Review: Pleasant cozy mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2012
In the well written first book of this cozy mystery series, Savannah has a lot to learn about the real world, but she is well on her way, and a sexy rebel from her past may be just the man to teach her.The man of her mother's dream has divorced Savannah, and she is nearing the end of the money from the settlement. The real estate business is pretty cutthroat even within her office, but she needs the money and likes her boss well enough to hang on despite the jerks who work there. She has not sold a house in the months that she has been a real estate agent, so she is willing to do all the work it takes to make a sale. When she gets a Saturday call about another relator missing an appointment, she races to the house and the waiting stranger. She has no idea that this house will lead her to a relationship with a gorgeous acquaintance from the wrong side of the tracks, a needy teenager, a needy old woman, as well as a murder and  a murder attempt on her life. Life may never be the same, but maybe that is a good thing.I recommend this book with a caveat:  Be prepared for the fact that Savannah is from a throw-back world of debutantes and prejudices. She doesn't really seem to believe that the mores under which she was reared are valid, but she does have a battle with them. If I believed that the author supported these prejudices, I would not be able to continue the books. But what I see is a woman who has always lived the life her mother expected her to live, who now has to start thinking for herself. She seems intelligent enough to get it; it will just take time.  It can be grating to see the attitudes of some of the people, but it is also realistic.I also feel, as Savannah seems to, that Rafe is putting on a show for some reason, and I can't wait to find out more about him.