Then when there's a storm and the power goes out she gives the guests candles, no flashlights, and leaves the inn. But then you find out she doesn't have a website, maybe it's just me but that seems like the first thing you'd set up if your business is dependent on people from out of the area, even if it was just very basic, and even in 2006. For example, in the beginning Natalie is set up as a fairly mature, professional character who's willing to work hard to make her B&B a success. The protagonist and setting were likable enough, which is important to me in a cozy, but it all felt remarkably inconsistent. Well to be fair, there might be a fruit composte recipe too, but overall, say goodbye to dieting concerns if you check into the Gray Whale Inn. Sure, there's a murder, and a series of increasingly troubling attempts on the heroine, but it never gets too scary because there's always a best friend forever with a cup of tea and those yummy cookies, and the serenity the Gray Whale Inn evokes overpowers all the nasties.Ī series of recipes based on delightful (and high calorie-and sugar) desserts mentioned in the tale follows the text itself. The fantasy includes a hunky handyman who keeps dropping strong hints that he desires the heroine (substitute yourself, lady readers) and conveniently lives in the carriage house nearby (you're his landlady, ladies, and he drops by whenever you need help or attention but sensibly makes himself scarce before he becomes irritating). I don't mean porn in a sexual sense, but for them the fantasy lure of just moving to a scenic island where you run a cute and quaint inn, where you bake fattening snacks and desserts constantly and everybody loves you for it. It made me think of that old commercial catch phrase: "Calgon, take me away!" I say that because this is, if you will excuse the analogy, soft porn for women. I am definitely not the target audience for this book, but once I started reading it the setting soothed me and I became interested in seeing what sort of fantasy escapism it offered mature women, whom I am guessing are the target demographic.
This is the first book in a cozy mystery series built around the life of the heroine, Natalie, running an idyllic bed n' breakfast, The Gray Whale Inn, on fictional Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine.
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