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Bulletproof Mascara: A Novel [Paperback]

Bethany Maines (Author)
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March 2, 2010
Q: What do you get when you cross Avon Ladies with Charlie’s Angels?

A: A world-class intelligence organization run by women who really know their foundation.

When Nikki Lanier signs up as a cosmetics rep at Carrie Mae, it’s hardly her idea of a dream job. With a degree in linguistics and a hard-core workout regimen, the twenty-six-year-old redhead once had hopes for a real career. But unemployed and desperate to escape life at home with her nagging mother, she’ll try anything—even selling makeup to housewives. Soon, Nikki learns that the powder and lipstick are simply cover-up for the Carrie Mae Foundation: a secret organization of international espionage and high-tech mascara founded for the purpose of “helping women everywhere.” 

Whisked off to Thailand with the legendary Carrie Mae agent Val Robinson, Nikki is soon in over her head. Between investigating the abduction of a human rights activist, tracking down a murderous arms dealer, keeping up with her wildly dangerous new partner, and occasionally trying to date a hunk who may or may not be CIA, Nikki has to use all the courage and cosmetic technology she’s got to bring down the bad guys and get out alive. 

With the support of the colorful Carrie Mae crew, Nikki will overcome even the most harrowing obstacles—including incessant phone calls from her mother—or die trying.


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In Maines's delicious spy spoof debut, wide-eyed linguist Nikki Lanier joins the confidential side of Carrie Mae, a cosmetics giant like Mary Kay or Avon, whose charity foundation uses covert means to help women. Nikki doesn't bat an eyelash as she undergoes rigorous training at the company's academy in Santa Clarita, Calif., where female spies are stylishly equipped with gizmos like pepper spray perfume, flash grenade lipsticks, mini-scanner compacts, knockout breath mints, acid nail polish, plastic explosive foundation, and stiletto stilettos. With Valerie Robinson, a jaded pro, Nikki embarks on her first mission, to rescue Lawan Chinnawat, one of the loudest voices protesting the sex trade that flourishes throughout Asia, who's been abducted. The plot takes a few surprise twists before reaching the exciting climax. Maines deftly combines humor with action in this fashion-forward thriller, which will remind many of such TV shows as Charlie's Angels, Alias, and Heroes. (Mar.)
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With a linguistics degree and no other prospects, Nikki Lanier takes a job with the philanthropic arm of Carrie Mae, a cosmetics company, to get out of her mother’s house. She doesn’t expect the training to involve target practice, intelligence techniques, and identifying explosives disguised as make-up. The Carrie Mae Foundation is actually a network of secret operatives charged with protecting women around the world. Nikki passes her training with flying colors. Her boss, the enigmatic Mrs. M, then pairs Nikki with flinty agent Valerie Robinson and sends them to Thailand to find the missing director of a women’s clinic. Mix in double agents, human trafficking, and repeated run-ins with a charismatic stranger who’s hiding something, and Maines turns in a tale full of surprises. This debut novelist may lack polish, but she makes up for it with a clever premise in this madcap romantic adventure that is as humorous as it is action-packed. --Aleksandra Walker

Product Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition (March 2, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743292774
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743292771
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,596,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Bethany Maines is a native of Tacoma WA, who is actually very much like her fictional heroine Nikki Lanier: she travels to exotic lands, has the ability to kick some serious butt with her black belt in karate, and has a day job to cover for her outside-of-work activities. And while her travels may not necessarily include fighting super agents of evil so much as eating spicy foods and hiking to the tops of mountains (okay, really big hills), her black belt skills are mainly employed in teaching karate to a classroom full of kids (although there was that one time in Paris...), and her day job is something she actually enjoys (graphic design is fun!), she's pretty much a secret agent in her own right. "Bulletproof Mascara" is Bethany's first novel, and she is hard at work on the sequel.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining, April 16, 2010
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What do make-up and espionage have in common? Nikki Lanier! I very much enjoyed reading this book and couldn't put it down. Finally, there's a female answer to James Bond. Not as suave, maybe, at least not in the beginning. :) Bethany Maines does a great job of weaving important issues into an entertaining format. Her characters stand out from the page and the story is just downright fun. I was very entertained by this debut book of Ms. Maines and look forward to the next installment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Most Enjoyable Read in Quite a While, May 16, 2011
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book - great plot, characters, pacing. It was a light, easy read that made my plane ride go by quickly and caused the the person sitting next to me to think I was crazy because I kept laughing out loud.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and enjoyable read!, March 2, 2011
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Like others reviews have said, this book is a fun, escapist easy read. I really enjoyed the world of Carrie May and Nikki Lanier. I'm actually of thinking of getting a few extra copies to give as gifts to some of my girlfriends. I am definitely looking forward to book number two!
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