This wasn't a cozy mystery, it was a friggin' soap opera. It starts with Adie preparing for her wedding, walking down the aisle, then an idiotic "stop!" It seems Simon is magically still married though he didn't know it and, oh yeah, he has a kid he didn't know about it. Didn't care to read far enough to find out about the main mystery, this was just too dumb to continue reading.

The main character is deeply in likable and her whiny, melodramatic personality is beyond tolerable. I can’t believe I put up with it for 8 books so far but this “ruined wedding” nonsense plot only makes sense if you’re a preteen and have no knowledge of how marriages work or what real relationships are actually like. DNF at 7%

The Ninth Book of the Beyond the Page Series

This is the ninth book of the beyond the page cozy mystery series. Addie, a bookshop owner in a small seaside town is ready to get married to Simon but the wedding is halted when Simon’s ex storms in and informs everyone that she and Simin are still married because her uncle never filed the annulment papers.
There is another shocking twist. Simon found out that his ex found out she was pregnant after they parted ways and never told him. She gave the baby up for adoption but is now looking to adopt their bio son as his adopted parents sadly passed.
All this made Addie question everything about her and Simon. She doesn’t know what to do with herself and starts to clean her attic. In there she notices a hidden room and finds an old wedding dress and more of her aunts journals.
She uncovers the sad truth about her aunt and how her soon to be husband was murdered before their wedding. She takes to trying to solve the mystery of her aunts past but only digs up more and more information that relates to he life and a current murder in town.
As the pieces all start falling together Addie is also slowly starting to piece together her new found identity.
Another great book in this cozy mystery series!