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CALAMITY JAYNE HEADS WEST by Kathleen Bacus

"Outrageously hilarious romantic mystery with a heroine who's a calamity waiting to happen."

By: Kathleen Bacus

Genres: Mystery Woman Sleuth | Romance Contemporary

Posted: September 16, 2007

Tressa "Calamity" Jayne Turner is well-known around her hometown of Grandville, Iowa, because wherever she goes, a calamity seems to follow. When her granny gets engaged to Tressa's sometimes-boyfriend Rick's grandpa, the whole clan heads west for the Arizona wedding. Out in the desert near the Grand Canyon, Tressa finds a hideously tacky fertility figurine at a roadside stand and buys it for her granny's wedding gift. From purse-snatching to near hit-and-run accidents, trouble begins immediately, until Tressa wonders if her purchase may be cursed. With help from park ranger Rick, who's just as sexy out West as he was back in Iowa, she's sent on a scavenger hunt of clues to discover who wants the figurine and why -- before Tressa ends up getting hurt -- or worse!

The distinctive, quirky writing style of author Kathleen Bacus combined with Tressa "Calamity" Jayne's outlandish monologues deliver a story filled with riotous laughter, along with the occasional snicker, giggle or grin. Tressa Jayne's adventures are funnier than Stephanie Plum, smarter than Bubbles Yablonsky and jam packed with hip references to keep the reader wanting more. In her fifth contemporary mystery, Tressa Jayne Turner is sure to amuse and entertain, and guaranteed to find calamity along the way. Get on board as CALAMITY JAYNE HEADS WEST!

Book Summary

WHAT DOES A BLONDE GET ON AN INTELLIGENCE TEST?

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE BLONDE COYOTE?

IT GOT STUCK IN A TRAP, CHEWED OFF THREE LEGS AND WAS STILL STUCK.

Tressa Jayne Turner, Grandville Iowa’s own little “Calamity”, is headed for the Grand Canyon State-- and a wedding! No, not her own. She hasn’t said yes to the roguish Ranger Rick yet, but after the past years, some downtime in a sweat lodge is just what the shaman ordered.

Unfortunately, it’s her goofy granny getting’ hitched, and Tressa’s sunny little siesta is about to have more strings attached than a dream catcher. Her cousin’s keeping secrets, Rick’s sending signals--more of the smokin’ than smoke variety--and it seems Tressa’s not the only person with an attachment to “Kookaumunga”, the butt-ugly fertility figurine she picked up at a roadside stand as a wedding gift. The wacky wedding’s about to become a southwestern scavenger hunt, an amazing race cum Da Vinci Code-intrigue, featuring a washed-up actress out to kick- start her career, a suspect spiritual advisor, locals with a cause, and a ten-year-old who’s a chip off a certain ranger’s blockhead. It’ll be a vision quest to make Thelma and Louise’s southwestern spree seem like amateur night at the OK Corral. May the best spirit guide win.

Calamity Jayne Heads West by Kathleen Bacus

Calamity Jayne Heads West

by: Kathleen Bacus

Tressa Jayne Turner mysteries #5

Love Spell
October 1, 2007
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Featuring: Tressa Jayne Turner; Ranger Rick
336 pages
ISBN: 0505527332
EAN: 9780505527332
Mass Market Paperback

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