Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant for oddball—read: shady—projects, she has a way of attracting trouble. With her floating home dry-docked for repairs in Mexico, Hetta needs a place to live and a job to pay the boatyard. Landing a project at a mining operation not far from her boat, Hetta finds herself on the tumultuous Arizona/Mexico border, where all hell is breaking loose—even before she gets there.

Just Deserts (Hetta Coffey Series)

Literature & Fiction

Schwartz, Jinx

Action & Adventure

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht and and she's not afraid to use it.She's a globe-trotting civil engineer with swath of failed multi-national affairs in her jet stream. Plying the San Francisco waterfront, trolling for triceps, her attention is snagged by a parade of passing yachts--especially their predominantly male skippers--and experiences a champagne-induced epiphany: If she had a boat, she could get a man.In spite of a spectacular ignorance of all things nautical, Hetta buys her dream boat, but shadowy stalker, an inconvenient body, and Hetta's own self-destructive foibles, give a whole new meaning to the phrase "sink or swim!"

Just Add Water (Hetta Coffey Series)

Humor & Satire

Hetta Coffey is a woman with a yacht, and she's not afraid to use it! Hetta, a globe-trotting engineer with attitude, a penchant for trouble, and a yacht, is back, and this time she's steering us into hot Mexican waters. Miffed that vacation plans with her chronically absent boyfriend Jenks Jenkins have gone awry, she accepts a job in Baja. So what if she and her friend Jan are spectacularly unqualified to take her yacht on a thousand mile cruise in the eastern Pacific Ocean in the middle of hurricane season? Hiring a handsome, if somewhat fishy captain for the trip might keep them off the rocks, but probably won t do the same for her future with Jenks. Meanwhile, a little eye candy on board can t be all bad. Hetta s unmanageable independence impels her to tackle the very profitable, if environmentally and politically incorrect project south of the border. True to form, her irreverent nature and disregard for danger soon swamps her in a sea of inconvenient bodies, illegal aliens, a pesky whale, and a menacing Mexican machinator. And without her usual arsenal of firepower. Set sail for Baja Mexico s Magdalena Bay as Hetta Coffey leads us once more into a morass of intrigue that will keep you laughing, breathless, and wanting more. To quote Lord Byron, Hetta would "much rather sink beneath the shock than moulder piecemeal on the rock."

Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht and she's not afraid to use it! A globe-trotting engineer with adventure in her soul, Hetta is determined to solidify her relationship with her long-distance boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins. What better place for a romantic interlude than aboard her yacht in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful and solitary Sea of Cortez? But where Hetta goes, trouble follows and chaos is sure to ensue. After a run-in with a couple of two-legged sea serpents that threaten to rock the boat, she nevertheless decides to take on a project in the port city of Guaymas. After all, Jenks is headed back to Kuwait, so why not cash in on the best of both worlds by racking up some pesos while living aboard her boat in Mexico? Once again Hetta's indomitable spirit, stubborn independence, and penchant for deceit launch her and her best friend, Jan, into a sea of trouble. A pesky parrot, a drunken aunt, and a shadowy figure who is handsome in a "criminal sort of way" lead to murder, mayhem, kidnapping, and run-ins with several federal agencies on both sides of the border.

Just Add Trouble (Hetta Coffey Series)

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it! As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant for oddball—read: shady—projects, Hetta Coffey has a history of inviting trouble. But now that she's been hired for a legitimate mining project in Mexico's Baja, it looks like smooth sailing ahead...until she discovers that people and pesos are disappearing faster than you can say, "This job is the pits!" And Hetta Coffey as sleuth? Goodness knows she's nosy enough, but her detective skills leave a lot to be desired. Luckily for her she gets help from her best friend, Jan, and a mysterious Velveeta thief.

Just The Pits (Hetta Coffey Series)

Land Of Mountains

Genre Fiction

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it—most of the time. She's an intrepid cruiser, but wild rumors of marauding gangs of flesh-shredding giant Humboldt squid on a rampage in the Sea of Cortez could keep even Hetta tied to an expensive dock. However, when the opportunity for an intriguing and highly lucrative charter arises she talks her best friend, Jan, into signing on for a mysterious cruise. Damn the calamari! Full bank account ahead!

Just Different Devils (Hetta Coffey Series)

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s living aboard her forty-five foot boat in Mexico’s spectacular Sea of Cortez, taking work where she can get it and, characteristically, she isn’t all that concerned about any pesky legalities involved. Docked at a pricey marina in La Paz, her cruising kitty is taking a hit, so when she’s offered a dream job, she jumps on it. All she has to do is act as a courier, babysitting equipment and sensitive documentation for her former employer to their new offices in France. Not only does she get to revisit a country she once lived in and loved, she’ll meet with her significant other, Jenks Jenkins, in Paris. Oh là là! An easy job and a romantic vacation, all paid for; what could possibly go wrong? With Hetta? Just about everything.

Just Pardon My French (Hetta Coffey Series)

Hetta Coffey's a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht and she's not afraid to use it!She lives aboard her boat in Mexican waters, taking whatever work comes her way in order to keep herself and her rescue dog, Po Thang, in tacos and kibble, as well as the mega-pesos necessary to support a forty-five foot motor yacht afloat. And then there's Trouble, her monk parrot with an extensive vocabulary most foul and a voracious appetite for jerky, jalapeños, and fruit.With her floating home scheduled for the boatyard for major repairs, she's thrilled to get a lucrative job offer in the Texas Hill Country, her old stomping grounds. Not hesitating for a nano second, she packs up her animals and heads for the border, cavalierly brushing aside small bothers such as one of her entourage being an illegal avian not welcome in the United States, the fact that she'll have to learn to drive a motor coach as part of her new project, and that there are rumors of some dude stalking her.In a sudden twist of fate, her life takes a major turn when a mysterious stranger appears, and then a puzzling email sends her racing back across the border to the northern Sea of Cortez, and smack dab into a deadly showdown. All aboard for adventure as Hetta and her zany crew get tossed into a stormy sea of intrigue.

Just A Happy Camper (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 11)

Independently published

Hetta Coffey is a sassy woman with a snazzy yacht and she's not afraid to use it! While docked at Marina de la Paz, in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez, Hetta gets a surprise visitor that sets off a chain of events like only Hetta can manage to get herself embroiled in. With her best friend, Jan, and her dog, Po Thang, they are hot on the trail of some dastardly smugglers.

Just For the Birds (Hetta Coffey Series)

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