description: Samantha Shaw can vaguely remember when she believed in true love. When buying Heart Mates -- the dating service her now-deceased, condom-selling husband did business with -- seemed like a good idea. When she thought bringing lonely hearts together would help mend her own broken one.Now she's thinking only fools fall in love. For her romantic reveries ended the day she found a stash of sexy panties -- each with a Post-it note rating the wearer -- hidden in her dead husband's car. The startling discovery left the disheartened Sam with one question: What else was the cheating creep hiding?Try an illegal drug trade -- and a whole lot of money. That's just some of the scum that surfaces after a man walks into Heart Mates and threatens to kill her -- and her kids -- if she doesn't come up with the money her spouse stole.On that disturbing note, Sam decides it's time to really get down to business. Inspired by the savvy heroines of the romance novels she reviews as a hobby, she comes up with a catchy new slogan ("Get Hot With Heart Mates"), buys some sexy new outfits, and sets out to make Heart Mates the hottest dating service in town -- all while trying to keep her mind off Gabe Pulizzi, the mouth-watering P.I working the case.As if that isn't enough excitement in her life, she's also tracking down the thug who threatened her. But when she finally finds him, he's very much dead -- and it's clear that someone is deadly serious about getting the money she doesn't have. It's enough to make most women start shaking in their stilettos. Not Sam. She's got a business to run, missing money to find, and a life to save. . .her own.
language: English
title: Dating Can Be Murder
titlecomplete: Dating Can Be Murder (Samantha Shaw Mystery, #1)
genres: Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Romance, Chick Lit
ratings_count: 453
series: Samantha Shaw Mystery
publisher: Kensington