title: The Jinx
author: Johnson, Jennifer
description: Talk about a house call! All Ellen wanted was to get her ring out of the bathtub drain; what she got was a rude plumber who made her clean out her closet, bled all over her bedroom carpet and fainted. Then refused to let her pay her bill! What's with this guy? This guy - Rick Braswell - is having a midlife crisis at thirty. Ever since making a house call for that crazy Ellen Anderson, Rick's crisis has turned into crises. He's having the worst luck of his life, and every accident and injury involves Ellen. And yet there is something about her that makes Rick want to beat the jinx; so he can love the woman.