Show More wedding and since the honeymoon has been well research to get the best and most romantic bang for her buck, she decides to go on her honeymoon alone! On the day of Lizzies departure, she meets a gold chain wearing antiquities dealer who hears her story and offers to pretend to be her husband so she won’t be too embarrassed to show her face in this hotel which happens to be a honeymooners’ haven.

This is a great book to escape in for a mini-vacation or to take to the beach. And it seems that no one is quite what you think they are. The story grabbed me from the first page with its very likeable characters, the situations they find themselves in, and not knowing who the bad guy is because there are just so many to choose from.

Well after midnight with eyes so blurred it was difficult to read, I had to finish in one sitting what was perhaps the most enjoyable read I've had this summer. Add to it a very rich, phobia and conspiracy theory-ridden best friend, a sexy scuba diver/marine biologist, lots of potential suspects as well as motives for his death, an escape from her cleaning-closet jail cell and the need to find whodunit while hiding out, and you've got a humorous chic lit/mystery/romance. Yes, there are lots of red flags (as well as disaster sirens) that should have been noticed by Lizzy when it comes to the things Michael does, but that's part of the story's charm. The trip kind of goes downhill from there. So how incredible that a guy she meets in the airport, going to Belize for business, offers to be her stand-in husband for dinners and sight-seeing, even while staying at a separate hotel. Show More to go and hopefully find herself an exciting one or two night-stand.īut it's going to be awkward being the only single at the couples-only resort. Unexpected romance and international intrigue are center stage in Beth Orsoff's mystery caper that takes ''til death do us part' to a whole new level. With the Polizia Nationale ready to close the case and cook her goose, Lizzie will have to solve the crime herself.

Suddenly the 'Mrs.' is mistakenly ID'd as suspect numero uno. The plan runs smoothly until Lizzie enjoys the attentions of the local scuba instructor and Michael's body washes ashore. To avoid the bleakness of dining and sightseeing alone, as well as questions from nosy, if well-meaning, fellow guests at the couples-only resort, the two agree to pose as newlyweds for the week-no strings (or sex) attached. After her real groom jilts her, Lizzie decides to go solo on their Belize honeymoon and meets handsome Michael Garcia, who is nursing his own heartache. Sitting in a Caribbean jail cell accused of murdering her 'pretend' husband, however, is at the top of the list. Being ditched at the altar is the least of Lizzie Mancini's problems.

Honeymoon for One by Beth Orsoff