Carlotta Wren was wealthy and happy until her parents skipped bail for a white collar crime and left Carlotta and her brother to fend for themselves. At only 18 years old, Carlotta was not prepared to raise her 9 year old brother Wesley. She got a job at Neiman Marcus; catering to the rich girls she used to go to school with. Carlotta has dealt with the life she was handed, and is now 28 years old. Wesley, 19 years old, has gotten himself into some trouble. He has a gambling problem and is in serious debt with some loan sharks. Without a job to pay them back, the loan sharks are coming after Carlotta for the money. Carlotta insists that Wesley needs to get a job and pay off his debt, but she meant a normal job, not a body moving job! Wesley meets a man named Coop who picks up bodies and transports them to the morgue. He hires Wesley as a body mover and here is where the mystery starts.

After driving Wesley to a body moving job, Carlotta discovers that she knows the deceased person her brother is moving! Carlotta plays amateur detective trying to solve the mystery of how this person ended up dead. In the mean time, Carlotta has run into Peter Ashford, her ex fiance from high school. Peter and Carlotta broke up when her parents abandoned her. She loved him and has never truly gotten over the break up. Sure it's been ten years since they broke up, but it takes time to mend a broken heart! Is Peter the same boy she knew in high school or has he changed for the worse? Can Carlotta and Peter rekindle their love for each other?

Carlotta becomes wrapped up in the murder/suicide mystery, while three men try for her affection. Will it be Peter, Coop or the hunky Detective Terry? Detective Terry is looking into her parents' disappearance and this doesn't sit well with Carlotta. She wants to leave the past in the past and move on. Will Wesley ever pay off his debt? Will Carlotta solve the mystery and get the man? Will Carlotta and Wesley's parents ever return to them? Read this exciting mystery to find out!

I devoured this book and loved it! I think readers will identify themselves well with Carlotta, the down on her luck, retail working, left by her parents and fiance, raising her own brother, every day girl. It's a refreshing change to read about a character that DOESN'T have it all. BODY MOVERS is a sexy mystery with heart. Stephanie Bond has written a very enjoyable book that fans of Janet Evanovich are sure to enjoy. This is the first book in Stephanie Bond's new series and I look forward to reading the next installment. The book concludes with an ending that will leave readers yearning to read her next book. Enjoy BODY MOVERS and look out for the next book in 2007.