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Plot Summary of Jinxed

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Medallion Press, Mar 2004, 6.99
ISBN: 0974363944

Afia St. John feels her life is JINXED with three funerals in seven years to include her father and her two nice elderly husbands. However, her life collapses when her mother's selected finance manager Henry Glick embezzles her money.

Afia's godfather high powered attorney Harman Reece insures her he will catch Glick and offers her a place to stay, but Afia declines feeling she needs to take charge of her life. After being fired twice on her first day at jobs, Harman pays private sleuth Jake Leeds to hire Afia as his office assistant while his sister is on maternity leave. Jake takes Afia with him on surveillance to fool her and his client's target Anthony Rivelli. As the sleuth and the unlucky society dame fall in love, he ignores her plea that something is not right with their client because his attention is on how his beloved will react when she learns he was paid to baby sit her.

JINXED is an enjoyable private investigative romance that has the feel of the 1930s Hepburn-Grant madcap comedies. The story line is fun to follow as Jake does not know whether he needs to lock up or kiss Afia. Though the spin the intrigue takes seems unnecessary, fans of screwball romantic romps will enjoy the love tale of the socialite and the sleuth.

Harriet Klausner

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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - investigating theft/fraud
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over dead lover

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - private investigator
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript

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