Laugh Lines
Holly Jacobs
Avalon, Feb 2007, $21.95
ISBN: 0803498144

Accepting the job as CEO at Hamlin Text, publishers of education books, Dani Sinclair returns to her home town of Erie, Pennsylvania only to be under attack by a woman eating mutant bugs in a gas station bathroom. She flees out of the bathroom almost knocking out Luke Miller with the door. She explains about the killer monster inside as he drives her to a meeting.

Luke, owner of Chuckles comedy club, enjoyed her saga of the killer bug so he invites her to perform stand-up at his establishment. She reluctantly agrees to try her hand at comedy. A few rotten tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables later, Luke and Dani begin to fall in love, as advertised by the disc jockeys of love emceeing at the club and hosting their shows on WLVH radio romance.

The fourth WLVH Radio Romance" (see NIGHT CALLS, LOVE HANDLES and PICKUP LINES) is a fun light-hearted romp starring two likeable protagonists. The humorous novel hooks the audience early when Dani fleeing from the terrorist bug that almost decapitates Luke. Her story to him of her escapade to escape an enemy combatant that sized her up as lunch sets the tone of an amusing contemporary romance that never misses a laugh except for a kiss.

Harriet Klausner