Synopsis: Jinx on the Cul de Sac

When Jinx Steele found herself 17 years old and pregnant and asked for a whole new life, she got what she asked for. Two decades and many lives later she's used to wishing her way into a new existence when she feels like it. Weary of her current gig as a smart mouthed advice columnist who doesn't realize the extent of her own mediocrity, and mad at her boyfriend, she's ready to try again.

As far as she recalls, she's always been a Yankee. But something feels vaguely familiar about this new life in a southern suburb, replete with a center hall colonial with a Cadillac Escalade in the garage, and a seersucker suited dentist for a husband. Either a grave error has been made or perhaps she has actually died this time and gone to Hell. Her newest life is littered with people more needy and demanding than she is and this can't be tolerated. They include an elusive husband, a neglected adolescent and a perky neighbor whose favorite WMDs include casseroles brought over at strange hours and talking about Jesus as if He is her personal best friend.

For the first time, Jinx realizes she's not the first, or only human who has the ability to wish their way into a new life. From her new perspective it looks pretty ugly. To top it off, she now realizes, that just like the rest of this mess of humanity, she's not getting any younger, and pesky memories that don't make any sense keep piling on.

Immediately wishing her way out of this one seems like a no-brainer. Should she leave? After, all, if this life's any indication, she should probably be concerned about what circle of suburban Hell could possibly be next. More troubling, can she?