Nancy in Alberta

Wedding bell blues!, Jun 5 2009

Hannah Bauer is just days away from her third marriage, but "third time's a charm" isn't working! The groom's ex-wife, never before mentioned, turns up in town and is promptly murdered. Sophie, the bride's older sister and wedding planner, struggles desperately to keep events on track, but everything seems to be spinning out of control. As more family secrets are revealed, Hannah is turning from bride into Bridezilla. Sophie wants more than anything to give Hannah the wedding of her dreams, but will all her hard work result in her beloved sister being married to a murderer?

Great tips on food and entertaining, plus wedding-disaster anecdotes, make the Bauer-Beacham nuptials an… Read more

Wonderful old-fashioned fun, April 24 2009

A murder at an English country manor - vintage Agatha Christie! British and foreign aristocrats, a famous stolen jewel, blackmail, a mysterious manuscript, dead bodies, and an inept but lethal criminal organization called "The Comrades of the Red Hand"! Great fun!

Champagne bubble entertainment, April 18 2007

I read this book, and the follow-up volume, "Debutante Divorcees" after I had read "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Everyone Worth Knowing" by Lauren Weisberger.

This is the lightest, frothiest example of the Chick Lit genre, and I enjoyed it and read it in about a day and a half. My only complaint: by the time I got to the end, I never, ever wanted to read or hear the phrase "going to Rio" ever again. Note to Ms. Sykes: a couple of times is cute; by the time you've said it 20 times, it just gets damned annoying.

For anyone who hasn't read it yet, I wouldn't be put off by customers' poor reviews. It obviously isn't meant to be great literature. Just devour it like… Read more