THE BLOODSTAINED BRIDE is a prequel novel in Rachel Woods’ popular Palmchat Island Mystery series but can be read as a standalone. A thrilling mystery that will keep you up all night, turning pages until you reach the mind-blowing ending. During a couple’s tropical sunset nuptials, a beautiful bride is shot dead—right before she says “I do.” Days later, the police make a shocking arrest. The groom is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his fiancée. Shocked and enraged by his arrest, the groom turns to his old friend, journalist Leo Bronson and Leo’s wife, Vivian, to help him prove his innocence. But, there’s a problem. Leo thinks the groom is guilty. For the sake of friendship, Leo is willing to give the groom the benefit of the doubt—this is, until he learns that the groom stood to benefit financially from his fiancée’s death. As evidence piles up against the groom, Vivian learns that the bride was keeping dangerous secrets of her own. Did the bride’s hidden agenda get her killed? Or, did the groom’s shady dealings lead to his fiancée’s demise? As Vivian and Leo search for the truth, they discover that sins committed long ago may have put the bride in the crosshairs of a killer desperate to make sure the past stays buried. The married journalists are experts at uncovering secrets, but exposing them could prove deadly.

At a beautiful sunset wedding in the tropics, there is a gunshot. A loud gasp erupts, followed by exclamations of shock and horror. A scream pierces the balmy air. At the groom’s feet, the bride collapses, her head a pulpy shattered mess of brain matter, bone, and blood. As the guests panic, married journalists Vivian and Leo Bronson struggle to make sense of the chaos and madness. Who would want to kill the bride on her wedding day? As Vivian and Leo search for the truth, they discover that sins committed long ago may have put the bride in the crosshairs of a killer desperate to make sure the past stays buried. The married journalists are experts at uncovering secrets but exposing them could prove deadly. Until Death Do Us Part is Book 1 in the popular Palmchat Island Mystery series but can be read as a standalone. Start reading this exciting whodunit mystery today! This book is an updated and revised version of the previously published "The Bloodstained Bride."

An exciting mystery that you won’t be able to put down. During a girls’ night out, a beautiful island girl is stalked by an aggressive pursuer. After escaping the unwanted attention, she takes a nasty fall and ends up in the hospital. But, she doesn’t make it out alive. The hospital claims it was an accidental morphine overdose. Journalist Vivian Thomas-Bronson thinks it might be cold-blooded murder. As Vivian and Leo dig deeper, they discover that the island beauty had a shady past. She’d been receiving mysterious threatening phone calls and keeping dangerous secrets. As Vivian and Leo search for the truth, they come across several suspects. But, Vivian has to be careful. She could be the next victim if she gets in the way of the killer’s vengeance.