Excellent reviews. I didn't think, from the title, that I would get excited about the Princess Academy but you convinced me! Please enter me in the giveaway so I can see for myself how good the book is.

Darn I missed out on this because of the flurry of other writing prompts and posts that I was swarmed with. But I will make sure I don't miss out on the next one!

So my suggestion is to do the elevator pitch, followed by something like this: Planning their wedding threatens to consume their time as the big day approaches, making it a struggle to try and prove the primate's innocence. And to top it off, their whole family believes the wedding site, an old funeral home, is cursed because of this. As they dig deeper into this mystery Noel and Lance discover they don't know anyone as well as they thought in this small Ohio town. Not even each other. They only thing they know for certain is finding the real killer is the only chance they have to clear the orangutan from this crime.

Hopefully this helps give you an idea of what I envision?

My recent post Synopsis for The Curse of Fierabras

Because you were kind enough to go into such length at commenting on my synopsis, I will gladly repay the favor for you.

I agree that your elevator pitch belongs at the beginning. It is the gripping opener that makes a person interested and wanting to know more. And personally, I don't think you would need much more than that. I would trim it down to a concise paragraph, and either have glowing reviews from others or a short except from the story itself be paired with it.
My recent post Synopsis for The Curse of Fierabras