Pink Jinx

The fourth book in Sandra Hill's Cajun series serves up laugh-out-loud humor and sizzling romance in equal portions. The long, hot Louisiana summer just got hotter for Rene LeDeux. He returns home to southern Louisiana after quitting his job in Washington as an environmental lobbyist. Years of battling with the oil industry and land developers have left him completely burnt out, and now all he wants to do is work on his cabin on Bayou Black. But his peace of mind is disrupted by a few things. One, his great-aunt Tante Lulu is determined to get him hitched. Two, a couple of his activist friends have hatched a plot to bring national attention to their cause to save the bayou. They've kidnapped a TV celebrity and brought her to Rene's cabin. And three, the celebrity is none other than Valerie "Ice" Breux, Rene's nemesis while growing up. Now Val's stranded in Rene's remote cabin, besieged by irrepressible LeDeux relations, not to mention a dingbat duo out to save the swamp. It's bad enough being kidnapped, but did she have to land in the lap of the most irritating, sexiest hunk she's ever laid her eyes on? Val vows she'll give her heart to the Cajun bad boy when alligators fly. Rene swears to get the girl who got away. It's never been steamier in the bayou than with two people this red-hot with desire...and more than ready for love.

charmaine Ledeux, Who Owns Not One But Two Beauty Salons On The Louisiana Bayou, Has A Loan Shark On Her Tail. As If That's Not Bad Enough, Raoul Lanier, Who She Thought She Divorced Years Ago, Tells Her That They're Still Married! Plus, They've Inherited His Father's Rundown Cattle Ranch Together. Raoul Promises To Give Her An Honest-to-god Real Divorce This Time If She'll Sell Him Her Half Of The Ranch. But She Decides That The Ranch Is The Perfect Place For Her After All; I.e., The Perfect Hideout For A Woman Who Needs To Lie Low For A While.
the Last Thing Raoul Wants Is For Charmaine To Live With Him, But Charmaine Has Always Been Stubborn. Soon She's Taken Over The House, Adding Feminine Touches Everywhere And Having His Three Ranch Hands Eating Out Of Her Hand. When Her Belly-dancing Great-aunt And The Rest Of The Ledeux Clan Come Over For Thanksgiving Dinner, Raoul Knows He's Lost The Fight. He Might As Well Give In To The Temptation She Still Rouses In Him. Now If He Can Only Keep Her Safe From The Dixie Mafia Looking For Her And Convince Her That He's Worth A Second Chance At Love.

publishers Weekly

some Like It Hot And Hilarious, And Hill Delivers Both In This Intoxicating Addition To Her Cajun Bad Boys Series (after Tall, Dark And Cajun). This Time Around, Charmaine Ledeux, A Four-times-wed Ex-miss Louisiana With Big Hair And A String Of Beauty Salons, Shares The Stage With Her Ex-husband Raoul Lanier, Who Has Just Been Released From Prison After Serving Two Years On Trumped-up Drug Charges. Charmaine Is On The Lam From The Dixie Mafia After Borrowing Money From Bucks `r Us At An Interest Rate Of $1,000 A Day. Enter Raoul, Who Informs Char That They Are Still Married And That She's Half Owner Of His Ranch. He Wants A Legal Divorce And For Her To Sign Over Her Half Of The Ranch To Him-until He Learns Her Life Is In Danger. Hiding Out On The Louisiana Prairie Is Easy Since It's Little Known And In The Middle Of Nowhere, But Ignoring The Sexual Chemistry Primed To Explode Between Her And Raoul Is Not. Add Char's Matchmaking, Spandex-wearing Aunt To The Mix, Along With Three Miscreant Ranch Hands And All The Players From Hill's Previous Books, And The Chuckles Never Cease. A Minor Mystery Is Thrown In For Good Measure, But The Real Fun Here Lies In The Book's Side-splitting Dialogue And Hotter-than-cajun-spice Erotica. Agent, Meredith Bernstein. (june) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Rachel Fortier, a thirty-something home design consultant, has had it with her fiance. It's bad enough that he gave her a Thighmaster for Valentine's Day and a Butt Buster for her birthday, and that their seven-year engagement has no end in sight. But she just learned that he's had a vasectomy! Rachel packs up and heads south to meet her great-aunt Gizelle for the first time and take a few days to regroup. She imagines a Grandma Walton living in a picturesque house surrounded by wondrous nature. What she finds is a cabin on stilts deep in the bayous, with alligators and snakes the size of telephone poles. As for Aunt Gizelle, she's a former taxidermist who can outcreep Hannibal Lechter any day of the week.And if that isn't enough to make a girl turn around and head right back to her ex, Gizelle is feuding with a Cajun bad boy -Remy LeDeux, a helicopter pilot and Air Force vet whose face is scarred from battle. Rene wants to buy a piece of property from Gizelle, but the feisty senior makes it clear she wants nothing to do with any LeDeux. But the moment Remy sees Rachel getting out of a red truck, it's love at first sight for the long-time bachelor, despite all the turmoil she brings into his life, with her ideas of Feng Shui-ing his houseboat and her ex chasing after her, not to mention her great-aunt threatening to shoot his heinie. But getting Rachel to say "I do" is worth it. After all, he's never met a woman before who looks at him like he's a Whitmans Sampler box and she's a chocoholic. Charmaine LeDeux, who owns not one but two beauty salons on the Louisiana bayou, has a loan shark on her tail. As if that's not bad enough, Raoul Lanier, who she thought she divorced years ago, tells her that they're still married! Plus, they've inherited his father's rundown cattle ranch together. Raoul promises to give her an honest-to-god real divorce this time if she'll sell him her half of the ranch. But she decides that the ranch is the perfect place for her after all; i.e., the perfect hideout for a woman who needs to lie low for a while. The last thing Raoul wants is for Charmaine to live with him, but Charmaine has always been stubborn. Soon she's taken over the house, adding feminine touches everywhere and having his three ranch hands eating out of her hand. When her belly-dancing great-aunt and the rest of the LeDeux clan come over for Thanksgiving dinner, Raoul knows he's lost the fight. He might as well give in to the temptation she still rouses in him. Now if he can only keep her safe from the Dixie mafia looking for her and convince her that he's worth a second chance at love. The Jinx Inc. treasure-hunting company has a new mission - to find the 'cave pearls' rumoured to exist in the bottom-most cavity of an ancient cave. But first, mission leader Caleb Peach has to find an expert consultant. An ex-Navy SEAL, Caleb is used to getting his man but Dr Claire Cassidy, archaeologist extraordinaire, is proving hard to pin down. Only after he tracks her down on her fishing holiday and proves that Jinx Inc. is an upstanding, responsible company does the she sign on the dotted line. The attraction is immediate but Caleb and Claire are very different people. He's buttoned up and goes by the book and still carries a lot of bitterness because of a painful past. She's a free spirit and truly self-sufficient and independent, yet she's not opposed to the possibility of love in her life.With Claire's help, along with the assistance of Cajun Healer, Tante Lulu, Caleb and his family reconcile. At about the ame time, adventure and hilarity abound as the crew of Jinx Inc. begin the search for and find the fabled cave pearls.

Men! After finally dumping her fiance, whose idea of romance was making sure she toned her butt and abs, decorator Rachel Fortier hightails it out of D.C. straight for Cajun country. But her ex-taxidermist grandma's cabin on stilts in the Louisiana bayou isn't quite the grand estate she imagined. Throw in a pet alligator named Useless, a herd of Southerners born and bred, and Remy LeDeux, the smoldering-eyed pilot angling for her family's property, and Rachel's in for a passel of trouble-especially since their chemistry is hotter than the Atchafalaya Swamp in July. With his miniskirted great-aunt itching to marry him off and her rifle-toting grandma ready to shoot Remy the second he sets foot on her land, the sexiest bad boy this side of the Mason-Dixon line will need a special kind of voodoo to win this civil war.

Hot, Bothered, and In Over Her Head!After finally dumping her no-good fiancé, decorator Rachel Fortier hightails it out of D.C. straight for Cajun country. But her grandma's Louisiana bayou cabin on stilts isn't quite the grand estate she imagined. Throw in a pet alligator named Useless and Remy LeDeux, the smoldering-eyed pilot angling for her family's property, and Rachel's in for a passel of trouble-especially since their chemistry is hotter than the Atchafalaya Swamp in July. With his Tante Lulu itching to marry him off and Rachel's rifle-toting grandma ready to shoot Remy the second he sets foot on her land, the sexiest bad boy this side of the Mason-Dixon Line will need a special kind of voodoo to convince Rachel she was born for the bayou. Cajun Series:Tall, Dark, and CajunThe Cajun CowboyThe Red-Hot Cajun

rene Ledeux Returns Home To Southern Louisiana After Quitting His Job In Washington As An Environmental Lobbyist. Years Of Battling With The Oil Industry And Land Developers Have Left Him Completely Burnt Out, And Now All He Wants To Do Is Work On His Cabin On Bayou Black. But His Peace Of Mind Is Disrupted By A Few Things. One, His Great-aunt Tante Lulu Is Determined To Get Him Hitched. Two, A Couple Of His Activist Friends Have Hatched A Plot To Bring National Attention To Their Cause To Save The Bayou. They've Kidnapped A Tv Celebrity And Brought Her To Rene's Cabin. And Three, The Celebrity Is None Other Than Valerie Ice Breux, Rene's Nemesis While Growing Up. Talk About Red-hot Trouble!

The long hot Louisiana summer just got hotter for Rene' LeDeux. He's burned out by D.C. politics and only want s to build his cabin in peace. But if his wacky, matchmaking great-aunt has her way, Bayou Black's prodigal son will be hitched before he can say butt-naked! That honor goes to Valerie "Ice" Breaux, Rene' high school nemesis turned Trial TV anchor, who's been abducted by Rene's activist friends Physically and emotionally exhausted after years in Washington battling the oil industry as an environmental lobbyist, Ren LeDeux seeks refuge in his southern Louisiana home, planning to work on his cabin on Bayou Black, only to discover that his great aunt, Tante Lulu, has come up with a scheme to marry him off. Thirty-something Rachel Fortier has had it with her fiance David. He gave her a Thighmaster for Valentine's Day, a Butt Buster for her birthday, and their seven-year engagement has no end in sight. So now she's packing her bags and heading South to stay with her great aunt Gizelle. Charmaine LeDeux, hair stylist of the Louisiana bayou and entrepreneur extraordinaire who owns not one but two beauty salons, discovers that there is a second chance for love when her ex-husband is released from prison and tries to court her back. Exhausted after years as an environmental lobbyist, René LeDeux returns to Louisiana, only to discover that his great aunt has come up with a scheme to marry him off, and that two of his buddies have come up with a bizarre plan to save the bayou On the run from a loan shark and the Dixie Mafia, Louisiana beauty salon owner Charmaine LeDeux discovers that she is still married to her supposedly ex-husband, Raoul Lanier, when she seeks refuge at the ranch that they have inherited together Abandoning Washington, D.C. for Cajun Country, decorator Rachel Fortier finds more than she bargained for in the Louisiana bayous