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The Road to Roswell
Francie arrives in Roswell hoping to help her friend reconsider a UFO enthusiast as a husband. Instead, an actual alien grabs her and makes her drive around New Mexico. Their journey gathers a motley collection of passengers as she tries to discover what her captor needs.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Francie is a reluctant Maid of Honor, for several reasons.”Read the full description at Orion
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What makes it funny?
A skeptic attending a UFO-themed wedding gets an abduction of her own, still wearing her neon green bridesmaid dress. Her captor resembles a tumbleweed with tentacles, and one fellow passenger is certain the alien has come to invade or probe them.
The comedy at work
Everyone has an explanation for what's happening, but they don't agree. Francie's growing suspicion that the alien needs help sits alongside a believer's invasion fears, with a con man and other travelers adding their own priorities to the trip.
Try this if…
Old Western references and a developing romance between Francie and the hitchhiking Wade accompany the alien trouble. The appeal is a crowded road trip in which getting to know the passengers matters as much as figuring out the destination.
Good to know
This is a standalone, so you can begin here without reading Willis's other novels.
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