The Bridal Party

<p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>When your uncle is doing drunk handstands at your wedding you send your best friends to get him off the dance floor.</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>When vengeful former lovers malicious spirits and demons threaten the wedding day-or the world-you hire these fools.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Cassandra Friend aloof head mercenary of the Friend Event Company has seen it all. From her own eclectic crew to spiteful mothers-in-law from fey abductions mid-vows to hellmouths threatening to swallow groomsmen. But that's just what happens when powerful entities try to seize the magical potential created by emotional human life events. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Even she with her jaded worldview is surprised to receive an invitation from reclusive nobleman Alexander Fremont shrouded in secrecy and tinged with the scent of money. Instead of a socially inept hermit he is both charming and suspiciously evasive. His job offer: to safeguard the Crown Prince's wedding. It's hard to turn down. But a prince has many enemies and demonic forces quickly reveal themselves. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>As far as Cass is concerned however the greater threat may be the closest of all. The quick-on-his-feet quick-with-a-smile best man who hired her group of nobodies keeps to himself but is plenty happy to enjoy her company...while disappearing at unusual times.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>To save the wedding her home and her friends Cass must unravel the web of secrecy binding Amaranth from top to bottom-the very bottom. </p>