While on a treacherous assignment, Shane receives an urgent summons from his Uncle Joey to return home. Since he hasn't heard from his uncle in years, Shane figures something is seriously wrong. He abruptly leaves his current mission to protect "Little Agnes," who's had the misfortune of having a "hit" placed on her.
Little Agnes turns out to be Cranky Agnes, the food columnist who smashed a frying pan over the head of a man attempting to kidnap her dog. Agnes, who's planning her goddaughter's wedding, is having a difficult month. This wedding will be the joining of an established Southern family with her goddaughter's Italian mob family. It promises to be a lively nuptial. To add to the confusion, the necklace that Agnes' dog was wearing is not costume jewelry, but a five-million-dollar diamond necklace from an old robbery years ago.
Agnes' stress level keeps rising as someone is trying to sabotage the wedding. She has problems with anger management and no one wants to see Agnes mad, except Shane. His boredom disappears as he watches the impressive Agnes. What an efficient and energetic woman, and what hitman wouldn't admire those talents. Shane's job of keeping Agnes alive becomes more difficult as they act upon the sparks flying between them.
The wedding draws near and past robberies and murders interfere with the present. Now this odd gang of law- abiding citizens and criminals join forces for their version of justice; determined that a happy ending will ensue.
AGNES AND THE HITMAN is wonderful! Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer have developed quite a writing partnership. The storyline, while wild, grabs you from the get-go and you spend your time laughing at the great lines and the phenomenal characters. This writing team is a perfect match as they combine their talents giving readers an absolutely fantastic good time.
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 youβve got a recipe for a sexy,
hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true loveβ¦
Agnes Crandallβs life goes awry when a
dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously
hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that sheβs
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: heβs 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 isnβt so little, his
uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million
bucks he might have lost in Agnesβs house, and his last
hit was a miss, Shaneβs life isnβt looking so good,
either. Then a bunch of lowlifes come looking for the
money, a string of hit men show up for Agnes, and some
wedding guests gather with intent to throw more than rice.
Agnes and Shane have their hands full with greed,
florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the
bride, and β most dangerous of all β each other. Agnes
and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and
spice, sweet and salty β a novel of delicious
proportions.
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