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Magnolia Mysteries #7
Christmas Wedding
Wilmington’s social event of the season is about to Ashley and Melanie’s lavish Christmas-theme double wedding to their princes charming, Jon and Cameron. Vows will be exchanged at St. James Church, out-of-town guests are comfortably ensconced at picturesque B&Bs and the wedding planner is none other than Colin Cowie himself. What could possibly spoil the nuptials? A hyper-critical mother-in-law known to an older generation as the Sweetheart of the Silver Screen? A Wall Street hunk who has vowed to proclaim his love for one of the brides? A “Queen of the Tarot Cards” bridesmaid who is predicting catastrophe for the wedding day? Or is it the mysterious wedding crasher whose life of lies just might cost the brides their own? “Hunter juggles her clues efficiently and delivers solid entertainment.” – Star-News, Wilmington NC “I have recently started reading your books on the Wilmington series and have fallen in LOVE. I cannot put them down . Needless to say not a lot is getting done at home.Thank you and GOD BLESS” Anne “Just finished the last of the nine books in your Wilmington Series via my Kindle. Greatly enjoyed all of them. Are there any more to come? Especially liked the descriptions of the various foods available in Wilmington – makes one want to run right up here. Best wishes for future literary efforts.” William “I LOVE YOUR BOOKS! I just finished reading your ninth book. I was thrilled to see on your web page that you are writing a tenth! I've come to feel that I really "know" the characters, and enjoy reading about historic Wilmington. I've also fallen in love with the characters, and feel as if I know them as friends. I can't wait till your next in the series. Don't ever stop!” Kathy “I am a huge fan of your books. I've read all of this series so far. Please don't stop writing this series. You've done such good character development that the readers want these gals to go on and have new adventurer in their married lives. I truly enjoy your stories, please keep going. Thank you,” Jan “I finished Christmas Wedding yesterday evening and I really loved it. You did a great job with the characters and elements of surprise as well as keeping it believable. I enjoy the historical information you include, it makes me want to come further south the next time we come to the Outer Banks. I have started “Murder at the Bellamy Mansion” and have to really restrain myself to not let my work go and just sit and read. “ Mary Ann “My mother and I are huge fans of your Magnolia Mysteries book series! We live in Indiana. I have read all of the books that you have written so far, and I was wondering if there will be another book? Thank you for writing your books…they have given me a lot of good entertainment!” Haley “I just finished the last of the Magnolia Mysteries, when are you going to write more? I love the characters and the settings. You can't just leave your readers guessing about what Melanie, Ashley, Scarlett and the rest will do with all the gold coins they found. Please continue the series. A true fan.” Lucie “I just stumbled across your first book last weekend and am now up to book 5 - I simply can NOT put them down. They are wonderfully written - with characters you get to know and love and want to know more about. I thoroughly enjoy the descriptions of Wilmington - it sounds like a place I want to visit someday. To top that off, I am thoroughly enjoying the mysteries themselves - you have excellent plot twists and just when I think I've figured out "whodunit" I realize I'm wrong. I've been surprised every time!” Beth “Just wanted to jot you a quick note of thanks for writing such a wonderful series. I just discovered the Magnolia Mysteries on my kindle last week.
147 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2007
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 5, 2017
This was a short and sweet story. A few harrowing moments prior to the double wedding of Ashley and Jon and Melanie and Cam (who knew how useful a hatpin could be?) In the end the wedding and reception went well. The best moment was Spunky the cat strolling down the aisle.
December 27, 2015
I love this series, so very cozy, and I love North Carolina! I really did not expect much from this particular book in the Magnolia Mysteries series. It was slated as part of my annual holiday reading list. Christmas-themed mysteries are almost always very light on mystery and more focused on Christmas or the winter festivities. This book had really 2 themes: Christmas and a wedding. Therefore, the mystery was practically non-existent, comprising only a scant 2 or 3 chapters of the entire book. That in itself did not seem to bother me nor should it be a deterrent for anyone who is planning to read this particular book in the series or the series at all.
What I do have issue with is the lack of editing. There were quite a few typos in the book. In one excerpt with a horse-drawn carriage, someone had grabbed the horse by its bridle. In the book it was spelled "bridal". When reading the passage it didn't make sense to me since it is a wedding-themed book, until I realized it was a bad misspelling of a homonym. Using the skills of a good copy editor or even a second pair of eyes would have caught this mistake, other typos and grammatical errors.
Overall, I still enjoy this series. Having read half of the books, I do plan to continue with the remainder. I gave this book a 3.75 star rating, rounded up to 4 stars.
What I do have issue with is the lack of editing. There were quite a few typos in the book. In one excerpt with a horse-drawn carriage, someone had grabbed the horse by its bridle. In the book it was spelled "bridal". When reading the passage it didn't make sense to me since it is a wedding-themed book, until I realized it was a bad misspelling of a homonym. Using the skills of a good copy editor or even a second pair of eyes would have caught this mistake, other typos and grammatical errors.
Overall, I still enjoy this series. Having read half of the books, I do plan to continue with the remainder. I gave this book a 3.75 star rating, rounded up to 4 stars.
December 14, 2014
There was no mystery or murder in this one. Just a novella to show the main couple's wedding preparations and day. Loved hearing about wedding details, but it didn't make much of a plot. Thought the bit about Scarlett was really interesting and exciting, wish they made a whole story-line out of that.
December 30, 2011
I do indeed enjoy the characters in Hunter's novels and I love reading about the Wilmington, NC area. However this book lacked the intrigue of the preceding mysteries. I was disappointed.
April 24, 2016
I enjoyed this quick read. I look forward to the next one.
January 3, 2017
Good
the people in this book are part of a great series that keep you reading and they are well written.
the people in this book are part of a great series that keep you reading and they are well written.
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