After a disastrous mission in Columbia, Alexandra Jane (A.J.) Moring is forced to choose a new career. She's asked to leave the Marine Corps. She decides to take the path that is the most logical choice; she becomes a contract assassin for the DEA. In A.J.'s case, the choice is obvious because she is a beautiful, hyper-intelligent bombshell born with the inability to feel emotions or empathy. She has a brother who's a computer whiz with the NSA, a father with a mysterious past that included being an assassin, and a mother that is a highly regarded investigative reporter. A.J. and a covert group of DEA and CIA members take on ruthless heads of the drug cartels in an all-out war of mayhem and death south of the border. Drop Dead Gorgeous is the first in a new series of alternate history thrillers in this novel by action-adventure author Donald Churchwell. His other works are the 1600 Pennsylvania Series of novels.