Title: The Abandoned Bride
Description: The moment of truth

All the guests had arrived at St. John's Church. The wedding gown had been donned. The organ music swelled. Lucy Maguire's big day had finally arrived. All she had to do was walk down the aisle....

Until a mysterious man burst through the door -- and her groom-to-be fled....

Max Ryder certainly had a way of making an entrance into a woman's life. But if it hadn't been for him, she would have made the biggest mistake ever. Obviously Lucy wasn't great at picking husbands -- and now she was falling in love with a stranger....
Subjects: Fiction, Paranormal romance, gothic, romantic suspense, Private investigators, Vampires, Women librarians, Silhouette Shadows, Always a Bridesmaid! series, Fiction, general
Places: Clover, South Carolina
People: Lucy Maguire, Max Ryder
Time periods: Contemporary, about 1995