Meredith Sutton has been trying to open a hotel and wedding venue in the beautiful mountains of Vermont, but fate has dogged her and the wedding guests now arriving are fighting through snow. Greeting them, she sees some people from the school days she left behind at the town limits. Including, of course, the good-looking guy who never noticed her. Tom Campbell hadn't been on the guest list, and now she's stuck with her embarrassing crush for five days. Oh well, she'll be busy.

THE BEST MAN TO TRUST is oneself in this country-house murder story, as on the first night a girl is found dead with a knife in her ribs, and all the guests and staff have to suspect one another. The lights keep flickering, the phone line is dead, the snow drifts higher.... The characters have jobs including TV production, actress, real estate sales, journalist; but they get down to examining evidence and alibis and motives. And locking their doors....

As the tale progresses the claustrophobic, distrustful atmosphere is well created and past connections and deeds are examined to see who might have had a motive. Meredith has a bad marriage in her past, making her a very human protagonist. Could Tom, the intended best man at the wedding, be interested in her after all this time?

Devotees of isolated, country-house murders should pick up this more modern version, THE BEST MAN TO TRUST, but I hope next time Kerry Connor will let the characters explore the beautiful countryside as well.

Book Summary

Black tie… Whiteout… Red-hot lust!

Wedding planner Meredith Sutton has a lot riding on the next wedding at Sutton Hall. She needs everything to go perfectly to launch her start-up bridal business. And she's prepared for everything…except seeing her old college crush in the wedding party. But not even Tom Campbell's dreamy eyes and filled-out physique can throw Meredith off her game. A killer, on the other hand, might mess things up.…

Trapped in the midst of the fiercest blizzard the isolated mountain town has ever seen, the guest list becomes smaller by the day. But it's Tom's searing kisses and scorching caresses that have Meredith wanting one last chance at love. Since they might not be alive once the storm breaks.…