Wedding Balloon : A Legal Crime Thriller with a Slow-Burn Romance - Alexi Venice

Wedding Balloon : A Legal Crime Thriller with a Slow-Burn Romance - Alexi Venice

Alexi Venice

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Published 19 November 2026

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  • Pages · 160 pages
  • Publication Date · 19/11/2026
  • Genre · Crime & mystery
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A wedding weekend on the Northern California coast turns dangerous when a sudden threat closes in on two brides and the family gathered around them. Conspiracy suspense in which loyalty, love and survival are all tested at once. They fought to get to the altar. Now something is determined to tear them apart. At last, Amanda Hawthorne and Dr. Jen Dawson are ready to marry. Surrounded by family, friends, and the wild beauty of the Northern California coast, the wedding weekend is designed to mark their celebration after enduring years of danger, distance, and sacrifice. But peace has never come easily to them. As celebrations begin, unease shadows the happiness. Amanda is unsettled by instincts she does not fully understand and fears she cannot ignore. Detective Tommy Vietti, standing beside them as always, is struggling with news that could change everything he thought his future would be. When an unexpected threat turns the wedding weekend into something dangerous, the bond between Amanda, Jen, and Tommy is tested one last time. Not as investigators or agents, but as a family fighting to protect what they have built. Because some happily ever afters are not guaranteed, they are survived. Wedding Balloon is the eighth book in The San Francisco Mystery Series, a crime and conspiracy thriller where love, loyalty, and survival collide at the moment everything is meant to begin. Praise for The San Francisco Mystery Series:? ? ? ? ? Flawed and very relatable characters. ? ? ? ? ? You'll smile along with the whole family. ? ? ? ? ? High stake, roller-coaster moments. ? ? ? ? ? The characters felt so real, I wished they were my real friends. ? ? ? ? ? Can't wait for book 9!

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