Life is a lot like making a scrapbook, something Carmela
Bertrand truly understands as she owns a thriving
scrapbooking business in the French Quarter. Carmela's
livelihood is as well-known by the locals for its
excellence as she is for her philanthropy and creativity.
Gabby is not only her employee, but her friend as well. So
when Gabby's niece, Wren, is all set to marry her beloved
Jamie, Carmela is right there making table and placard
decorations fit for royalty for the pre-wedding dinner.
Next thing she knows, Carmela is knee deep in turmoil when
Jamie becomes an entrée for death - the carving knife in
his back indicating he won't be around for the wedding. But
who would want Jamie dead? Everyone thought he was an
orphan who had managed to beat the odds with a successful
antique bookstore and a successful software company. It's
up to Carmela to sift through the red herrings and threats
and uncover the skeletons hanging in Jamie's closet. As if
that's not enough, she must come to grips with her feelings
for the husband she's never divorced and a romantic
restaurateur. In the meantime, Carmela and her scrapbooking
crew wield equal parts of compassion and creativity to get
Wren through the most trying time of her life.
Scrapbook aficionados rejoice! Ms. Childs creates a
charming mystery series with lively, quirky characters and
plenty of how-to. Her vision is not just limited to
scrapbooking, trinket box making and various other
knickknacks; she also provides exceptional recipes to boot!
Serving up some hors d'oeuvres of murder and mystery,
creativity and fashion, she has a winning formula to get
even the laziest of us in a scrapbooking mood.
New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand's
pre-
wedding party is overshadowed when a friend's intended
groom is murdered. Asked by the heartbroken bride to look
into the case, Carmela must help her friend pick up the
pieces while wrapping up a murder that has more than one
lethal loose end.
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