Here’s the set-up for Joanna Louise Johnson’s A Fashion Of Bastards, jut $2.99 on Kindle:
When Lacey Ames arrives in Washington to ‘marry up’ and take a job on Capitol Hill, she looks poised to capture the fast-fading American dream. Her handsome fiance has already hitched their wagon to Vice President Marvin’s rising star, and her new boss, popular Senator George, has given her the assignment of her dreams: to protect the mysteriously dwindling Great Lakes.
Add to the mix old law school friend Jezzebo Karadjordje, the feisty bi-sexual author, and new friend Nelson Peck, the dashing but cynical linguist from the Kennedy-esque Peck-Adams clan, and Lacey has the beginnings of a posse to boot, not to mention a dazzling pool of tempting potential lovers that includes the infamously irresistible Senator George himself.
But Lacey soon wonders if anyone but her dog can be trusted as her new life collides with a secret government plot to gain total control of the world’s largest oil supplies.
From solving a soldier shortage by drafting ‘illegal’ immigrants to selling a private pipeline into Lake Michigan and framing Japan for terrorism, Lacey’s opposition will do absolutely anything to achieve their goals. The question is what will Lacey do to achieve hers? Nothing and no one is spared as A Fashion of Bastards drags current U.S. culture clashes over energy, immigration, gender ethics, warfare and water kicking and screaming to their logical, over-the-top conclusions.
From the reviewers:
Bounding onto the international literary scene is an alluring new force by the name of Joanna Louise Johnson. A Fashion of Bastards is nimble, quick-witted and absolutely irresistible. So, toast the new darling of political intrigue and action. Even if you toast only with water, your first sip of Johnson’s work will leave you thirsting for more. –The Culture Buzz
This author has emerged with such a creative force. She can spin, weave and string words in such a way that you are captivated from start to finish. Truth is stranger than fiction and I believe there is much truth in her book. If you like a dry sense of humor, espionage, fast paced, quick witted, entertaining reading then this book is for you. Enjoy! –J. Hart
From the very beginning I was running to keep up with a cast of wonderful characters in Washington D.C. who are either trying to save the world or control it at all costs. I found myself laughing out loud and simultaneously groaning. –Laura Sands
Great Green Political Parody–Robert T. Self
Is it true? That’s what I kept wondering as I got deeper and deeper into A Fashion of Bastards. Everything in this fantastic satire of Washington insiders, is entirely plausible and definitely possible. –skyliner
Tokyo, October 2010: I settled into my flight from Paris to Chicago with “A Fashion of Bastards” intending to read a few chapters and catch a nap. But no, I simply could not put the book down. –One World Citizen