Wearing his "LET ME KISS YOUR BOO-BOO" T shirt, Dr. Ajay Maju quickly and skillfully fixes the damage from IRS Agent Tara Holloway's latest tax file. With her beloved and famously beehived boss, Lu Lobozinski, off for chemotherapy treatment and Eddie Bardin, her usual partner, valiantly covering bases for Lu, Tara had been striving to close out some outstanding files. Now, she knows why these hot potatoes have been left in the back drawers to cool or be left to someone else to handle!

While still throbbing from her wound from their timely intervention with her previous client and his secessionist values, Tara's heart is throbbing from the touch of her temporary partner, the handsome whiskey-eyed Texan Special Agent Nick Pratt. Hot in looks and style and setting her girlie parts a quivering, Tara strives to keep everything professional till she can decide what to do. After all, she is in a nice comfy relationship with the warm and loving Brett Ellington. Why did he have to go for that month long wonderful landscaping job in Atlanta when she needed him now?

Diligent and dutiful to the responsibilities of her new role which she loves at the Dallas Criminal Investigation Unit of the IRS, Tara keeps working on with the files. Next in line is Noah Fischer, the pretentious Pastor of Ark Temple of Worship, with a penchant for tucking a high flying and expensive lifestyle under the mega-church's charitable tax exempt blanket. But things go wild after she brings him in. In the aftermath of his arrest, can they hold their own and win the case when the smarmy con man fluffs his flock and keeps the wool safely over their eyes with his bedazzling sermons, megawatt smiles and super comfy seats?

Diane Kelly has created another and hard to believe, even more uplifting and dynamic third book in her series featuring the intrepid Tara Holloway, the quick shooting from the lip and the hip tax agent! It is a fabulous fun read even as a stand-alone book and existing fans are sure to be thrilled by DEATH, TAXES AND EXTRA-HOLD HAIRSPRAY and will stick even more closely to following her! Kelly further develops the characters of Tara and the rest of the gang in this zany thriller featuring Lu's contraband industrial-strength hairspray sneakily imported from China. Tara is a very talented and warm-hearted woman, striving to stay true to her values and family upbringing while wrestling with how to handle the dilemma of being "Torn between Two Lovers". You'll laugh out loud as Tara does her darn best to find just the right wig for Lu as she deals with the effects of chemo and you absolutely can't miss what happens when the boss comes to the office! Totally LOL! DEATH, TAXES AND EXTRA-HOLD HAIRSPRAY is a thrilling read and a great laugh you just do not want to miss! Can't wait to see what will happen next with DEATH, TAXES AND A PEACH SANGRIA!

Book Summary

IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway is hard at work again. This time, she's after Noah Fischer, the charismatic minister of a Dallas mega church known as The Ark. While the pastor may not worship a golden calf, he's milking the church like his personal cash cow, financing his luxurious home, designer wardrobe, and lavish vacations via the church's collection plate. Despite repeated requests for the taxes due, Fischer has yet to render unto Caesar.

As if dealing with an uncooperative preacher and his extensive legal team isn't bad enough, Tara's also pursuing the vice-president of The Republic of Texas, a militant separatist group purporting to operate its own sovereign nation. August Buchmeyer hasn't paid taxes since Ronald Reagan was in the White House and is none too happy when Tara comes to collect.

Tara's usual partner, Eddie, has been temporarily promoted to head the Dallas Criminal Investigations office while their boss, Lu Lobozinski, undergoes treatment for lung cancer. Unfortunately, the chemotherapy reduces Lu's signature eight-inch strawberry-blond beehive to pitiful peach fuzz. Even Lu's Chinese contraband extra-hold hairspray isn't enough to give her thinning hair its customary height and attitude. Tara vows to find Lu a wig just like her usual updo, but it's not easy to find a beehive wig these days, let alone one in Lu's unique pinkish-orange color.

To make matters worse, Tara's boyfriend, Brett, has gone to Atlanta for business, leaving her vulnerable to the charms of Nick Pratt, another special agent assigned to assist her on the Ark and Republic of Texas cases.

Tara's life has become a hopelessly tangled mess. Can she find a way out of these hairy situations?p

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