Groomed for Marriage (Ryan Mallardi Private Investigations Book 1)

★★★★★ Excellent story writing. I read Groomed for Marriage in one day. A great story that could happen to any young woman. The story was fast-moving and full of lessons about life. I enjoyed the writing style . . .

QUICK SUMMARY:

The Mallardi Private Investigative Series introduces the Christian family saga that revolves around Fr. Liam, who was a cop for 25 years, but is now a priest, and his surrogate-father relationship with Ryan Mallardi, a young fatherless private investigator and how their lives and families weave together by the Hands of Fate.

Book 1 opens the family saga with Fr. Liam’s niece, Colleen and her newlywed husband, Jacob, who are adjusting to life as a married couple. All seems well on the surface until Colleen begins to think her husband doesn’t love her anymore. Everyone around her suggests she is being negative and just needs to adjust her marital expectations. The evidence seems to support their point of view, but Colleen can’t let go of a nagging feeling that something is not right.

Ryan Mallardi thinks he is in love with the statuesque and beautiful Angelica, but his desire to move towards marriage is constantly veering off course. Fr. Liam counsels him and deeper truths about what is really going on begin to emerge but Ryan is not quite ready to face them.

After being hired to find out what is really going on with Jacob, Ryan unravels the real reasons behind the sudden changes, which shock everyone, most of all, Colleen.

TRIGGER WARNING: There seem to be a theme or two in the book that trigger some women who see cooking and/or traditional marriage as some sort of abuse or at the very least, problematic. So if you don’t like priests or women who cook or do other “traditional family things”, this may not be the ebook series for you.

THEMES

Christian Family Saga with Mystery & Romance themes
Contemporary Christian Romance
Christian Fiction
Romance Religious Mysteries