Revenge Gifts by Cindy Cruciger, Cindy Cruicger

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  • Pub. Date: September 2005
  • 304pp

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    • Pub. Date: September 2005
    • Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
    • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 304pp

    Synopsis

    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?

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    Biography

    Cindy Cruciger was born on a full moon night in Okeechobee, Florida. A few days later, the doctor who delivered her disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.

    Her first work of fiction won a Romantic Times Book Club contest, and for three years she has been chronicling the strange world of an aspiring author, trying to get published. Her Path to Publishing column appears monthly in RT Book Club Magazine.

    She currently lives in the village of Islamorada -- until her neighbors read this book and kick her off the island.

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    August 24, 2007: Unique and interesting! I loved this book and keep looking for new titles by this author!!

    Pippi Longstocking all grown up and in loveby Anonymous

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    July 11, 2005: Anyone who thinks magic has left America needs to pay a visit to Cindy Cruciger?s Florida Keys. The unexplained thrives in Islamorada, moving from the everyday paranormal of ghosts, gris-gris bags, demon dogs and Voodoo Queens, to the truly astonishing ? a deep romance with one of fiction?s most endearing smartasses and a hunky former Disney exec named Howard. Yes, you heard me ? his name is Howard. (Or Muffin, if you?re lucky.) ... Tara Cole, the endearing smartass in question, owns revengegifts.com. Featuring allergen-laden lace pillows for that ?favorite aunt,? metal-laced boxers for the frequent airline traveler, Easter urns for atheists ? Tara?s online store has something for everyone on her customers? hit lists. And despite her best friend?s dire warnings about karmic repercussions, business is booming. ... Then one morning, she wakes to find a gris-gris bag on the hood of her car and an introductory email from Muffin-the-entrepreneur-man. But after a long drought between lovers, is a reversal of fortune curse really all that? ... With Cindy Cruciger?s unlikely romantic pairing, uniquely intriguing storyline and richly drawn cast of supporting characters ? it?s all that and more! ... Did I mention that Tara and Muffin ? err, I mean Howard ? are an unlikely couple? With snark to spare and wearing pigtails, Tara is Pippi Longstocking all grown up. And Howard is six feet of straight-laced beefcake. Intelligent and persistent beefcake, Howard takes up residence around the brick wall Tara constructed while working in a male-dominated environment. He sits closer to Tara than she?d like ? in the same room. He serves her favorite food in her favorite dishes. Most importantly, he sees through the wisecracks and steadily makes her knees go weak. ... The realistic speed at which the romance progresses is counterbalanced by the faster paced mystery of who is cursing Tara. Is it a recipient of a revengegifts.com package? Her friendly landlady?s unctuous ex-husband? Muffin? ... Given the eccentric?s paradise Cruciger has so convincingly painted, the culprit could be anyone and readers will delight in the progression of spells and counter spells as the stakes get higher and the romance gets hotter. And, when all the zombie dust settles from the final showdown, it feels just like a real trip to the Keys ? over before we?re ready to go home! ... Kudos to this first-time author for not only giving romance readers a smart, sassy heroine and an attainable but drool-inducing hero, but also for giving us a story that drives us to the end as much as the romance does. Five gris-gris bags and a plea for more from Ms. Cruciger.


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