Shut Up & Kiss Me

LOL fun

Welcome to Precious, a small Texas town where

.Shala Winters has a job to do - as an experienced photo-journalist hired by Precious's mayor, she needs to increase tourism to this podunk town. Her pictures are the key, but there's one little problem - a sexy Indian snatched her camera during a powwow. She demands the police help her retrieve it which would've been a simple fix. except it was the Police Chief who took it!

.Hunky, Native American police chief Sky Gomez has a job to do - keep the peace and keep Shala's confiscated camera in "lock-up" for a week while keeping his hands off the sexy, sassy photographer. Both would be easy if Sky and Shala hadn't been thrown together by a killer on the loose.

.The killer has a job to do - get his hands on Shala's camera and eliminate the photos stored on the memory card. He'll use any means necessary to eliminate those standing in his way - guns, automobiles, blunt objects, cold-blooded murder - whatever it takes to get the job done.

And those aren't the only things woven into the fabric of this mystery. In vintage Craig style, Christie maneuvers from funny to touching to terrifying and back again. Jilted lovers, drive-by shootings, "little blue pills" and a pissed off skunk add the right pops of color to make this tapestry a real feast for the senses. And with enough heat to fry an egg, Craig delivers a sure-fire, Texas size hit.

Now. SHUT UP AND KISS ME!

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Great Read! Two thumbs way up!

This is has certainly turned into one of my favorite book release of 2010. I absolutely love it! A must read book for those rainy days! Heck, this a great read for any time. . . day and night!

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Funny & Fun--Don't Pass Up!

Christie's personable and fun personality comes flying off the page in SHUT UP & KISS ME. I laughed out loud while reading this book and can't recommend it enough!

Sky's The Limit

Shut Up and Kiss Me centers on the small town of Precious Texas - but for many of the characters in this largely Native American/Hispanic town - it was anything but "precious". This book started out hilarious and within the first 6 pages had me grinning from ear to ear like a mad fool at some of the antics the characters had to endure especially poor Jose, who was one of many memorable secondary characters. He seemed to be on the receiving end of the funny (or not) torture dished out by the author upon her poor unsuspecting characters. Rushing home to Precious after his father Redfoot sustains a nasty head injury, poor Jose had a car crash, fire ants making a picnic out of his family jewels and then being sprayed by a skunk and that wasn't even half of what he had to endure on his first night back in his not so precious home town (his character must have seriously pissed Craig off while she was writing this book LOL!). Hopefully Jose merits his own story in a future installment about the citizens of Precious because I can't wait to see what additional torture Craig cooks up for him.

Shala Winters just wanted to do the job she was hired to do by the Mayor of Precious; take pictures that showcase the town and prepare a marketing campaign to turn this little town into a Texas tourist attraction. She hasn't been in town a day when her very expensive Nikon camera gets confiscated at the local Indian Pow-Wow by a headdress-wearing, loincloth sporting, hard-bodied, oiled-up bare-chested Adonis who makes her girl parts tingle. So Shala may have broken the strict "NO Picture" policy by not handing over her camera (heeelllo? it's worth $8,000) before attending the ceremony, but she didn't take the flash picture she's been accused of taking. And she certainly can't do her job if the pig-headed, hotter-than-a-firecracker thief won't give her back her camera for a week.

Sky Gomez *sigh*. Yes you may be surprised to learn that Sky is the name of the MALE lead character in Shut up and Kiss Me. Even though it's an unusual name for a man, it actually fits him and don't let his name fool you or deter you from picking up this book to read because he's all man. Sky doesn't believe all the mumbo-jumbo soul-mate crap his foster father Redfoot saw in a dream and has been spewing lately (mmmm wonder who that soul-mate might be?), but when he spies the blond in the crowd at the Pow-Wow, her camera in hand and then an incriminating flash, he senses that trouble is just beginning with the newest addition in Precious. And taking her camera hostage (even if he does believe she may not have been the culprit snapping a photo), he can't help getting a rise out of Shala because teasing her is just too damn much fun.

Who knew one little camera and it's potentially incriminating contents could cause so much havoc in this Precious town. A chain reaction of events puts Shala's life in danger and working together, Sky and Shala attempt to uncover why someone is so hot-to-trot to get their hands on Shala's camera bad enough that they are willing to kill for it.

Shut up and Kiss Me is the perfect blend of a highly entertaining, funny yet suspenseful romance and if this book isn't on your TBR pile than you are missing out. Shut Up...and go buy this book!

This is an amusing small-town Texas romance

Precious, Texas Mayor Johnson hires photojournalist Shala Winters to do a local shoot to bring more tourists to the city. However, the relatively easy job proves quite difficult to Shala. One might think dealing with eluding thieves and vandals would be her biggest concern; or perhaps a stalking potential killer. None of the above is as big a troublemaker as is police chief Sky Gomez, who orders her not to photograph Native American rituals. He knows the economy could destroy his Precious, but also fears his beloved small-town will become a tourist attraction that will turn it into crap.

Sky's foster-father has visions of the cop with Shala. He insists they are soulmates, but Sky rejects the old man's dreams as malarkey although he is attracted to her. Shala has her own issues as relationships die; being a divorced orphan. She distrusts men preferring her independence although she is attracted to Sky and respects his foster-father's noble intentions.

This is an amusing small-town Texas romance starring two combatants and a host of eccentric locals. Fast-paced and filled with jocularity, fans will enjoy the lighthearted romantic romp although the plot loses a profound opportunity with the lack of deep insight into the race relationship issues of a town in which 65% of the residents are Native-American Hispanic and Caucasians are a minority.

Harriet Klausner

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