Sandra Hill - Pink Jinx

HIGHFALUTIN PRAISE FOR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SANDRA HILL AND HER NOVELS

RED-HOT CAJUN

In need of a laugh? Look no further than this funny, sexy, warmhearted tale.

Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine

Ms. Hill provides a Louisiana summer heat romance filled with passion and humor.

Midwest Book Review

A brimming romance for people who like to laugh [and] people who like to cry.

Booklist

Hills thigh-slapping humor and thoughtful look at the endangered Louisiana bayou ecosystem turn this into an engaging read.

Publishers Weekly

THE CAJUN COWBOY

Hill will tickle readers funny bones yet again as she writes in her trademark sexy style. A real crowd-pleaser, guar-an-teed.

Booklist (starred review)

An intoxicating addition to her Cajun Bad Boys series.

Publishers Weekly

A pure delight. One terrific read!

Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine (four stars)

Sandra Hills writing is fabulous. Look forward to a book by her because it will be a great read.

The Literary Times

Ms. Hill has a marvelous way of weaving a story chock full of frivolity, sensuality, and delight.... Her talent for comedy brings a unique quality that entertains.

Under the Covers

TALL, DARK, AND CAJUN

Flat-out funny, sexy, and touching. A treat!

Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine (four stars)

Fast-moving... the bayou setting filled with humor... The love scenes had me running for a tall glass of iced tea. This is one of those books I wanted to devour in one sitting.

TheWordOnRomance.com

Get ready for hours of laughter, page-turning intrigue, passion, sexy hunks, and danger. ... Tall, Dark, and Cajun is even better than I dreamed it would be.

RoadtoRomance.com

A funny, sexy sizzler thats smokin hot and spicy enough to flame-roast a readers sensibilities... zesty, witty, outrageous, and very, very enjoyable.

Heartstrings (RomanticFiction.tripod.com)

If you like your romances hot and spicy and your men the same way, then you will like Tall, Dark, and Cajun.... Eccentric characters, witty dialogue, humorous situations... and hot romance... [Hill] perfectly captures the bayous mystique and makes it come to life.

RomRevToday.com

Downright laugh-out-loud funny. Youll need to splash water on yourself between giggle fits. The novel has everything... to keep you interested from beginning to end.

BookHaunts.net

Also by Sandra Hill

The Cajun Cowboy

The Red-Hot Cajun

Tall, Dark, and Cajun

This book is dedicated with much appreciation to all those fans who have told me over these past ten years how much you appreciate my uniqueokay, warpedsense of humor. You know who you are. You are teachers, pilots, therapists, ministers, housewives, Norwegian sailors, college students, nurses, men and women from all walks of life. I have been particularly touched by those of you who say my books have helped you through some life struggles and by those readers who are nobly serving in harms way in the military.

When I first started writing romance, I had no idea that humor could touch readers so strongly. I thought only books with serious messages helped people. The most extreme example I can offer is the precious fan of mine who died of cancer and asked to have one of my Viking books placed in her coffin so that, at the viewing, people would look and then smile. Yep, humor to the end. But I am equally touched by the working mothers who need a little humor in their lives at the end of the day.

Lets face it, in these often depressing post-9/11 times, humor can make anyones life better.

Please visit my Web site where I have something FREE to offer you, in a show of my appreciation.

And be assured, Tante Lulu and Tee-John, those outrageous Cajuns, are along for the ride in this new treasure-hunting series.

Wishing you smiles in your reading,

Sandra Hill

www.sandrahill.net

Dear Readers:

Welcome to my new Jinx series.

First off, let me introduce you to some of my friends, the main characters in Pink Jinx. Lawyer Veronica Ronnie Jinkowsky and her four-time ex-husband, Jake Jensen, a professional poker player, have been conned by Ronnies wacky, polka-playing grandfather into taking over Jinx, Inc., a treasure-hunting company.

There will be an ensemble cast in all the Jinx books, characters who will recur in subsequent books, but each with a different hero and heroine. We writers like to say that we create worlds with our series, whether they be vampires, Vikings, Cajuns, or historical families. When readers like a particular book, they tell us they want to come back to that world. So, welcome to my new world.

Those of you who have read my previous books will be pleased to know that Tante Lulu and Tee-John from my Cajun series are still around and spreading mischief. For the many of you who asked, yes, Tee-John will have his own story someday. Before that can happen, hes got to get a few more years under his belt, literally.

Its important to note that you do not have to have read the Cajun books to start the Jinx series. Likewise, the Jinx series is loosely linked, meaning the books can be read out of order.

A wise editor once told me that in the best of books, the writer makes the reader laugh as well as cry. Well, I can guarantee that Ronnie and Jake will tickle your funny bones, but I also hope your heartstrings will be tugged as well. These two love each other so much, but they just cant get it right, as evidenced by their four divorces.

As a special thank-you to all of you who have been faithful supporters of my books, please visit my Web site, where I have a special, free surprise for youa never-before-published novella called Jinx Christmas.

You can also look forward to reading about the ex-Amish, ex-Navy SEAL Caleb Peachey in the next Jinx book, Pearl Jinx.

Wishing you smiles in your reading and joy in your life.

Sandra Hill
www.sandrahill.net
shill733@aol.com

Chapter

Her chips were definitely down....

The scent of salt water always made her sick.

Which was really unfortunate for Veronica Jinkowsky, because not only was she being sucked into a venture that would place her on the high seas, but also here she stood on the boardwalk in freakin Atlantic City, the saltwater-taffy capital of the world. On a sucky scale of one to ten, her day was hitting about fifteen. And it was not yet over.

The rhythmic click of her high-heeled Christian Louboutin pumps on the boardwalk planks vibrated throughout her body and up to her head, which, not surprisingly, throbbed with a killer headache. Swinging through the back beachside door into the Taj Mahal, she blinked against the assault of cigarette smoke, raucous music, flashing lights, and the ching-ching-ching of slot machines. It was midnight, and the gamblers were out in full force. In the midst of all this splendor, she stood out like a sore thumb in her beige silk designer suit.

Distracted, Veronica bumped into a short, elderly woman with red curly hair carrying a purse the size of Idaho. The jolt forced the woman against a slot machine, which began to make loud noises: Wheel... of... Fortune. Wheel... of... Fortune...

Yikes!

At first, Veronica was alarmed. The woman, a combination of Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls and Granny Clampett from The Beverly Hillbillies, had to be at least seventy years old. Thats all she neededto knock down some old lady in a casino.

But the old lady righted herself and asked in a heavy Southern accent, You gots any idea where the Chippenduds is dancin? She was so short she had to crane her neck to peer up at Veronica.