Jinx (Hill)

Second chances at love make a great story, but when a couple has been married and divorced five times, what are the odds for success? Find out in Pink Jinx, the first book in Sandra Hill's Jinx treasure hunting trilogy. Starring Veronica Jinkowsky, a strait-laced Boston lawyer, and Jake Jensen, a professional poker player, Pink Jinx provides an outstanding cast of colorful characters, all trapped about a salvage boat on the open seas: Veronica's grandfather Frank Jinkowsky, whose Polish heritage is apparent in his insistence on constantly playing polka music and his matchmaking efforts, his partner Flossie, who used to be a Las Vegas showgirl, cook Brenda Caslow, an ex-NASCAR mechanic who is on a sauerkraut diet, divers Adam Famosa, a Cuban college professor, and Caleb Peachy, an ex-Amish Navy SEAL, and the beloved Tante Lulu of Sandra's Cajun series. Veronica and Jake are determined not to make mistake number six as they work to find the lost cache of pink diamonds, but will they find that the greatest treasure of all was with them all along?

WHEN OPPOSITES ATTRACT…John LeDeux is the wildest guy on Louisiana bayou. Even his infamous aunt, Tante Lulu, agrees. But now he's a respected police detective who must fall back on his wilder days to investigate a crime syndicate's control of a Baton Rouge sex club. However, the last thing John expects is some nosy reporter screwing up his bust by dressing like a high-class Bourbon Street hooker and then writing an article calling him the "Sex Cop."SPARKS WILL FLY…Single parent Celine Arseneux is raising a five-year-old son and proud of her award-winning work as a journalist. What she doesn't need is a full-of-himself, sex-on-the-hoof Cajun bad boy distracting her from what could be the scoop of the century. Besides, if he gets too close, he might uncover her secret.BUT A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE SWAMP…Forced to hide out until the sex club case goes to trial, John distracts himself with a treasure-hunting company, looking for buried pirate gold. Of course, who else should be assigned to do a feature story on treasure hunting than his not-so-favorite journalist, Celine? Adding to the steamy heat and gators and snakes big as telephone poles, there's the matchmaking Tante Lulu, an ex-Amish Navy SEAL, a professional poker-playing nun, a Cuban professor, and a female NASCAR mechanic. What can a guy and gal do but laugh and surrender to the magic of a destined love?