Bride is a tough one to review, there were a couple of things that were a miss for me. I was so happy when I realised that the main character worked in cyber security, like me. But I felt Ali did barely any research on what it means to work in this field, in particular what it's like to work in pentesting. This trend that cyber security equates to "hacking into a database" and "cracking a ton of passwords" is overused and lame. Another aspect I didn't like was the world building. It felt a bit bland and lackluster. I think Ali does better in contemporary romances. 
All that being said, it was still enjoyable, I liked the romance plot and I found the mystery really interesting as well!