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 you’ve got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love… Agnes Crandall’s life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a … a wedding that she’s 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: he’s 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 isn’t so little, his uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million bucks he might have lost in Agnes’s house, and his last hit was a miss, Shane’s life isn’t 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.
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A fun read!
This book was just a fun read.
I thoroughly loved this story!
This novel, “Agnes and the Hitman”, is a real page turner and very entertaining. It is probably the only book I have ever read that had a connection to the “Mob” that is fun to read. It is action packed, unpredictable and romantic, all woven into a fast moving story line filled with humor.
Too much bad language.
This is the first collaboration between Crusie and Mayer that I have read and it sure will not be the last. The story is fast paced with a sense of “oh my gosh what next!!” I’m looking forward to the next adventure.
Fun read.
I LOVE Jennifer Crusie and reread old books of hers for the wit, the warmth, the quirky funny characters and story lines. I miss her old style in this book. Not so much romance, you can feel the male influences and they’re pretty one-dimensional. I hope she goes back to writing solo; I miss her.
Good enough to reread many times.
Very good. Definitely my favorite Cruise/Mayer collaboration.
I really appreciate this angry heroine. Don’t mess with a baker!
I love everything Jennifer Crusie writes. This book is no exception.
It was a great book. It was funny and entertaining. I loved Agnes and Shane was a different type of hero but I really enjoyed the story with all its various plot twists.
Love it
A little action, a little mistaken identity, a little romance and a lot of humor – I love Crusie’s wit. How can you go wrong with a frying-pan wielding heroine?
Loved this book and interesting characters. Lots of funny moments, lots of action. Would definitely recommend reading.
One of the best, most entertaining books I’ve ever read. The characters are fun and there’s quite a few laugh-out-loud moments throughout the story. Of course there’s some very serious moments too as there are several deaths but sometimes even that was handled in a way that actually made it seem humorous.
There is some profanity and mild sex …
Disappointed
Jennifer and Rob really out-did themselves with this romantic comedy gem. A caterer. A hitman. Cake. Fondant. Attempted murder. And some hot, more than a little violent sex to boot. Loved every word of this. And no, you can’t tell what Rob wrote and what Jennifer wrote. It’s Rom/com gold. And that mystery element was like a cherry atop a hot fudge …