Love You to Death (Red Dress Ink Novels)

From Publishers WeeklyAbby Foote, "Best Of" editor at Maine Life magazine, has a history of choosing the wrong guy. But when one of the latest in her list of disasters, Ted Puck, turns up murdered the day his engagement to someone else is announced, she becomes the prime suspect in this lighthearted romp from Senate (See Jane Date). To complicate matters, Benjamin Orr, the lead detective investigating the case, also happens to be the guy Abby had a major crush on during her high school years. When two other ex-boyfriends report attempts on their lives and even Abby's co-workers and family are suspicious, she begins her own investigation. Readers will cheer Abby every step of the way as she tries to clear her name and find her prince for whom the glass slipper will finally fit. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistLike that of many women, Abby Foote's love life seems cursed. Her latest boyfriend, the reliable Henry, dumps her via cell phone before her nephew's bris, causing her to yell in public that she wants to kill him. It proves to be an unfortunate choice of words when Ted Puck, an ex-boyfriend who cheated on Abby, turns up dead on Wharf Pier, leaving Abby as the prime suspect. Even more rattling is the lead detective on the case, the sexy Benjamin Orr, who happens to be Abby's high-school crush. Not helping her case is the fact that two other exes were attacked soon after breaking up with her. Abby has to clear her name, and grapple with her renewed attraction to the alluring Ben. Senate, author of the first Red Dress Ink title, See Jane Date (2001) and several subsequent titles, including The Solomon Sisters Wise Up (2003), has penned an enjoyable mystery with a couple easy to root for at its center. Kristine HuntleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved When did Abby Foote's life becomes an episode of Law & Order? First, a former boyfriend (who dumped Abby in the most humiliating way imaginable) is found murdered the day his engagement is announced. Then two other ex-boyfriends report attempts made on their lives right after breaking up with her. Coincidence? Detective Benjamin Orr, of the Portland Police Department (and Very Probing Questions and Incredibly Delicious Face), doesn't think so. Neither do Abby's friends, family, coworkers and other exes -- who are suddenly shaking in their shoes. Soon everyone is sucking up to her as though the Abby they know and supposedly love to death is capable of poisoning their drinks . . . Is someone trying to frame her? Who? And why? She has to find out fast. Because by-the-book Ben is bound to break her heart. Which makes him next on someone's list . . . When Abby Foote's former boyfriend is found murdered on the day his engagement is announced, two other former boyfriends report attempts were made on their lives after breaking up with Abby. Is someone trying to frame her?