Cheryl R. (Spuddie) - , reviewed on 7/14/2007 + 412 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

Second in the Persia Vanderbilt Bath and Body cozy mysteries set on an island in Puget Sound. Persia and her aunt Florence have suddenly been having fierce competition from Bebe's Botique, as the ruthless owner, Bebe Wilcox, sets out to close down Venus Envy and make a real name for herself in the scent and cosmetic business. She'll stop at nothing, pulling all sorts of dirty tricks and starting false, malicious rumors about Persia and Florence's shop and products. When someone sprays insecticide all over their organic rose gardens, Persia and Florence stage a falling out so that Persia can accept a job offer she's received from Bebe to infiltrate their company and find evidence about the dirty dealings. When one of Bebe's top sales associates ends up dead, they wonder about how sensible their plan is. Still, with Persia on the suspect list, they know they need some evidence to save their struggling company, so they follow through with the plan. This was an okay, light read...I didn't like it as well as the first one and judging from the ending of this book, the next one will be taking a turn for the more romancey side. Ugh! Some of what took place just seemed a bit too fantastical and unrealistic and there seemed to be more focus on clothes, makeup, etc. in this one--which I suppose is only natural given the subject matter! *grin* But I think I may just stop here in the series and save myself some future agony as the whole 'heroine can't decide which man she wants to pick from the smorgasbord available to her' thing just turns me right off.

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