Agnes and the Hitman

Agnes and the Hitman by Mayer, Bob. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312363048.

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 youve got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love… Agnes Crandalls life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that shes 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: hes 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 isnt so little, his uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million bucks he might have lost in Agness house, and his last hit was a miss, Shanes life isnt 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--most dangerous of all--each other. Agnes and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and salty--a novel of delicious proportions.