"Can Nikki find the killer of the bride and clear her friend?"

Nikki Sands is beginning to settle in to her new job at the Malveaux Estate in Napa Valley. Plus she has two men who appear to be interested in her, but she isn't sure.

Her friend Isabel is catering a big wedding at a Sonoma mansion before she realized it was the wedding of her lover (she didn't know he was engaged). The bride treats Isabel terribly. Nikki tries to help out to run interference.

After the ceremony, Nikki is asked to take a glass of wine up to the bride. Unfortunately she finds her sprawled on the floor, murdered. Even though the bride had many enemies, the police find evidence that Isabel is the killer. Nikki knows this is impossible. So she and Isabel's brother, one of the two men interested in her, to try to prove Isabel innocent.

Nikki is such a fun character. The interaction between her and the two men in her life adds a lot of mystery to the book. There are so many wonderful characters, and the California wine country is such a fabulous backdrop for this series. I loved this book and highly recommend it!

Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted August 18, 2006

Summary

Life is sweet for Nikki Sands. She's toasting her new job at Malveaux Estate in Napa Valley and balancing a love triangle with a neighboring winemaker and her boss, vineyard owner Derek Malveaux—the catch of the county. And tonight, Nikki will be on the arm of Napa's golden boy at a Sonoma mansion for the wedding of the decade...

Nikki's friend Isabel agreed to cater the wedding—before she learned that the groom was her cheating lover. After the ceremony, Isabel asks Nikki to bring the obnoxious bride another glass of wine. But Nikki finds the new wife sprawled on the floor—murdered. Since the dear departed made enemies easily, there's a bushel of suspects—many of them close to Nikki. Now, it's up to her to get to the bottom of what may have been a killer bottle of wine.