Tara Cole is single, white and over twenty-one. She runs a highly popular and forever-in-use, Revenge-Gifts.com. The art of revenge is her specialty and she is darn proud of it! Tara had come up with this idea after she got her own revenge toward her former IBM boss Aileen, who was pencil-thin and addicted to chocolate. Tara had Godiva chocolates delivered right to Aileen's desk for six straight months, until Aileen ballooned up an extra thirty pounds. This is now Tara's best seller on Revenge-Gifts.com---Candy-A-Day.

With all of her good luck, wouldn't you know something bad had to happen and it does in the form of Howard Payne. He is one, tall drink of water, whose underwear are a little too tight (meaning he is conservative). He is interested in investing in Tara's company, but Tara has her suspicions and is waiting for the ball to drop, so to speak. These two will engage in a little fancy footwork, until Howard starts to show his true colors. What will Tara do when the reality slaps her in the face? It's a legitimate question (you'll understand that remark, when you read the book). Knowing Tara she will, more than likely, slap it back. Along the way, Tara has gotten gris-gris bags, a menagerie of black animals, and is being haunted; maybe there is something to that karma thing after all.

REVENGE GIFTS is by Cindy Cruciger. This book is all about poetic justice in the form of innocent-like gifts, sent through Revenge-Gifts.com and what you do to others might come back to you in the most unexpected ways. This book is told in the first person narrative by Tara, herself, and what a great job she does! Tara's persona is shoot from the hip, get to the point, crack-you-up funny. This reader totally connected with this book, falling in love with all it's quirky characters and loveable animals, especially Tara. The supporting cast of characters in this book, is a potpourri of crazies that will have you shaking your head in laughter.

This Book will imbibe your heart and soul, while being a tad bit naughty. The storyline is so original; it is like taking a whiff of fresh air, fantastic! Do not walk! Run to get your copy of this perfectly written tale of the sweetest kind of retribution there is…REVENGE GIFTS…when it comes out in September!

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Mildly sensual

Reviewer: Janalee
June 2, 2005