Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie

Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie

Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named Rhett, and you've got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love.

Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she's staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through her bedroom window. His name is Shane--no last name, just Shane--and he has his own problems: He's got a big hit scheduled, a rival trying to take him out, and an ex-mobster uncle asking him to protect some little kid named Agnes. When he finds out that Agnes isn't so little, that his uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million bucks he might have lost in Agnes's house, and that his last hit was a miss, Shane's life isn't looking so good, either. Then a bunch of lowlifes come looking for the money, a string of hitmen show up for Agnes, and some wedding guests gather with the intent to throw more than rice. Agnes and Shane have their hands full with greed, florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the bride, and--most dangerous of all--each other.

Bob Mayer is a New York Times bestselling author, a West Point graduate, a former Green Beret (who led an A-Team), and the owner of two yellow Labs, the most famous of which is Cool Gus. He's written nearly seventy books, including the #1 bestseller Area 51, Atlantis, and Green Berets series. He was born in the Bronx and has traveled the world (albeit not always to the tourist traps). He currently lives quietly with his wife and two Labrador retrievers. www.bobmayer.com is his website.