The blurb on the book is a great summary: "A pinch of James Bond . . . a handful of humor . . . great escapist fun." The Carrie Mae Foundation philosophy is to improve the lives of women everywhere through education, medical, and financial assistance, which is financed by selling affordable, qual...
I enjoyed this book a lot. Nikki has an overbearing mother and at 25 is still wondering what to do after becoming a linguistcs major. She tries for a job and after a bad interview, and is drinking at a bar when a handsome man asks her to pretend she is his wife. She finally agrees, and notes some...
Nikki toured the perimeter, trying to make sense of the scene in front of her. The mechanical stage apparatus took up the center of the room with a snaking octopus of wires that all fed into a central panel manned by the plump, donut-eating tech she had noticed earlier. She could see Kit and the ...
“Jane, are you ok?” demanded Jenny, striding up to the porch, ignoring Mark entirely. “Yeah, I’m fine. But Brett smashed up some stuff. When I got here he was already going through Mr. M’s office. I’m not sure what he found, but something pissed him off thoroughly. I manag...
“Pull over. Pull over. Pull over.” Nikki did as she was told, and Nell dashed from the car into the long grass in the drainage ditch and upchucked her breakfast. Nikki sat on the hood and waited for Nell to finish. When Nell began to stagger back in her direction, Nikki fished in the glove compar...
“Wake up, Red. You ain’t no princess and this ain’t Sleeping Beauty. Time to go to work.” Nikki struggled upright and stared, befuddled, around the room. Sunlight streamed through the windows. A blanket had been tossed over her sometime in the night. “Work?” she repeated, realizing she hadn’t was...