Extra! Extra! — Ruth Jean Dale

She wanted an exclusive

Penny Thurston had a nose for news, and Joe Jackson was IT. An interview with him would be her ticket out of Palookaville, into the Big Time. Unfortunately, when it came to reporters the reclusive cartoonist had no sense of humor.

Even after risking life and limb to get to him, Penny was no closer to her story. But she was unnervingly close to failing head over heels in love. That Joe Jackson hid himself from the world -- and the females therein -- seemed to her the height of selfishness....