Lauren Sweet

Mobsters and Mayhem Lauren Sweet

* * This book was originally titled Aladdin's Samovar * * A nice, normal, boring life-that's all Amber Polaski ever wanted. One where she's not unchaining her flaky New Age mom from endangered trees, bailing her out of jail, or getting dragged to naked pagan rituals. But when Amber finds a sexy genie in her antique brass samovar, any hope of normal goes up in smoke. It's just one tiny little wish-to find her long-lost father. What could go wrong? Plenty. Dad shows up, all right-with a computer drive full of stolen data and angry mobsters hot on his trail. Now Amber's got Fugitive Dad holed up in her Manville, NJ duplex, fending off the Mafia on one side and the FBI on the other. And she's got Jasper the genie lounging in her blue plush recliner, conjuring chocolate chip cookies and passing himself off as her boyfriend. While Jasper is trying to tempt Amber with more disastrous wishes-and his seriously hot thousand-year-old body-Amber and her mom are forced to fight off Mafia assassins with nothing but chutzpah and household appliances. It's time for Amber to call in the B-team: Iggy the homeless dwarf, Tim the ecoterrorist, and Wanda the Fairy Dogmother with her pack of Happy Puppies. Together, they need to save Dad before the Mob makes him disappear again-permanently!