A Cutthroat Business: A Savannah Martin Novel: 1 (Savannah Martin Mysteries)

Savannah has always been a good girl doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying cheating slimeball - and bad in bed to boot - Savannah kicks the jerk to the curb and embarks on life on her own terms. With a new apartment a new career and a brand new outlook on life shes all set to take the world by storm. If only the world would stop throwing her curveballs... Everyone has warned new-minted realtor Savannah Martin that real estate is a cutthroat business. But Savannah doesnt think shes supposed to take the warning literally ... until an early morning phone call sends her to an empty house on the bad side of town where she finds herself standing over the butchered body of a competitor face to face with the boy her mother always warned her about.Rafe Collier is six feet three inches of testosterone and trouble; tall dark and dangerous with a murky past and no future-not the kind of guy a perfect Southern Belle should want to tangle with. In any way. But wherever Savannah turns there he is and making no bones about what he wants from her.Now Savannah must figure out who killed real estate queen Brenda Puckett make a success of her new career and avoid getting killed-or kissed-by Rafe all before the money in her savings account runs out and she has to go back to selling make-up at the mall.