PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES by Debby Mayne is the first book in a new series. Priscilla Slater receives an invitation to her ten year high school reunion.  Does she really want to go? It would be great to show everyone how much she has changed. A lot has happened since she went to Piney Point High School.  She is a very successful business woman.  She owns several beauty salons and does quite well for herself.  She also has changed her physical appearance as well. Gone is the mousy brown hair, crooked teeth, and her cheap clothes.  Pricilla decides to go to the reunion and even heads down a few weeks early to help with preparations.  Since she is going to be there, she decides to work in her salon there and help some of her classmates get spiffed up for the reunion.  Very quickly she is caught up in all the gossip and goings on in Piney Point.

Each chapter in PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES is told from a different person.  You will meet Laura, Trudy, And Tim.  Laura Moss was the vice president of her class and she is in charge of the reunion.  She is married to Pete, her high school sweetheart who totally doesn't appreciate all she does for him, their home and their four children.  They have been a couple since the fourth grade! Pete has a drinking problem which doesn't help with her situation.

Trudy Baynard has gone through a painful divorce with the captain of the football team, Michael.  She was also Miss Piney Point and feels like she has to keep up appearances because of that.  When she and Michael divorced she sold her house and moved to the big city of Atlanta.  She has put on some weight and her life isn't as perfect as she wishes it would be.   Will she be able to pull it off at the reunion?  She isn't even sure if her car will make the trip and she can't afford to fix it.

Tim Puckett has been a friend to Pricilla for years.  He is a vendor for her salons and has always had a special spot in his heart for Pricilla.  Does she share his feeling? He isn't sure but offering to be her date for her reunion is one way for him to spend more time with her and see just what her feelings are.  He even comes down to Piney Point early to help out with the last minute details.  He is super nice and Pricilla really appreciates his time and his friendship but she just isn't sure if she can take it to the next level with him.

PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES is a quick read that is filled with quirky characters and small town charm.  I was quickly wrapped up in their lives and couldn't wait to see how it all ended.  It was interesting to see how they each learned not to live in the past and how they each left their high school days behind.  I found myself laughing at loud at many different parts of Debby's book and can not wait to read more by this author.  Debby has written more than forty novels and I can't wait to get my hands on them.