REVENGE GIFTS
Author: Cindy Cruciger ISBN: 0765352257 9/2005 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: TOR
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TARA COLE SPECIALIZES IN REVENGE
In fact, she's an expert. Lace pillows filled with cat hair-for your least-favorite, most allergic relative; boxer shorts that set off metal detectors-for your cheating spouse; and her best seller at RevengeGifts.com: chocolates for your worst enemy, so you can watch gleefully as she packs on the pounds.
Tara's best friend warns her that all this revenge is damaging her karma, but Tara doesn't care about her next life-she wants to enjoy this one. Besides, her kitchen is full of cranky ghosts. Tara figures she'll be the same one day, when she leaves the mortal plane.
That might happen sooner than she thought, because someone has put a curse on her. A black cat, a black dog, even a black goat, appear, each followed by bizarre, almost-disastrous events. And it all started around the time Howard showed up. Howard says he wants to go into business with Tara, but it seems like he wants to go to bed with her. Unless he's the one who cursed her . . .
Is this karma coming full circle-or destiny knocking on Tara's door? |
 RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:
REVENGE GIFTS is a witty, charming story about a woman, her business specializing in revenge, her kooky off-the-wall friends...and Howard. I mean, Howard is just not your everyday guy, even with that corny name. Howie is.dreamy. And I love him. I am so never dating again unless it is with a man named Howard.
Tara's business, literally, is revenge. She sells everything from cat fur stuffed pillows (for those allergic to cats) to a Candy a Day—for a year—for your more 'closet-candy freak' friends. If you want revenge on an old flame or a nasty boss, Tara is your answer. She is cute and smart and not afraid of anything.
I love, love, love this book. Ms. Cruciger couldn't have done it better if she tried. This book is perfect from start to finish, and I know that I will find myself at the nearest bookstore looking for more of Cindy Cruciger's books in the future.
Kristal Gorman |
