BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Linda Howard's Prey.NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn this thrilling novel of romantic suspense, Linda Howard cordially invites us to an elaborate weddingone in which rings will never be exchanged, kisses will never be shared, and the bride will never see the light of day, because a killer has been waiting under aVEIL OF NIGHTJaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her jobusually. But helping Carrie Edwards with her Big Day has been an unrelenting nightmare. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness, yet the unpleasant task at hand turns seriously criminal when Carrie is brutally murdered and everyone involved with the ceremony is accusing one another of doing the deed. Assigned to the case, Detective Eric Wilder finds that there's too much evidence pointing toward too many suspects. Compounding his problems is Jaclyn, now a prime suspect, with whom he shared one deeply passionate night before Carrie's death. As the heat intensifies between Eric and Jaclyn, a cold-blooded murderer moves dangerously close. And this time the target is not a bride but one particularly irresistible wedding planner, unaware of a killer's vow.