Maggie Dove and the Lost Brides: 3

In the third installment of Susan Breens best-selling cozy mystery series Maggie Dove is hired to track down a bride who stormed out of her own wedding ceremony. Seems an easy enough task. Bethany Coleman was wearing a wedding gown driving a vintage Rolls Royce and navigating through a treacherous Hudson Valley snow storm. How far could she go? But in spite of her best efforts Maggie cant find her and she has to report back to the disappointed groom her former Sunday School student Graham Lockwood that Bethany has vanished.Meanwhile a different unhappy bride shows up on Maggies doorstep. This is her 23-year-old niece from Indiana Livy Dove whom she hasnt seen in more than a decade. Livys been jilted by her fiancé and her parents think the best way for her to recover would be for her to spend some time with her favorite Aunt Dove in the beautiful little village of Darby-on-Hudson. Livys a genius elegant proud. Vulnerable.And on the day Livy arrives Bethanys murdered body is discovered. The obvious suspect is Graham Lockwood who has motive enough. And opportunity. He comes to Maggies house and begs her to prove hes innocent. She knows hes not that sort of person! While there he meets Livy and the two of them fall in love at first sight. Maggie can almost see Cupids darts soar by. A murderer stalks her village Maggie must protect her niece. But how do you protect someone from the most dangerous emotion of all? Love.