Review: A Joyful Romp!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
When drama queen Alice Cramer, the beautiful daughter of the town drunk, stops Congressman Justin Mitchell's wedding, she sets the falling dominos into motion and it looks as though they won't quit until they've fallen on her. But Alice has loved Justin all her life and she can't stand to see him marry a woman who's sleeping with Alice's feckless brother on the side.Justin runs off with Alice and begins to realize he's caught in a trap it's up to him to extricate himself from, and Alice realizes her only hope of changing the town's perception of her is to persevere in the creation of her dream, a theatre that will nurture young actors and actresses. The repercussions of crashing Justin's wedding, however, threaten to derail everything she has built, and even her brother abandons her in his attempt to straighten out his own life. Can Alice find happiness with the town's responsible golden boy while knowing she has derailed his career?Elley Arden's Crashing the Congressman's Wedding is a joyful romp through the hard side of theater and the rough side of politics, with two people who complete each other. This uplifting tale provides readers with several hours of enjoyment and will leave you wanting more.