characters that were very entertaining. I loved seeing how Pepper and Gage’s relationship was progressing over the course of the book and I’m looking forward to seeing more of them in the future. This is the third book in the series and I can’t wait to see what Pepper and the gang are up to next in book number four.
