Calamity Jayne Heads West (Kathleen Bacus)

Tress Jayne Turner, Grandville Iowa's own little "Calamity," is headed for the Grand Canyon State -- and a wedding! No, not her own. She hasn't said yes to the roguish Ranger Rick yet, but after the past year, some downtime in a sweat lodge is just what the shaman ordered.

Unfortunately, it's her goofy granny gettin' hitched.

Tressa's sunny little siesta is about to have more strings attached than a dream catcher. Her cousin's keeping secrets, Rick's sending signals -- more of the smokin' than smoke variety -- and it seems Tressa's not the only person with an attachment to "Kookamunga", the butt-ugly fertility figurine she picked up at a roadside stand as a wedding gift. The wacky wedding's about to become a southwestern scavenger hunt, an amazing race cum Da Vinci Code-intrigue, featuring a washed-up actress out to kick-start her career, a suspect spiritual advisor, locals with a cause, and a ten-year-old who's a chip off a certain ranger's blockhead. It'll be a vision quest to make Thelma and Louise's southwestern spree seem like amateur night at the OK Corral. May the best spirit guide win.

Loved this one, too! (Something must really be wrong with her for not hooking up with the yummy Ranger Rick yet)

Calamity Jayne Goes To College (Kathleen Bacus)

Ace cub reporter Tressa Jayne Turner is carrying a full load -- and we're not talking post-holiday pounds. Back in college for the fourth time (but who's counting!?), she's also looking to nab a raise from her stingy boss at the Gazette, Stan. So, what's to stop her from making the grade -- besides the old "dog ate the homework" story, that is?

- A wrinkled roommate rekindling an old flame

- Maid-of-honor madness run amok

- A botched betrothal that's more than just schoolyard gossip

- One man who likes her for herself and another who wants to save her from herself

- A campus criminal out to teach the student body a lesson--one crime at a time

It's a case of murder and mayhem by the books... and failure is so not an option.

Bacus delivers again! There were points in this book where I laughed so hard I tears in my eyes!

Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun (Kathleen Bacus)

It's autumn in the heartland, when football rules and homecoming royalty reigns -- and full moons don't just mean a passing high school varsity bus. But this year, Tress Jayne Turner isn't enjoying the frivolity of the season. Our intrepid 23-year-old reporter is trying to recover from ten days at the State Fair. After being stalked by a psycho dunk-tank clown, all she wants is a slower pace, some candy corn and toffee apples -- and a serious story she can sniff out on her own.

She's in luck! Eccentric and reclusive bestselling writer Elizabeth Courtney Howard is coming to little ol' Grandville. So, what's stopping Tressa from getting the dope -- besides blackmailing six-foot-two-inch high school homecoming queen candidate with all the charm of Frankenstein in taffeta, a rival reporter out to scoop the competition, and the sexy park ranger who's kept Tressa's knickers in a knot since the fourth grade? Only the fact that the skeletons to uncover are all in a closet in Haunted Holloway Hall -- a house only Norman Bates could love.

It looks like a mother of a story.

This is the third in the Tressa Jayne Turner Mystery series or "Calamity Jayne" series. I loved this one too! I was a little shocked when all the sudden the book ended and was wanting a little more story in the end but I guess that'll just make me read the next one. :o)

Anchors Aweigh (Kathleen Bacus)

Ahoy Mateys! With her grandma wedded and bedded (eeow!) Tressa Jayne Turner is looking forward to the weeklong cruise that follows. Good food. Warm beaches. Romantic sunsets. A swashbuckling ranger-type, Rick Townsend, who shivers her timbers. Nothing can take the wind out of Tressa's sails this time.

Nothing except this Love Boat's the Titanic. For one thing, it's a lo-cal "biggest loser" cruise. For another, Tressa's bad-boy faux fiance and his marriage-minded aunt are stowaways, and Tressa's barely got her sea legs before a dastardly murder plot bobs to the surface. It's a foul wind that's blowin' -- and not from the exercise-obsessed passengers. Add one whale of a Bermuda love triangle, and Tressa knows just how Captain Jack Sparrow feels when the rum is gone.

I love this Calamity Jayne series! I've never laughed so much until I found this author. I've never been embarrassed so much for a character! Sometimes you just want to say "Keep your mouth shut Tressa" and yell " Why would you do that?"

Why would she avoid yummy Rick Townsend so long? Obviously the woman is missing a few screws upstairs!

Calamity Jayne Series by Kathleen Bacus

Calamity Jayne

Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the never ending string of dumb-blonde jokes and her longtime nickname that's harder to get rid of than lint from a belly button. Crowned "Calamity Jayne" by Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer Rick Townsend, Tressa's out to gain a little hometown respect - or die trying. Unfortunately for Tressa, that may be the case. She's just been handed the perfect opportunity to get "Ranger Rick," the doubting Don Juan of the DNR, and a skeptical citizenry to finally take her seriously. How? By solving a murder no one else believes happened...No one, that is, except the killer.

I was constantly cracking up reading this one. I cant believe how many interesting situations this girl gets herself into. I highly recommend anyone who wants a good laugh to pick this one up.

Calamity Jayne Rides Again

Two months ago, 23- year-old Tressa Jayne Turner knew just where she stood with "Ranger Rick" Townsend. Sure, her older brother's friend is what you'd call hott with two t's, but he's also responsible for her nickname, "Calamity Jayne," and their sparring since high school makes the Hatfields and the McCoys look like kissing cousins. And ever since they solved that murder last summer -- ever since Rick saved her cookies, he's acted as if he has a god-given right to sample them.

Of course, Tressa has bigger frenches to fry. The Iowa State Fair is about to start; and as well as being her favorite time of year -- donuts, funnel cakes, cotton candy, turkey legs!-- it's also her Uncle Frank's busiest. His ice cream stand is in a prime location, and he's poised to scoop the competition. So when a soft-serve saboteur appears at the same time her cousin goes missing, it's another fine sticky mess - worse than a King Kone with a hole.

Tressa is definitely back in her full glory. Loved this one too!

(Still to come)

Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun

Calamity Jayne Goes To College
Calamity Jayne Heads West

Fiance At Her Fingertips

Debra is tired of everyone trying to fix her up. She is perfectly happy with her singlehood. One day, while walking around mall she finds a gag gift that claims "The single girl's all-in-one solution to all those friendly fix-me-ups." She decides what could it hurt? Next thing she knows....the make believe boyfriend is all too real!

This book was refreshing and a good laugh.