A Wedding in Blackwater
June Bell plans weddings at Blackwater House, a restored river hotel known for candlelit ceremonies and whispered scandals. During the most expensive wedding of the season, the bride vanishes between the vows and the first dance, leaving her veil in the old smokehouse and blood on the hem.
June needs the wedding to succeed to save her business. Instead, she must work with the bride's brother, a quiet prosecutor, to uncover why the bride chose Blackwater House, why June's mother once fled the property, and why the river keeps returning things that were meant to stay sunk.
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The Empty Veil
By six o'clock, June Bell had pinned three gardenias back into the bride's hair, bribed a thunderhead with silent prayer, and convinced two hundred guests that the river smell rising behind Blackwater House was not mud but romance.
The ballroom accepted the lie beautifully. Candlelight moved over the old plaster ceiling in trembling gold. Magnolias crowded the mantels in silver bowls. Beyond the French doors, the veranda lamps shone through gauze curtains, and the Alabama river dragged its dark shoulder past the hotel as if it had no interest in weddings, money, or the Hart family name.
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