Amy W. (amylynnikins) reviewed A Great Introduction to the Series on 4/27/2009 + 69 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Meet Persia, fresh from Seattle, she has decided to move back in with her Aunt and begin working at Venus Envy (her aunt's boutique) using her sensitive nose to build the business with beautiful scents tailored to your body's chemistry. Things look great, until the place gets robbed and the only clue to who may have done it is the dead body on the floor of the store. Not so helpful. As if that isn't enough, the boy she dissed in her school days grew up to be...yep, the Chief of Police. And yeah, he held a grudge. Would be bad enough on it's own, but her ex-boyfriend is out of jail and wants to rekindle the old flames...so much so that he decides to move closer...much, much closer. So, while working to clear up the who-dunnit surrounding the murder that took place in her store, keep the store from losing customers because of the scandal involved, and working things out with the local police, she has her hands full. Not so full that she can't try to squeak in a dating life with a new hottie though. But, when a storm blows him overboard while he was working on his boat just before their first date, she has plenty to keep herself pre-occupied with...including stun guns, missing artwork, and another murder...oh my!

Persia rocks. Auntie is an eccentric wonderwoman I instantly fell in love with, and Persia's best friend Barb is stellar in her own right. Strong characters, surprising plot twists, I really enjoyed this book. I did guess the correct killer early in the story, but I wasn't 100% sure and doubted myself a couple of times. Regardless, this is a great story and if the rest of the books are as good, I'm a devoted reader!

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