The Runaway Bride
The Stolen Bride: A Romance Mystery by Jacqueline Diamond is about Erin Marshall, heir to the Marshall Company, an Orange County, California development and management firm. Erin’s father had died two years previously of natural causes, her mother, Alice, remarried Lance Bolding, a man who charmed her on a cruise one year ago. Not soon after her wedding, Alice almost drowned and then refused to see her daughter. Dating Chet Dever, the Marshall Company’s CEO and leading congressional candidate, Erin is thinking twice about accepting his marriage proposal.
At a carnival promoted by Conrad Promotions, Erin is asked by her boss to take the cash box to the bank. As she walks toward her car, she wraps her fingers around the pendant she’s wearing and recalls Joseph, her high school flame. They had a painful breakup after Joseph’s dad died in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Then she notices a van come straight at her. When she wakes up in the hospital, she can’t remember a thing. And Chet reminds her about their intended marriage to which he claims she agreed to.
Jacqueline Diamond’s novel, The Stolen Bride: A Romance Mystery has more twists and turns than Lombard Street in San Francisco. After Erin refuses to marry Chet on her wedding day, she escapes the church with a Joseph, now a police detective investigating her mother’s accident. He promises to protect her until her assailant is captured. Diamond’s characters are realistic; the plot is well developed with current events keeping readers riveted and guessing at who would want both Erin and her mother dead. Fortunately, Joseph is there to watch over Erin, but when he is falsely arrested, Erin is on her own with events unfolding that you least expected.
About the Author
Jacqueline Diamond is a former Associated Press reporter and TV columnist. She is best known for her Safe Harbor Medical romances and mysteries, and for her Sisters, Lovers and Second Chances series. NY Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber says, “Jacqueline Diamond writes stories from the heart with a wisdom and tenderness that remain long after the final page.”
