Howdy,
I Gave You My Heart,
But You Sold It Online
October 24, 2006
ISBN: 0060829710
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Debbie Sue and Edwina are back, bungling their way through a dual mystery. When Debbie Sue’s old beau, Quint, shows up on the Domestic Equalizers’ doorstep, bemoaning the theft of his identity and needing a detective, who knew the investigation would lead to murder? Not the Domestic Equalizers, for sure.
Trade paperback comes out in September 2007
Debbie Sue and Edwina can’t keep from stepping right into the middle of all of it. The result is a zany ride across West Texas as the Domestic Equalizers bring events to a head in spite of themselves. Everything comes together in a happy ending, with the Domestic Equalizers concluding they should add matchmaking to the services.
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MY HEART MAY BE BROKEN, BUT MY HAIR STILL LOOKS GREAT
ISBN: 0060595388
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Trade paperback edition release date is September 1, 2006
ISBN: 0-06-113423-6
Debbie Sue and Edwina are back as secondary characters. They were so successful in solving the mystery of who killed Pearl Ann Carruthers, they have decided to take their sleuthing career further. Now they've opened a detective agency, the Domestic Equalizers. Never mind that they aren't qualified detectives. They're great at following cheating spouses and significant others. ..... They aren't too bad at capturing a horse thief, either, as they prove in MY HEART MAY BE BROKEN, BUT MY HAIR STILL LOOKS GREAT!
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Others have read it and made some great comments:
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What better way to follow up the debut of the Domestic Equalizers, West Texas's sassiest hairdresser-detectives (Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash) than by importing an equally spunky heroine all the way from Fort Worth? Wealthy Buck McBride's daughter, Paige, gets a taste of tough love when Daddy decides to cut her off until she learns the value of a dollar. For the first time in her life, Paige needs a job. Chasing a prospect in West Texas, she gets a flat tire; poor but proud aggie grad Spur Atwater grudgingly rescues the leggy blonde. The sparks don't fly until they meet again in Salt Lick, where Paige gets work on a horse farm, while Spur takes over from the local vet. Salt Lick's most famous residents, Domestic Equalizers Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin, forge a friendship with Paige, and together the Texas belles set a trap for a mysterious horse thief-not that there's much mystery. The fun of reading Cash (pseudonym for two Texan sisters) rests on impudent dialogue between women, pearls of Lone Star wisdom ("You can put a pair of boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits") and the knowledge that Cash heroines always get their man, good or bad. (Nov.)
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KIRKUS REVIEWS
The good ol' girls from Saltlick, Texas, get involved in more hair-curling adventures. Debbie Sue and Edwina, the hairdressers who solved a murder mystery in Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash (2004), have started a detective agency: the Domestic Equalizers. They may not have any official background, but they do have a nose for trouble, especially of the lying-and-cheating sort. They are also matchmakers extraordinaire, but when rich daddy's girl Paige McBride and handsome ex-football star Dr. Spur Atwater move to town, the ladies have their work cut out for them. Seems that Paige, who has been cut off from her daddy's funds and has found employment at a local ranch, and Spur, who has worked his fingers to the bone for every penny he's earned, bumped into each other several times on the path to Saltlick, and each encounter has resulted in curses. Debbie Sue and Edwina must resort to extreme measures to get the romance flowing. Bring on the margaritas! They soon institute a weekly girls' night where they spill secrets (as well as drinks) and plot with the Barbie look-alike on how to score a date with Mr. Six-Pack Abs. While the ladies liquor up their new girlfriend and spy on sexy Spur, something nefarious begins creeping into Saltlick: Older horses have been disappearing, and people are starting to beg the women to investigate. Despite their initial resistance-after all, they chase down humans, not animals-when Debbie Sue's beloved horse becomes a target, the detective agency is open for business. They just need a pretty young thing who is familiar with horses to use as a lure. . . . Droll romantic comedy with a splash of mystery and lots of Texan sass.
BOOKLIST
It was the shock that did it--the shock of Daddy canceling the credit cards and demanding that she (she!) get a job (a job!)--that sent spoiled socialite Paige McBride careening right into Spur Atwater's already battered pickup truck. And if her first impression was less than positive, Paige's second, third, and fourth were even worse. With such an inauspicious start to their relationship, the romance that eventually blossoms between the vamp and the town's new veterinarian seems to be the stuff one hears only in the lyrics of country-and--western ballads--the kind of songs Cash's unlikely heroines, Debbie Sue and Edwina, favor down at their combination hair salon and detective agency, Domestic Equalizers, where the not-so-intrepid heroines are hot on the trail of a modern-day horse thief who is striking too close to home. But never fear: with their big hair and big hearts, Cash's good ol' gals--Paige included--always get their man, and deliver big laughs in the process.
-- Carol Haggas, Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
"The title along makes you want to read this light-hearted love story. And my hairdresser really loves it." … Loraine Despres, bestselling author Sissy Leblanc
"Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed, 'cuz Dixie Cash is the best good-night reading around!" . . .
-- bestselling author Nancy Martin
"Sassy and fun!" … Susan Andersen, bestselling author of Skintight
"A more endearing bunch than this would be hard to find. Makes you want to hop in your pick-up and head on down to Salt Lick to get your hair done and your life straightened out." …
-- bestselling author Harley Jane Kozak
Read more about My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great...
Dixie' s debut romantic comedy,
Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash
Avon September 1, 2004
ISBN: 0060595361
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"Belly-grabbing West Texas humor dished up with delightful relish. I loved it! West Texas witty--smart and funny. Will keep you up late laughing!"
-- Joan Johnston
"Dixie Cash delivers dynamite in this rollicking romance! It's fast-paced and fun and flavored with a spicy taste of Texas."
-- Christie Ridgway
Every now and then a woman has to wonder…
did she really shave her legs for this?
In this amazing debut by Dixie Cash,
you’ll learn to answer to this question...and more!
All Debbie Sue Overstreet got out of her marriage to the sheriff of Salt Lick, Texas was a mountain of debt and a gas station that didn’t pump! So she turned the property into the “Styling Station,” the best beauty parlor in town—and if she didn’t get rich least she learned all the local gossip.
But she wasn’t prepared for the news that the richest, nastiest woman in town had been bumped off! Suddenly, everyone’s a suspect and Debbie Sue decides to go after the reward…even if it does mean she’s got to get close to that lousy ex-husband of hers. Trouble is Buddy is still the best-looking man to ever wear a gold star and a pair of jeans…
Debbie Sue’s investigation sends her on a wild ride. Who is the man named Eugene…and what’s with his alter-ego Janine? Where is the mysterious red-haired woman? Why, oh why, is Buddy trying to convince her that they should be together again? And, scariest of all, when did she begin to think he could be right?
SINCE YOU'RE LEAVING ANYWAY, TAKE OUT THE TRASH has been selected as a featured alternate for Doubleday Book Club, Rhapsody Book Club, Literary Guild and Mystery Guild.
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DIXIE CASH
is the writing team of Jeffery McClanahan and Pamela Cumbie. They grew up in West Texas during the great oil boom, an era filled with real life fictional characters whose stories scream to be written. Pam has always had a zany sense of humor and Jeffery has always had a dry wit. Surrounded by cowboys and steeped in country-western music, when they can stop laughing long enough, they work together creating hilarity on paper. Both live in Texas -- Pam in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex and Jeffery in a small town near Fort Worth.
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E-Mail us at: dixie@dixie-cash.com
You can order Dixie's book at her local bookstore too by sending a message to: stacksbookstoregranbury@yahoo.com
Here's a link to my other web site: www.annajeffrey.com