"Treasure hunting like you've never seen it!"

I've been reading Sandra Hill's books for many years and she has never failed to grab me from the first page with each and every one of her books. I must say that I have never been able to make any of her books last more than two days though. They are that good! I always feel guilty when I read a book that quickly but I just can't help myself.

Boston lawyer Veronica "Ronnie" Jinkowsky just can't get it right. She married her ex-husband Jake Jensen four times already. It's just that every time they get together they get swept up in the moment. Now Ronnie has to see Jake yet again. It seems her estranged grandfather has left her his treasure hunting business and Ronnie wants to know if Jake knows anything about it. Ronnie just can't believe it when Jake introduces her to his fiancé Trish.

Throw in Tee-John and Tante Lulu, a mafia widow and her two sons, Ronnie's grandfather Frank and his live in girlfriend Flossie, a treasure hunt for pink diamonds, and let the adventure begin.

Frank lets Ronnie believe that he's on the verge of bankruptcy and that this last treasure hunt before he retires and turns the business over to her will make them solvent again. The problem is Ronnie has always been too uptight to really enjoy being around her grandfather. Then when she finds out that Jake is supposed to be in on the adventure, she doesn't want to have anything to do with it. What can she do? This is her grandfather. She'll give it a chance because after all she doesn't have a job now that her grandmother has fired her from their family law firm anyway.

Sandra Hill has yet again given us an adventure that is unbelievably funny! Tante Lulu of course only adds to the mayhem and merriment! I am just sorry that I read this book so quickly but I will say that I am eagerly looking forward to another treasure hunting book from the incomparable Sandra Hill.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 5, 2006

Summary

BAITED...

Caught! Straight-laced Boston lawyer Veronica "Ronnie" Jinkowsky knows something's fishy when her estranged grandfather lures her to his New Jersey treasure hunting business with woeful tales of old age and bankruptcy. But she never expected the salty old dog to shanghai her into a hunt for pink diamonds with her poker-playing, four-time ex- husband Jake Jensen in tow.

HOOKED...

Betting her heart on Jake was always a losing proposition; yet just the sight of his come-hither blue eyes is still enough to melt her steely resolve. Now she's on a high seas' adventure that throws together lost gems, lost ship, and lost love--not to mention a Mafia widow, her two goons, and an elderly Cajun matchmaker hankering for hanky-panky--

AND GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME!

Ronnie is trapped with the man she could never learn to live with--and was never happy without. A jinx of the best possible kind.