Heerlijk boek. Leest snel en makkelijk en is af en toe heel grappig. Romantiek en wat sex. Met een traantje op het einde.
Gin is een weduwe van net 40 die samen met haar 5 jaar oude dochter Romi een normaal leven probeert te hebben. Maar dat is eigenlijk niet mogelijk als je een lid bent van de familie Bombay. Alle 36 nog levende leden zijn namelijk huurmoordenaars of worden dat binnenkort. Romi zal ook snel te horen krijgen dat dat is wat haar moeder, ooms, tantes, opa's en oma's doen.
Als Gin kennismaakt met Diego, een bodyguard, is het bijna liefde op het eerste gezicht, maar de romance wordt wel moeilijk als ze de opdracht krijgt om de man waar Diego de bodygard van is, om te brengen. Om dit alles nog ingewikkelder te maken krijgt ze van de familieoudsten de opdracht om uit te zoeken wie de verrader in de familie is. ( )

A really funny read, this book takes a very unlikely premise and runs away with it... and the results are hilarious.

A perfect book to get away from reality and emerge from it with a smile on your face. Recommended ( )

I had gotten this book for free twice in two different covers once in 2012 and again in 2017, but it wasn't until I read and excerpt at the end of Moongazer by Mari Mancusi that I decided to look into it and read it. I'm so glad I did I haven't laughed so hard while reading in a long time. Not only are you in for a HEA (that's Happily Ever After for those like me that didn't know the first time they see it), but also a rompy comedy from a woman who despite her job (family business) does well to not take herself to seriously in her everyday life. I will admit there are a few grammar errors here and there but not near enough to cause me to complain heavily or even remember where they where nor take away from my star rating.

Many of us have family business we plan to one day join and continue the tradition of when we are children. I'm betting that it's not like the Bombay's family business which is murder or assassination to be exact. Helping rid the world of people that always seem to get away with it or stay out of the reach of the government. They've been at it a long time too, long enough that no one needs to "work" just their one to two hits a year. They rest of the time they can just enjoy their life and family.

Ginny Bombay is a widow with a five year old daughter who has started kindergarten when she is reminded by an invitation (one that is three years to soon) that it's time for her daughter to start learning about the "family business". Meanwhile she's got jobs to do or vic's to take out, usually with poison, it's her specialty. She's also just meet the man of her dreams (at least since her husband passed). Not to mention the childhood bully Vivian who is still trying to make her live miserable by ordering her around (make cookies for the halloween party and become a Daisy Troop den mom). Just like any mom she's wondering I'm I going to be able to get it all done? Luckily she has her baby brother Dak, her mom and dad, and her cousin and best friend Liv to help her out and lend support. Which is good because when your family is a family of assassins it's hard to know who you can trust.

The rules are strict:

1) Blood oath at five to not talk about or tell about the family plus your training begins
2) You must do your first hit by fifteen
3) Family reunions are mandatory every five years, which is also when you get your performance review (this is a business after all)
4) If your a woman and you get married your husband has to take your name and you must tell your spouse by the time the next family reunion comes around (spouses don't have to come blood only unless your under five then you don't have to come either)
5) When giving an assignment you must fulfill it and as quietly as possible
6) NEVER tell outsiders about the family business
7) Obey the council

If you break any of these or any I forgot then someone in the family is going to hunt you down and kill you.

Right now the Bombay family has a problem someone is talking to the Feds and Scotland Yard about the family. The person assigned to find out who it is none other than our friendly neighborhood soccer and Daisy's troop leading mom Ginny, Gin for short all short for Virginia. She has two weeks to find the mole and turn him over or kill him. But when all signs start pointing at one of the one persons she was sure could never be involved how many rules will she be willing to break to get to the truth or help one of the most important people in her life.

Are there moments when things seem to unrealistic or that as an assassin I question her thought process and wonder what she is thinking. Yes there are but that's when I also remember this is a story fiction meant to entertain which I think it does very well. Moments of laughing so hard tears started forming and I had a hard time catching my breath. There is a HEA, the love scenes are short and vague and there are very few curse words through out the book. If you can keep from taking things to seriously and just sit back and enjoy the story instead of the practicality of it all then by all means grab this book and read it. ( )

This book is the first in a series, but these can also be read as a standalone.

The Bombay clan are a weird and wonderful bunch... of assassins. I really liked this book. It was really funny and I laughed out loud a few times. I am an instant fan! ( )

Different concept. A single Mom is a hit man. ( )