It's a year later and Alex is marrying the tourist he cheated on Marygene with. The fact that she's meaner than a snake and hates his friends and family doesn't seem to phase him. When the bride ends up dead at the wedding he completely loses his mind and starts lashing out at Marygene and Betsy. When the bride's corpse ends up on her porch along with a bottle of fentanyl, it becomes apparent that she's being framed. Can Lucy's death be linked to an attempted robbery at the bank she used to work? As Marygene starts questioning if the bride is actually dead, and someone kidnaps her new boyfriend Paul, the stakes are getting higher.
This was a fun and fast paced read. I'm glad to see that Marygene is finally completely done with Alex, as he seems to become verbally abusive in the worst way. I would've hated to see her end up in yet another abusive relationship. And of course it's good to see her potentially end up with Javier. Mama saves the day (and her life) multiple times.

Marygene and Alex are finally at the wedding festivities, only she always thought it would be her and Alex, not Alex and someone else getting married. Being a good friend, she wished Alex all the best and even agreed to cater the wedding, no matter how hard it was on her. When the bride is found dead next to the wedding cake and her body disappears, eyes and accusations turn to Marygene and her BFF Betsy.

On the way home from the cancelled reception, Marygene and Betsy have an accident and are saved from the van just before it explodes. Now that their lives has been threatened, the BFFs must find out what happened to the bride and who has it out for them. When it looks like a Peach Cove native might be involved, Marygene realizes she may not know the locals as well as she thought she did.

A solid mystery with plenty of red herrings and a lovable protagonist with some quirky characters, each visit to Peach Cove leaves you waiting for the next. This is one of my must read series!

Third in the series it’s okay to start with this book and be up to speed. The plot was interesting and the book had a good flow to it but by the end I felt like I had whiplash. Marygene is catering the wedding of ex boyfriend Alex along with her best friend Betsy who I can only describe as a piece of work that was annoying to read and like. Right after the mystery themed wedding the bride nobody likes goes missing, is presumed dead and Alex blames Marygene and Betsy for her death. This is where the whiplash comes in. First Marygene can’t stand the woman and has nothing but bad feelings toward her, then she’s devastated by her death and vows to find out what happened. Alex came to Marygene the night before the wedding saying he still has feelings for her, then verbally attacks her after the wedding. In the course of the book Marygene goes from caring for Alex, to never forgiving him, to caring for him again, back and forth. And Alex is alternately nasty to her, needing her help, nasty to her again and the pendulum keeps swinging. Add new boyfriend Scott to the mix who professes his love to Marygene, wanting to become serious, to then screaming at her she’s crazy, loving her again, and all the while secretly been seeing the dead bride. Is your head spinning yet?
The character of her father Eddie, Javiera and the ghost of her mother who keeps showing up redeems the mystery somewhat, but the ending couldn’t make up for it.