Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels

I just finished Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey. This is the second installment in the (explosive) life of Bobbie Faye Sumerall.

Bobbie Faye is having a bad dream that seems so real. She has on an ugly shirt, helmet hair, and fake boobs that are lop-sided. Not only is a bad dream, with bad taste and bad hair, she's also shooting someone five times, and she doesn't even know this person. When she wakes up she's got a headache, a dry mouth and a Glock in her hand with 5 bullets missing. From here it only goes downhill.

Bobbie Faye's aunt has disappeared along with a lot of diamonds and her cousin, Francesca wants Bobbie Faye to find the diamonds. There seems to be several other people looking for the diamonds, and none of them want Bobbie Faye involved, when she's around things catch on fire, blow up and in general go to hell pretty fast. Throw in the FBI guy she met/took as hostage a month ago (current boyfriend) and the cop/ex-boyfriend who still loves her and the ante goes up. Some how Bobbie Faye ends up as a suspect in a murder...does that have anything to do with that really weird dream??? Will the city of Lake Charles remain intact?

With a book that starts off with...

Bobbie Faye and the Universe were like warring spouses locked in an eternal battle, trying to blow each other up rather than admit the other was savvier. (The Universe, by the way? A big fat cheater.)

...it can't go to terribly wrong. And it doesn't. This was another fun ride courtesy of Mrs. Causey. This author is clever and funny and I was laughing out loud. I did miss the little quotes like she had in the first book, Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day still this one was loads of fun. I think she did introduce a few too many new characters and at times I would have to back track because so much was going on and I read a little too fast! I would like to end with another exert from the book...

As she (Bobbie Faye) and Trevor (hunky FBI guy) raced down the bridge, Adrenaline was talking about unionizing Fear and Flight because they were seriously overworked and underpaid.

How can you not love this book? I hope she has more on the way.

I give this a 5 out of 5.