Author: lauradurham
Wedding disasters are one thing. A missing Santa (who is presumed dead) is quite another.This is no normal holiday season for DC’s top wedding planners. Not only is the weather too warm for their winter wonderland wedding, but their neighborhood’s singing Santa, Kris Kringle Jingle, is missing. On top of that, Annabelle’s engagement party is looming, and someone seems to be sabotaging their … sabotaging their wedding plans. Can the Wedding Belles and their colorful crew find Santa, save the wedding, and stop the person who’s trying to make their lives a holly, jolly catastrophe?Claus for Celebration is the 15th…
Wedding planner Annabelle Archer has dealt with family drama at weddings. But never drama with “the family.” When a member of the mob shows up on her elderly neighbor’s wedding day, Annabelle is surprised. But she’s even more surprised when she learns the truth about Leatrice’s past. To add insult to injury, Annabelle is one of the bridesmaids and everyone keeps asking her about her wedding … her wedding plans. With wise guys on the loose, colorful hairdresser Fern dressed as a priest, and guests dropping from the heat, suddenly bridezillas don’t seem so bad! Can Annabelle and her crew…
Agatha Award-winning Series!Wedding planner Annabelle Archer is ecstatic about her wedding-free weekend getaway . . . until she realizes she’s booked a hotel room next to an unfriendly ghost.A vacation is just what Annabelle and her team need after a busy wedding season, and a weekend at a mountain resort promises plenty of R & R. That is, until they discover the hotel is haunted and the … discover the hotel is haunted and the ghosts might not be so friendly. Reports of the poltergeists have made reservations plummet, and the hotel staff is in danger of losing their jobs.…
A trip to Ireland to locate a romantic wedding venue for a bride sounds like the ideal getaway for a wedding planner and her team . . . until they stumble upon a body in a castle. Annabelle Archer is no stranger to drama, and when a client asks her to hunt down the most dramatic Irish backdrop for her wedding, she and her team jump at the chance. But everything isn’t rainbows and shamrocks. The … and shamrocks. The team thought they had their hands full navigating narrow roads, dealing with boisterous American tourists, and avoiding enthusiastic honeymooners, but…
An over-the-top Valentine’s Day wedding. A poisoned box of chocolates. Will the most romantic holiday of the year become the most deadly?Society wedding planner Annabelle Archer has her hands full with a bride who thinks excess isn’t enough. The last thing she needs is a colleague to drop dead after eating a poisoned chocolate. Even worse? Her best friend and caterer Richard Gerard is suspect … suspect number one. Can Annabelle clear his name and find the real killer before the murderous cupid unleashes another poisoned arrow?The Truffle with Weddings is the twelfth standalone book in the hilarious Annabelle Archer…
An abandoned baby. A bride who’s channeling her inner Scrooge. Can Annabelle track down who left the baby while keeping her bride from having a merry meltdown?Tis the season for mistletoe and matrimony. Wedding planner Annabelle Archer and her team are busy preparing for a winter wedding when they get something that wasn’t on their wish list—a baby left on the doorstep. Determined to find out who … Determined to find out who left the baby, Annabelle finds herself delving deep into the world of Christian motorcycle gangs all the while pulling together a holiday party and keeping her bride…
A diva wedding planner found strangled with a veil. A list of suspects longer than a cathedral-length train. Being a wedding planner has never been so deadly . . .In the stressful world of wedding planning, Annabelle Archer always keeps her cool. The same can’t be said for Carolyn Crabbe, DC’s grande dame of bridal extravaganzas, who takes the cake in the “Big Day Diva” category. So Annabelle is … category. So Annabelle is shocked but not totally surprised when she finds the wedding world’s Queen of Mean dead.When tragedy befalls more of the city’s wedding planners, Annabelle realizes her…
A collection of delightful whodunits: Wedding planner Annabelle Archer knows how to create a perfect day for her clients — until the guest list turns into a list of murder victims! Now she must add amateur sleuth to her résumé to save the festivities…
Agatha Award-winning Series!A runaway bride is one thing. A kidnapped bride is quite another.Wedding planner Annabelle Archer has seen her fair share of wedding day jitters, so when her latest bride gets cold feet, it’s nothing she can’t handle. But when the bride goes missing and a ransom call soon follows, even Annabelle admits there are some things worse than a having second thoughts.… a having second thoughts.Determined to rescue the bride and her assistant, Kate, who is also missing, Annabelle calls in her detective boyfriend to help her sift through suspects. After their prime source of clues is eliminated,…
** Agatha Award-winning Series**She makes wedding dreams come true. But when a dead body crashes the ceremony, she’ll show off a whole new set of skills… drag queen officiant is found strangled to death with her own boa, even Annabelle admits there are some things not even wedding planners can prevent. Determined to sniff out the killer, she attends the memorial service to probe for clues and catwalk rivalries. After a second queen drops dead and Annabelle’s go-to hairstylist is named the prime suspect, she fears there’s something more dangerous at play than a dressing room feud. With her officiant…