A Wedding on the Riviera

Another great read from Evonne! Thank you. This was brilliant. A much needed read with lots of drama, friendship and wedding excitement. The story itself had some great twists and the characters were totally relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The two main characters, Ryan and Nadine attend a wedding. Ryan is an actor (but just hasn't had his big break yet), he works in a bar and also provides a "plus one" service (who happens to be Nadine in this case). The book follows on from Summer in San Remo - but you do not have to read that first. The wedding they attend seems familiar to Ryan and during the photo's he realises he has seen the groom before - only problem is the groom is speeding off on a motorbike with the brides money - turns out he is a serial runaway groom! (Not sure if that also counts as a bigamist - but that doesn't spoil the story :)) Nadine's good friend Jake runs a Private Detective agency and starts his own private investigation on the groom (John Thackeray) and the group hatch a plan to create a fake wedding of their own. The fake wedding is to be set in France on the Riveria. Nadine is to be the bride but Ryan struggles with this as he has feelings for her. He doesn't act on them as he thinks Nadine is totally out of his league. Nadine has feelings for Ryan too, but doesn't think he would be interested in her. During the planning stage, her best friend Cassie realises and tries her best to get them together and tell each other how they feel. Meanwhile, Nadine has to pretend she has feelings for John (fake groom) who seems to be getting more and more shiffty. The story is fluid, is easy to follow and is great for the imagination.

This is a glorious mix of crime, romance and friendship. The author has worked all the elements together in a very easy and clever way. It kept me turning the pages and I read this in one go! Just did not want to put it down! Ryan and Nadine are worthy heroes of the romance which goes from UK to France and back. They are backed up by their friends to form a tight group to find the criminal who has been targeting susceptible women. A novel crime but realistically portrayed. Enjoy with a bar or two of chocolate to keep you going as I am sure like me you will not to stop reading.

Story of Ryan who is a Private Investigator working for Jake McQuire’s company looking into a runaway groom who cons wealthy women by proposing to them and taking large sums of money off them to pay for the wedding. The conman then runs off after the ceremony on the big day along with the money. Nadine is the next mark but she is helping Jake to try and bring him to justice. However, will things go to plan? Interesting opening with the wedding & the groom running off. Pleased it wasn’t predictable.