Janet Evanovich Books In Order

Stephanie Plum Books In Publication Order

  1. One for the Money (1994)
  2. Two for the Dough (1996)
  3. Three to Get Deadly (1997)
  4. Four to Score (1998)
  5. High Five (1999)
  6. Hot Six (2000)
  7. Seven Up (2001)
  8. Hard Eight (2002)
  9. To the Nines (2003)
  10. Ten Big Ones (2004)
  11. Eleven on Top (2005)
  12. Twelve Sharp (2006)
  13. Lean Mean Thirteen (2007)
  14. Fearless Fourteen (2008)
  15. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen (2009)
  16. Sizzling Sixteen (2009)
  17. Smokin’ Seventeen (2011)
  18. Explosive Eighteen (2011)
  19. Notorious Nineteen (2012)
  20. Takedown Twenty (2013)
  21. Top Secret Twenty-One (2014)
  22. Tricky Twenty-Two (2015)
  23. Turbo Twenty-Three (2016)
  24. Hardcore Twenty-Four (2017)
  25. Look Alive Twenty-Five (2018)
  26. Twisted Twenty-Six (2019)
  27. Fortune and Glory (2020)
  28. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (2021)

Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novels Books In Publication Order

  1. Visions of Sugar Plums (2002)
  2. Plum Lovin’ (2007)
  3. Plum Lucky (2008)
  4. Plum Spooky (2009)

Elsie Hawkins Books In Publication Order

  1. Back to the Bedroom (1989)
  2. Smitten (1990)
  3. Wife for Hire (1990)
  4. The Rocky Road to Romance (1991)

Full/Max Holt Books In Publication Order

  1. Full House (1981)
  2. Full Tilt (2002)
  3. Full Speed (2003)
  4. Full Blast (2004)
  5. Full Bloom (2005)
  6. Full Scoop (2006)

Alexandra Barnaby Books In Publication Order

  1. Metro Girl (2004)
  2. Motor Mouth (2006)
  3. Troublemaker (2007)
  4. Troublemaker 2 (2010)

Hot/Cate Madigan Books In Publication Order

  1. Hot Stuff (2007)

Lizzy & Diesel Books In Publication Order

  1. Wicked Appetite (2009)
  2. Wicked Business (2012)
  3. Wicked Charms (With: Phoef Sutton) (2015)

Culhane Family Books In Publication Order

  1. Love in a Nutshell (2012)
  2. The Husband List (2012)

Kate O’Hare & Nicolas Fox Books In Publication Order

  1. Pros and Cons (With: Lee Goldberg) (2013)
  2. The Heist (With: Lee Goldberg) (2013)
  3. The Chase (With: Lee Goldberg) (2014)
  4. The Shell Game (With: Lee Goldberg) (2014)
  5. The Job (With: Lee Goldberg) (2014)
  6. The Scam (With: Lee Goldberg) (2015)
  7. The Pursuit (With: Lee Goldberg) (2016)
  8. The Big Kahuna (With: Peter Evanovich) (2019)
  9. The Bounty (With: Steve Hamilton) (2021)

Knight and Moon Books In Publication Order

  1. Curious Minds (With: Phoef Sutton) (2016)
  2. Dangerous Minds (2017)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Hero at Large (1987)
  2. Thanksgiving (1988)
  3. The Grand Finale (1988)
  4. Manhunt (1988)
  5. Foul Play (1989)
  6. Love Overboard / Ivan Takes A Wife (1989)
  7. Naughty Neighbor (1992)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author (2006)

Gabriella Rose Books In Publication Order

  1. The Recovery Agent (2021)

Fearless Jones Books In Publication Order

  1. The Plot Thickens (With: Lawrence Block,Linda Fairstein,Nelson DeMille,Donald E Westlake,Mary Higgins Clark,Carol Higgins Clark,Nancy Pickard,Walter Mosley,Edna Buchanan,Ann Rule) (1997)
  2. Fearless Jones (By:Walter Mosley) (2001)
  3. Fear Itself (By:Walter Mosley) (2003)
  4. Fear of the Dark (By:Walter Mosley) (2006)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The Plot Thickens (1997)

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Janet Evanovich Books Overview

One for the Money

THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL…

Witty, fresh, and full of surprises, One for the Money catapulted Janet Evanovich and her incomparable hero*ine Stephanie Plum into crime writing superstardom.

Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. She’s from the ‘burg,’ a blue collar pocket of Trenton, New Jersey, where cars are American, windows are clean, and dinner is served at six. No exceptions.

Stephanie lives five miles from her parents, trying to sever the world’s longest umbilical cord. Mom is a meddler, and eccentric Grandma Mazur is a few cans short of a case. Out of work, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an ‘agent.’ She knows zilch about the job, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her whatever it takes.

Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former cop on the run from a murder charge. He’s also the irresistible jerk who took Stephanie’s virginity and wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario’s Sub Shop…
and there’s still powerful chemistry between the two.

But chasing Joe could prove very dangerous while on the case, she encounters Benito Ramirez, a heavyweight boxer known for his brutality to women. His terrifying obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt, and it just might lead to murder.

Meet Stephanie Plum in this thrilling, laugh out loud outing that made Janet Evanovich a household name.

Two for the Dough

It’s Stephanie Plum, New Jersey’s ‘fugitive apprehension’ agent aka bounty hunter, introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award winning novel One for the Money. Now Stephanie’s back, armed with attitude not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, killer flashlights, and her trusty . 38, Stephanie is after a new bail jumper, Kenny Mancuso, a boy from Trenton’s burg. He’s fresh out of the army, suspiciously wealthy, and he’s just shot his best friend. With her bounty hunter pal Ranger stepping in occasionally to advise her, Stephanie staggers kneedeep in corpses and caskets as she traipses through back streets, dark alleys, and funeral parlors. And nobody knows funeral parlors better than Stephanie’s irrepressible Grandma Mazur, a lady whose favorite pastime is grabbing a front row seat at a neighborhood wake. So Stephanie uses Grandma as a cover to follow leads, but loses control when Grandma warms to the action, packing a cool pistol. Much to the family’s chagrin, Stephanie and Granny may soon have the elusive Kenny in their sights. Fast talking, slow handed vice cop Joe Morelli joins in the case, since the prey happens to be his young cousin. And if the assignment calls for an automobile stakeout for two with the woman who puts his libido in overdrive, Morelli’s not one to object. Low on expertise but learning fast, high on resilience, and despite the help she gets from friends and relatives, Stephanie eventually must face the danger alone when embalmed body parts begin to arrive on her doorstep and she’s targeted for a nasty death by the most loathsome adversary she’s ever encountered. Another case like this and she’ll be a real pro. Two for the Dough is irresistible fun and powerful suspense entertainment from an acclaimed author who is already a national star.

Three to Get Deadly

Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she’s having a bad hair day for the whole month of January. She’s been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton’s most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no show for his court appearance. And to make matters worse, she’s got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk now a wannabe bounty hunter at her side, sticking like glue. Lula’s big and blonde and black and itching to get the chance to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. Morelli, the New Jersey vice cop with the slow burning smile that undermines a girl’s strongest resolve is being polite. So what does this mean? Has he found a new love? Or is he manipulating Steph, using her in his police investigation, counting on her unmanageable curiosity and competitive Jersey attitude? Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with dead drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice cream scoop for a vigilante gun. Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it’s really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expect.

Four to Score

The problem with being a bounty hunter is it’s all on the job training. And Stephanie Plum is still learning the ways to get yourself killed. Take the case of Maxine Norwicki…
When Maxine failed to turn up for her day in court, Stephanie was given the task of bringing her in. Simple. Except Maxine’s boyfriend has now begun receiving mysterious, coded notes from the runaway that hint at buried treasure. In fact the notes are so indecipherable that Stephanie has to call on the help of Sally Sweet, giant drag queen and code breaker extraordinaire. And Steph’s knight errant, cop Joe Morelli. is also proving useful although he can’t decide what he wants most: Maxine’s bounty or Stephanie’s body. Meanwhile a friend loses a finger, a mother is scalped, an apartment is firebombed and a store clerk is murdered. And out in the street, the crazy treasure hunt game goes on…
‘Stephanie Plum is ass kicking form…
utterly delightful.’ Cosmopolitan ‘As smart and sassy as high gloss wet paint.’ Time Out ‘ Among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction.’ GQ ‘All the easy class and wit that you expect to find in the best American TV Comedy, but too rarely find in modern fiction.’ GQ

High Five

Stephanie Plum has a whole lot of trouble on her doorsteps. Her Uncle Fred has disappeared and Grandma Mazur is convinced he’s been abducted by aliens. Meanwhile, cousin Vinnie has asked her to bring in the vertically challenged Randy Briggs who’s jumped bail. But instead of coming quietly, he has taken up residence in Stephanie’s closet. The mysterious man called Bunchy is trailing Stephanie in the hope of tracking down Fred. And Benito Ramirez is back from jail, quoting Scripture and vowing to introduce Stephanie to God face to face. Thankfully Joe Morelli, the irresistible cop, is still around to give her the odd sleepless night through now he faces tough competition from the enigmatic Ranger…
‘Hooray for Janet Evanovich who continues to enliven the literary crime scene. One of the funniest books in the series.’ ‘Sunday Telegraph’. ‘Pithy, witty and fast paced.’ ‘Sunday Times’.

Hot Six

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He’s at the scene, he’s with the victim, and he’s the number one suspect. Ranger is former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He’s Stephanie’s mentor the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he’s more than her friend. Now he’s the hunted and Stephanie’s the hunter, and it’s time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him…
what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in?Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie’s apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she’s adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can’t button the top snap on her Levi’s. Experience the world of Plum in Janet Evanovich’s new thriller. It’s surreal, it’s frenetic, it’s incendiary. Hot Six. It’s the best yet.

Seven Up

Semi retired mob guy, Eddie DeChooch, is caught trafficking contraband cigarettes through Trenton, New Jersey. When DeChooch fails to show for a court appearance, bond enforcement agent Stephanie Plum is assigned the task of finding him and dragging his decrepit ass back to jail. Not such an easy job, it turns out, since DeChooch has learned a lot of tricks over the years and isn’t afraid to use his gun. He’s already shot Loretta Ricci and left her for worm food in his shed. He wouldn’t mind shooting Stephanie next. Likeable losers and former high school classmates Walter ‘MoonMan’ Dunphy and Dougie ‘The Dealer’ Kruper have inadvertently become involved with DeChooch. They’ve gotten sucked into an operation which is much more than simple cigarette smuggling and holds risks far greater than anyone could have imagined. When Dougie disappears, Steph goes into search mode. When Mooner disappears, she calls in the heavy artillery and asks master bounty hunter Ranger for help. Ranger’s price for the job?One night with Stephanie, dusk to dawn. Not information she’d want to share with her some time live in roommate, vice cop Joe Morelli. A typical dilemma in the world of Plum. And on the homefront, Stephanie’s ‘perfect’ sister Valerie has decided to move back to Trenton, bringing her two kids from hell. Grandma Mazur is asking questions about being a lesbian, and Bob, the bulimic dog, is eating everything in sight including the furniture. Mud wrestling, motorcycles, fast cars, fast food, and fast men. It’s Seven Up. Absolutely Janet Evanovich at her very best. AUTHORBIO: Bestselling author Janet Evanovich is the recipient of the Crime Writers Association’s John Creasey Memorial, Last Laugh, and Silver Dagger awards, as well as the Left Coast Crime’s Lefty award, and is the two time recipient of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association’s Dilys award. She lives in New Hampshire, where she is at work on her next Stephanie Plum adventure.

Hard Eight

Hard UpFugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: Seven year old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn’s estranged husband, Steven, a shady owner of a seedy bar, is not at all happy. Finding a kidnapped child is not an assignment for a bounty hunter. But Evelyn’s grandmother lives next door to Stephanie’s parents, so Stephanie follows the trail left by Annie and Evelyn and finds a lot more than she bargained for. Hard RiskSteven Soder is somehow linked with a very scary Eddie Abruzzi. Trenton cop and on again, off again fianc Joe Morelli and Stephanie’s mentor and tormentor, Ranger, warn Stephanie about Abruzzi, but it’s Abruzzi’s eyes and mannerisms that frighten Stephanie most. Stephanie needs Ranger’s savvy and expertise, and she’s willing to accept his help to find Annie even though it might mean getting too involved with Ranger. Stephanie, Ranger, Lula who’s not going to miss riding with Ranger, and Evelyn’s lawyer/Laundromat manager set out to find Annie. The search turns out to be a race among Stephanie’s posse, the True Blue Bonds’ agent a Rangerette known as Jeanne Ellen Burrows and the Abruzzi crew. Plus, there’s a killer rabbit on the loose!Hard EightStrap on your helmet and get ready for the ride of your life! Hard Eight. The world of Stephanie Plum has never been wilder.

To the Nines

The 1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Stephanie Plum NovelJanet Evanovich’s novels are the hottest bestsellers in America! 1 New York Times 1 Wall Street Journal 1 Los Angeles Times 1 Entertainment Weekly 1 Publishers WeeklyStephanie Plum’s got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli…
oh, the list goes on. An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. But hey, she’s from Jersey. Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she’s pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way…
and she always gets her man. In To the Nines, her cousin Vinnie who’s also her boss has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an illegal immigrant. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word hunter. In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas Strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life. The unforgettable characters, nonstop action, high stakes suspense, and sheer entertainment of To the Nines define Janet Evanovich as unique among today’s writers..

Ten Big Ones

Janet Evanovich is the hottest author in America, and her Stephanie Plum novels have taken the nation by storm! 1 New York Times 1 Wall Street Journal 1 Los Angeles Times 1 Entertainment Weekly 1 Publishers WeeklyShe’s accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. She’s a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. Her mother’s convinced she’ll end up dead…
or worse, without a man. She’s Stephanie Plum, and she kicks butt for a living well, she thinks it sounds good to put it that way…
.. It begins as an innocent trip to the deli mart, on a quest for nachos. But Stephanie Plum and her partner, Lula, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet another car. It would be just another day in the life of Stephanie Plum, except that she becomes the target of a gang and of an even scarier, more dangerous force that comes to Trenton. With super bounty hunter Ranger acting more mysteriously than ever and the tension with vice cop Joe Morelli getting hotter, she finds herself with a decision to make: how to protect herself and where to hide while on the hunt for a killer known as the Junkman. There’s only one safe place, and it has Ranger’s name all over it if she can find it. And if the Junkman doesn’t find her first. With Lula riding shotgun and Grandma Mazur on the loose, Stephanie Plum is racing against the clock in her most suspenseful novel yet. Ten Big Ones is page turning entertainment, and Janet Evanovich is the best there is.

Eleven on Top

1 New York Times

1 Wall Street Journal

1 Los Angeles Times

1 Entertainment Weekly

1 Publishers Weekly

Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She’s been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross.

So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren t necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can t compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Her past has come back to haunt her. She s stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He s killed before, and he ll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck in a Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. It might not be the job she ll keep for the rest of her life, but for now it gives her the technical access she needs to find her stalker. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life her on again, off again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her bad ass boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?

Between the adventure and the adversity there s attitude, and Stephanie Plum s got plenty in her newest misadventure, Eleven on Top.

Twelve Sharp

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich’s wildest, hottest novel yet! FIRST A STRANGER APPEARSWhile chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her. THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETSThe woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso street name, Ranger. NEXT, SOMEBODY DIESThe action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer. SOON, THE CHASE IS ONRanger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli her on again, off again boyfriend steps in. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum forever? Filled with Janet Evanovich’s trademark action, nonstop adventure, and sharp humor, Twelve Sharp shows why her novels have been called ‘hot stuff’ The New York Times, and Evanovich herself ‘the master’ San Francisco Examiner.

Lean Mean Thirteen

New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet!Mistake 1: Dickie Orr Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her archnemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that, Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping never to see either one of them again. Mistake 2: Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso aka Ranger Ranger needs Stephanie to meet with Dickie and find out if he’s doing something shady. Turns out, he is. Turns out, Dickie’s also back to doing Joyce Barnhardt. And it turns out Ranger’s favors always come with a price…
. Mistake 3: Going completely nutso while doing the favor for Ranger and trying to apply bodily injury to Dickie in front of the entire office Now Dickie has disappeared and Stephanie is the natural suspect in his disappearance. Is Dickie dead? Can he be found? And can Stephanie Plum stay one step ahead in this new, dangerous game? Joe Morelli, the hottest cop in Trenton, New jersey, is also keeping Stephanie on her toes and he may know more than he’s saying about many things in Stephanie’s life. It’s a cat and mouse game fro Stephanie Plum wherein the ultimate prize might be her life. With Janet Evanovich’s flair for hilarious situations, breathtaking action, and unforgettable characters, Lean Mean Thirteen shows why no one can beat Evanovich for blockbuster entertainment.

Fearless Fourteen

Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet. The Crime: Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollarsDom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. His family couldn t be more proud. He always was the smart one. The Cousin: Joe MorelliJoe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom’s sister, Loretta, are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The all American family. The Complications: Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid refluxLess than a week after Dom s release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his baseme*nt. He s getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing. The Catastrophe: MoonmanMorelli hires Walter Mooner Dunphy, stoner and inventor turned crime fighter, to protect his house. Morelli can t afford a lot on a cop s salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes. The Cupcake: Stephanie PlumStephanie and Morelli have a long standing relationship that involves sex, affection, and driving each other nuts. She s a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she s involved in this bank robbery gone bad disaster from day one. The Crisis: A favor for RangerSecurity expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie s evening activities. The Conclusion: Only the fearless should listen to Fourteen. Thrills, chills, and incontinence may result.

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen

Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook off and loses his head literally. Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she ll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli. Pump up the heat: Chipotle’s sponsor is offering a million dollar reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the capture of the killers. Stir the pot: Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah. Add a secret ingredient: Stephanie s Grandma Mazur. Enough said. Bring to a boil: Can Stephanie hunt down two killers, a traitor, five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, solve Ranger s problems and not jump his bones?Warning: Habanero hot. So good you ll want seconds.

Sizzling Sixteen

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a lucky bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn t specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck…
. BAD LUCK:Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs. GOOD LUCK:Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash. BAD LUCK:Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie’s messing up Mooner s vibe, running up pay per view po*rn charges in Ranger s apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics. GOOD LUCK:Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner s Hobbit Con charity event, and Uncle Pip s lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin. BAD LUCK:Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles. GOOD LUCK:The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip s lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky the only question is…
with whom?Sizzling Sixteen
so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!

Smokin’ Seventeen

Where there’s smoke there s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie s name is on the killer s list. Short on time to find evidence proving the killer s identity, Stephanie faces further complications when her family and friends decide that it s time for her to choose between her longtime off again on again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. Stephanie s mom is encouraging Stephanie to dump them both and choose a former high school football star who s just returned to town. Stephanie s sidekick, Lula, is encouraging Stephanie to have a red hot boudoir bake off. And Grandma Bella, Morelli s old world grandmother, is encouraging Stephanie to move to a new state when she puts the eye on Stephanie. With a cold blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie s life looks like it s about to go up in smoke. The hardcover edition of Smokin Seventeen contains two smokin hot stickers inside!From the Hardcover edition.

Explosive Eighteen

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich. Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she s knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she s flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he s dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. His killer could be anyone. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying. Only one other person has seen the missing photo Stephanie Plum. Now she s the target, and she doesn t intend to end up in a garbage can. With the help of an FBI sketch artist Stephanie re creates the person in the photo. Unfortunately the first sketch turns out to look like Tom Cruise, and the second sketch like Ashton Kutcher. Until Stephanie can improve her descriptive skills, she ll need to watch her back. Over at the bail bonds agency things are going from bad to worse. The bonds bus serving as Vinnie s temporary HQ goes up in smoke. Stephanie s wheelman, Lula, falls in love with their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves into Stephanie s apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii? Morelli, Trenton s hottest cop, isn t talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery, isn t talking about Hawaii. And all Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is…
It s complicated. The hardcover edition of Explosive Eighteen contains a tear out calendar inside! From the Hardcover edition.

Visions of Sugar Plums

It’s five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn’t got a tree. She hasn’t bought any presents. The malls are jam packed with staggering shoppers. There’s not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment. And there’s a strange man in her kitchen. Sure, this has happened to Stephanie Plum before. Strangers, weirdos, felons, creeps, and lunatics are always finding their way to her front door. But this guy is different. This guy is mysterious, sexy and he has his own agenda. His name is Diesel and he is a man on a mission. And Diesel is unlike anyone Stephanie has ever met before in her life. The question is, what does he want with her? Can he help her find a little old toy maker who has skipped out on his bail right before Christmas? Can he survive the Plum family holiday dinner? Can he get Stephanie a tree that doesn’t look like it was grown next to a nuclear power plant? These questions and more are keeping Stephanie awake at night. Not to mention the fact that she needs to find a bunch of nasty elves, her sister Valerie has a Christmas ‘surprise’ for the Plums, her niece Mary Alice doesn’t believe in Santa anymore, and Grandma Mazur has a new stud muffin. So bring out the plastic reindeer, strap on your jingle bells, and get ready to celebrate the holidays Jersey style. Visions of Sugar Plums the world of Plum has never been merrier!

Plum Lovin’

From 1 blockbuster bestselling author Janet Evanovich comes a Stephanie Plum novel that takes adventure, action, suspense and maybe even true love? to new heights. WATCH YOUR BACK…
LOOK BOTH WAYS…
BECAUSE LOVE IS IN THE AIR…
AND THAT MEANS BIG TROUBLE!Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum’s apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie and he s not taking no for an answer. Annie Hart is a relationship expert who is wanted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Stephanie needs to find her, fast. Diesel knows where she is. So they make a deal: He ll help her get Annie if Stephanie plays matchmaker to several of Annie s most difficult clients. But someone wants to find Annie even more than Diesel and Stephanie. Someone with a nasty temper. And someone with unmentionable skills. Does Diesel know more than he s saying about Annie Hart? Does Diesel have secrets he s keeping from Stephanie and the two men in her life Ranger and Morelli? With Stephanie Plum in over her head, things are sure to get a little dicey and a little explosive, Jersey style!

Plum Lucky

Looking to get lucky?

Stephanie Plum is back between the numbers and she’s looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown eyed stud who has stolen her heart.

Stephanie Plum has a way of attracting danger, lunatics, oddballs, bad luck…
and mystery men. And no one is more mysterious than the unmentionable Diesel. He s back and hot on the trail of a little man in green pants who s lost a giant bag of money. Problem is, the money isn t exactly lost. Stephanie s Grandma Mazur has found it, and like any good Jersey senior citizen, she s hightailed it in a Winnebago to Atlantic City and hit the slots. With Lula and Connie in tow, Stephanie attempts to bring Grandma home, but the luck of the Irish is rubbing off on everyone: Lula s found a job modeling plus size lingerie. Connie s found a guy. Diesel s found Stephanie. And Stephanie has found herself in over her head with a caper involving thrice stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase, and a bad case of hives.

Plum Lucky is an all you can eat buffet of thrills, chills, shrimp cocktail, plus size underwear, and scorching hot men. It s a between the numbers treat no Evanovich fan will want to miss!

Plum Spooky

The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers Novel from 1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.
Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty two. He s now twenty four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn t made it out of the boys department at Macy s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel. Diesel pops in and out of Plum s life like birthday cake delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He s an ber bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He s after Grimoire, and now he s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course…
monkeys.

Back to the Bedroom

Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. I’m excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re released by HarperCollins. Back to the Bedroom is presented here in almost original form. I’ve done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around. I lived in northern Virginia when I wrote Back to the Bedroom. My children were young, and we spent a lot of time visiting the Washington, D.C. museums and wandering through the historic neighborhoods. One day while strolling Capitol Hill I came upon two townhouses that captured my imagination. The houses were totally different a birthday cake of a house and a bran muffin of a house, and yet they shared a common wall. I wondered about the people who lived inside the houses. And eventually the houses inspired Back to the Bedroom. Back to the Bedroom is the story of a young woman with the soul of a birthday cake living in a bran muffin house and a nice looking guy with the substance of a bran muffin living in a birthday cake. They share some misadventures, some romantic moments, some misunderstandings, and ultimately they turn into wedding cake. And for Plum fans, you’ll be interested to find that this was the first of the four romances to feature Elsie Hawkins, the prototype for Grandma Mazur. Janet Evanovich

Smitten

Single mom Lizabeth Kane isn’t exactly carpenter material she’s never picked up a hammer in her life. But she desperately needs the construction job that builder Matt Hallahan is offering. And even though he knows trouble is ahead, Matt can’t refuse Lizbeth’s irresistible smile.

Matt Hallahan isn’t exactly relationship material he has always been too busy working on other people’s houses to make a home of his own. And even though she knows better, Lizabeth can’t stop thinking about the rugged carpenter.

Is the relationship Matt and Lizabeth are building solid or more like a house of cards?

Wife for Hire

Hank Mallone knows he’s in trouble when Maggie Toone agrees to pretend to be his wife in order to improve his rogue’s reputation. Will his harebrained scheme to get a bank loan for his business backfire once Maggie arrives in his small Vermont town and lets the gossips take a look?

Maggie never expected her employer to be drop-dead handsome, but she’s too intrigued by his offer to say no…
and too eager to escape a life that made her feel trapped. The deal is strictly business, both agree, until Hank turns out to be every fantasy she ever had.

The Rocky Road to Romance

Her tall, dark, and deliciously dangerous boss…
When the delightful, daffy Dog Lady of station WZZZ offered to take on the temporary job of traffic reporter, Steve Crow tried to think of reasons to turn Daisy Adams down. Perhaps he knew that sharing the close quarters of a car with her for hours would give the handsome program director no room to resist her quirky charms. He’d always favored low slung sportscars and high heeled women, but that was before he fell for a free spirit who caught crooks by accident, loved old people and pets, and had just too many jobs! Loving Daisy turned Steve’s life upside down, especially once he adopted Bob, a huge dog masquerading as a couch potato. But was Daisy finally ready to play for keeps?

Full House

Filled with Evanovich’s trademark style and wit, Full House is romantic suspense with a twist…
Her life was pleasant, proper, and predictable until he showed up and trouble moved in…
Polo instructor Nicholas Kaharchek senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce. She represents everything he’s so artfully avoided. Happy in her home life, a divorced mother of two, Billie is the epitome of stability. They have nothing in common. To his horror, Nick is fascinated and irresistibly attracted. When Billie generously offers to share her home with Nick’s crazy cousin Deedee for a while, Nick finds himself visiting often. And while each is slowly seduced by the other’s charms, and both are wildly encouraged by devious Deedee, Billie and Nick find out that what they have in common is most important of all. But neither one knows that danger is lurking where they least expect it and a killer is closing in on them. Sneak peek of Visions of Sugar Plums inside!

Full Tilt

He lives life in the fast lane and she’s along for the ride-with no brakes…
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Jamie Swift has one priority in quiet Beaumont, South Carolina: running the local newspaper. Romance runs second. But with the arrival of her silent partner, the notoriously mysterious and sexy Maximillian Holt, Jamie’s life gets shaken up. Max claims he’s here to give his brother-in-law a vote of confidence. A former wrestler, Frankie Fontana’s now taking his shots in the political ring. Beaumont could use a mayor with scruples, but what it gets is a crime-and what Jamie gets is a story that’s taking her for a ride on the wild side, complete with two assassins, a washed-up stripper, and an insane poacher. Between a spray of bullets and a fast getaway could it get any more romantic-or dangerous? Max and Jamie are betting their lives on a long shot.

Full Speed

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the world of Jamie Swift and Max Holt! My good friend Charlotte Hughes and I have teamed up to create a series of books featuring these two characters and they’ve taken on a life of their own! These books are not set in the same world as my Stephanie Plum novels, but what they have in common is lovable, dysfunctional characters, villains you love to hate, and a cross eyed way of looking at life. Jamie and Max have intense chemistry even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she’s ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small southern town. And in Full Speed, she’s after the story of a lifetime. Max Holt is right in the middle of that story, and so Jamie tracks down the millionaire playboy, forcing him to take her on as partner. What follows is a story of a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wise cracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane. Not to mention plenty of steamy action between Jamie and Max.

So have fun with Full Speed. We’re going to sign off now and get back to creating more romantic adventures between Jamie Swift and Max Holt. Enjoy and happy reading!

Janet and Charlotte

Full Blast

The next in the hot new series featuring Max Holt and Jamie Swift filled with even more fast paced action, crazy characters, steamy sex, suspense, and non stop hilarityThis time the town of Beaumont, South Carolina, is going to hell in a handbasket. It all starts when Jamie decides to increase revenues for her newspaper by starting a personal ads section. Suddenly, the town gets ‘all sexed up.’ The local Chinese food joint starts creating risque fortune cookies. A trashy lingerie shop opens. The bakery starts making po*rnographic pastries. Everyone gets the idea that sex sells. But someone has more sinister objectives. Several ‘unlikeable’ towsnfolk end up dead. And the key to the murders is connected to Jamie’s newspaper especially the personal ads. Enlisting the help of the ever so sexy Max Holt, Jamie and Max have to battle raging hormones, a heat wave, a murderous villain, and non stop attraction for each other in a novel where it’s not just the air conditioners going Full Blast!

Full Bloom

Dear Reader,The temperature’s on ‘sizzle’ again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother’s B&B and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney. According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it’s hosting millionaire Max Holt’s upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank playing ghost aren’t stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B’s testosterone level through the roof. Annie’s cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes’s jeans, but leave it to her missing ex husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was wrapped up in Wes’s strong loving arms…
We guarantee that you’re going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! Even if we were surprised by the ending! And you won’t want to miss the hair raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad tempered, twenty two pound orange cat…
. Janet and Charlotte

Full Scoop

Dear Reader:

There’s a whole lot of trouble going on in Beaumont, South Carolina. According to resident psychic slash astrologer, Destiny Moultrie, Mercury s in retrograde; Venus is in the seventh house, and the combination has turned Cupid wacko! Chaos rules as tempers flare and lust runs rampant. Newlyweds Max Holt and Jamie Swift Holt are trying to make a baby, but their recently purchased antebellum mansion is under renovation and filled with feuding contractors. Vera has a crush on her new mailman, and is bent on looking ten years younger. Destiny is marked for marriage by the changing planets, and she s running for her life as the local redneck and bait shop owner is determined to make her his. Meanwhile, local pediatrician Maggie Davenport has considerably bigger problems now that her wild girl past has caught up in the form of an ex boyfriend and jailbird who just flew the coop and is determined to track her and her daughter down. If he doesn t expose her secrets, there s a good chance Jamie s editor, intent on getting the Full Scoop, will. Fortunately, FBI agent Zack Madden is on hand for protection; but the new danger is the wild attraction he and Maggie share. Fleas the hound dog is experiencing his first crush on Maggie s adorable and alluring um pygmy goat? Add to that an Elvis convention and a local root doctor and hoodoo practitioner who decides it s time she take charge; only to have one of her spells backfire, and you ve got a gut busting, laugh out loud story we hope you won t forget!

It s just another wild ride in the town we love to write about, and the characters we can t get enough of. So kick off your shoes, sit back, and enjoy a Full Scoop of fun, adventure, and romance.

Janet and Charlotte

Metro Girl

Buckle your seat belts. Number one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich is moving into the fast lane with Metro Girl, a thrilling, high octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who’s along for the ride. ‘Wild’ Bill Barnaby’s dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill’s last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother…
and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since they were kids. Not that Bill’s a bad sort. More that he acts first and thinks later. Unfortunately, this time around, Wild Bill will be Dead Bill if Alex doesn’t find him in time. Alex blasts through the bars of South Beach and points her search to Key West and Cuba, laying waste to Miami hit men, dodging Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, and putting the pedal to the metal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker. Engaged in a deadly race, Wild Bill’s ‘borrowed’ Hooker’s sixty five foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset…
just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he’ll attach himself to Alex and maybe run into scumbag Bill. Maybe Hooker can salvage what’s left of his vacation. And maybe Hooker’ll get lucky in love with Bill’s sweetie pie sister. After all, Hooker is NASCAR Guy. And NASCAR Guy is good at revving a woman’s engine. The race to the finish is hot and hard, taking Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the Cuban missile crises. Creative cussing and sexual innuendo included.

Motor Mouth

Miami is still freakin’ humid. The nights are even hotter. And there’s a body on ice. And that’s just the beginning of this adrenaline rush of a hot wired ride from phenomenal number one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. A woman with a taste for speed and a talent for breaking the rules, Barney also knows a little too much about cheating. First there was Hooker and that salesclerk. Now she’s convinced one of the competitors is up to no good on the track. Snooping to find evidence, Hooker and Barney ‘borrow’ a NASCAR hauler. Turns out, the hauler is carrying two race cars and a dead guy. It looks like Barney and Hooker are facing multiple counts of grand theft auto and homicide. So buckle up as Barney, Hooker, a 150 pound bundle of Saint Bernard love named Beans, and the Super Cigar Ladies Felicia and Rosa shift into gear on a wild race around South Florida and Concord, North Carolina. Everything you always wanted to know about righteous indignation, stealing an eighteen wheeler, and sex in the fast lane.

Troublemaker

Janet Evanovich, the New York Times 1 best selling author of Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, brings Alexandra Barnaby and Sam Hooker, from the hit Barnaby novels Metro Girl and Motor Mouth, to Dark Horse Comics with her debut graphic novel Troublemaker!Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker are back together and fighting crime the only way they know how by leaving a trail of chaos, panic, and disorder. Alex, an auto mechanic and spotter for racecar driver Sam Hooker, is drawn to trouble like a giant palmetto bug to a day old taco. Unfortunately, she’s also drawn to Hooker in the same fashion. There’s no steering clear of trouble or Hooker when friends Rosa and Felicia call for help. A man has gone missing, and in order to find him Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and south Florida, surviving Petro Voodoo, explosions, gift wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker’s mom.

Troublemaker 2

Janet Evanovich, the New York Times 1 best selling author of Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, brings Alexandra Barnaby and Sam Hooker, from the hit Barnaby novels Metro Girl and Motor Mouth, to Dark Horse Comics with her debut graphic novel Troublemaker!Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker are back together and fighting crime the only way they know how by leaving a trail of chaos, panic, and disorder. Alex, an auto mechanic and spotter for racecar driver Sam Hooker, is drawn to trouble like a giant palmetto bug to a day old taco. Unfortunately, she’s also drawn to Hooker in the same fashion. There’s no steering clear of trouble or Hooker when friends Rosa and Felicia call for help. A man has gone missing, and in order to find him Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and south Florida, surviving Petro Voodoo, explosions, gift wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker’s mom.

Hot Stuff

Dear Reader, Cate Madigan isn t asking for trouble. Her wacky Irish family is constantly playing matchmaker for her with men who leave much to be desired. All she wants is peace and quiet and a nice place to live while she saves her money from tending bar in a lively Boston pub. Okay, so what if her roommate is a cross dressing lounge singer named Marty Longfellow? In exchange for cheap rent, all she has to do is take care of his plants and collect his mail when he’s out of town. And then Marty disappears. At the same time, a bullmastiff named Beast shows up with instructions from Marty to take care of him. Can Cate handle this 120 pound bundle of joy who wants to devour everything in sight? Ex cop Kellen McBride has decided to make Cate s bar his nightly hang out. But is he just there for the beer? Or does he have an ulterior motive for getting close to Cate? When Cate comes home to a ransacked apartment, she realizes Kellen knows more than he s saying. Problem is, he s turning up the heat in her life in more ways than one. Soon Cate finds herself in deep trouble with mysterious stalkers, a lovesick would be boyfriend named Patrick Pugg, two friends who are looking for love, and the very sexy, possibly dangerous Kellen McBride. The south side of Boston has never been wilder…
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Wicked Appetite

Seven Stones of Power. No one knows when they were created or by whom, each said to represent one of the Seven Deadly Sins. For centuries, treasure hunters have been eager to possess the stones, undeterred by their corrupting nature. The list is long Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, to name a few. Now the Stones have found their way to Salem, Massachusetts, and so has Gerwulf Grimoire, adding himself to this rogues’ gallery of power seekers. He’s an uncommonly dangerous man, with a hunger for the forbidden, and a set of abilities that are way beyond ordinary. Abilities that he feels entitle him to possess anything he might desire. That would include Elizabeth Tucker, the woman he needs to find the Stones. She’s freshly transplanted from New York City to Boston’s North Shore. With a new job as pastry chef at Dazzle’s bakery and an old house inherited from her Aunt Ophelia, her life is pretty much on track until it’s suddenly derailed by a guy named Diesel, a rude monkey, and a ninja cat. Lizzy can handle the monkey and the cat. She’s not sure about Diesel. He’s offering up his own set of unusual talents, promising to protect her from Grimoire. The kind of protection that Lizzy suspects might involve guarding her body day and night. The Seven Deadly Sins are pride, greed, lust, envy wrath, sloth and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that is wicked. Diesel thinks it also pretty much covers everything that’s fun. And Lizzy thinks Diesel and the Seven Deadly Sins cover everything her mother warned her about.

Love in a Nutshell

Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she’s been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene s Harbor, Michigan. Kate s plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory. Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone has been sabotaging his company, and Kate is just new enough in town that she can insert herself into Culhane s business and snoop around for him. If Kate finds the culprit, Matt will pay her a $20,000 bonus. Needless to say, Kate is highly motivated. But several problems present themselves. Kate despises beer. No one seems to trust her. And she is falling hard for her boss. Can these two smoke out a saboteur, save Kate s family home, and keep a killer from closing in all while resisting their undeniable attraction to one another? Filled with humor, heart, and loveable characters, Love in a Nutshell is delicious fun.

Hero at Large

Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. The romances were originally published between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. I’m happy to tell you that those stories have now been re released by HarperCollins, presented in almost original form. I’ve done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around. Hero at Large was the very first book published. It’s about a sexy guy who cooks a potholder in spaghetti sauce and charms a single mom and former world class ice skater with the promise of a ride on his Zamboni. It’s got broken bones, giant turkeys, cantankerous cars, and Aunt Edna. This was the book that changed my life forever and made me a published author. When Hero finally reached the bookstores, I was almost arrested for loitering in Walden’s. I stationed myself in the romance section and wouldn’t leave until I saw someone buy my book. It took three days! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving

When Megan Murphy discovers a floppy eared rabbit gnawing on the hem of her skirt, she means to give its careless owner a piece of her mind, but Dr. Patrick Hunter is too attractive to stay mad at for long.

As for Patrick, he wants nothing more than to play house with Maggie and make Thanksgiving dinner for their families.

But Megan has wept over one failed love, and she’s afraid to risk her heart again. Can the good doctor help heal her heart?

The Grand Finale

From the 1 New York Times bestselling author comes a revised, repackaged novel sure to please her many fans. She writes ‘high speed comic mayhem’ Detroit Free Press; she’s ‘a blast of fresh air’ Washington Post; ‘side splitting funny’ Publishers Weekly and ‘a winner’ Glamour. In other words, she’s Janet Evanovich.

Berry Knudson had a talent for disaster, but when she climbed a tree to rescue a kitten, she wasn’t prepared for the scrumptious hunk undressing in a nearby window, or her dive downward that smashed Jake Sawyer’s pizza and won his heart! But was there room in her chaotic schedule for a risk taking inventor with dreams? She took clas*ses, delivered pizzas, and cared for three eccentric old ladies she rescued from the train station. But Jake thrived on a challenge, and he could be very inventive. Could he teach her there was time to make butterscotch pudding and let herself be loved?

Manhunt

Alexandra Scott, Alaskan Wilderness Woman. It had a terrific ring to it, but Alex felt a sudden twinge of uncertainty. She’d traded in her Wall Street job and fancy condo for a rundown cabin in the woods and a bait & tackle store. She’d wanted to escape the rat race and to go husband hunting where men outnumbered women four to one, but was she ready for the challenge? Then she spotted Michael Casey, a sexy pilot who was undaunted by disaster, had hero written all over him…
and was a confirmed bachelor. Michael Casey was the man she had come to Alaska to hunt, and Alexandra Scott had him in her sights.

Foul Play

When Amy Klasse loses her TV job to a dancing chicken, handsome veterinarian Jake Elliott rescues her with an offer to be his receptionist. Jake just can’t resist a damsel in distress, and Amy certainly doesn’t mind Jake’s charming sincerity.

Then suddenly the job-stealing chicken disappears and Amy is suspected of Foul Play. Amy and Jake search for clues to prove her innocence. But will Jake be able to prove to Amy that love, too, is a mystery worth solving?

Love Overboard / Ivan Takes A Wife

Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All went out of print immediately and then could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. I’m excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re released by HarperCollins. Love Overboard is second in the lineup, and it’s presented here in almost original form. I’ve done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around. And I changed the title because I thought the original title Ivan Takes a Wife was boring! Love Overboard is a romantic tale about a handsome ship’s captain; a wary wench from Jersey City; a hundred year old, two masted schooner; and an entire town of shoemakers. There’s some getting naked, some blueberry pie, more getting naked, and at the end…
Okay, I won’t tell you about the end, but it’s really good and it’ll make you feel happy. I took my family on the road trip from heck to research this book. When we finally got to Maine it was all worthwhile because we fell in love with the boats and the people who sailed them. Enjoy!

Naughty Neighbor

Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. I’m excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re released by HarperCollins. Naughty Neighbor is the eighth in the lineup, and it’s presented here in almost original form. Usually when I edit these books I do some modernizing. For instance, I change VHS to DVD, and roller skates to Rollerblades, and sticks of gum are now pieces of gum. I do this because the books were meant to be contemporary as opposed to historical, and I don’t want the reader to have a time disconnect. In the beginning of the original Naughty Neighbor, my hero*ine throws a handheld phone into the toilet, and the next morning she goes into the bathroom and sees the ‘slim silver antenna caught between the toilet lid and seat.’ Okay, so most phones don’t have extended antennas anymore, but I just loved the image…
so I left it in. And I don’t know how many women wear front closure bras anymore, but that got left in, too. Naughty Neighbor is probably the most romancey of all the Loveswepts I wrote, but there’s still a small mystery to unravel. Louisa Brannigan is a no nonsense, hardworking press secretary, fighting her way to the top of Capitol Hill, with no help from her annoying neighbor, Pete Streeter. He receives phone calls all night long, he steals her morning paper, he thinks jeans are formal wear, and worst of all he’s involved Louisa in the disappearance of a pig. So this is the story of a pig in Witness Protection and love being found by a workaholic woman and a fun loving man who makes terrible pots of coffee. Enjoy! Janet Evanovich

How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author

How many people would kill to be a bestselling novelist? Especially one like Janet Evanovich. Writers want to know how a bestselling author thinks, writes, plans, and dreams her books. And they are primed for a book from Janet Evanovich that tells, in a witty Q&A format: How she comes up with such remarkable characters How she nails the perfect name every time How she finds out insider details Just how she sets up those masterful plots What the life of a full time writer is really like What she’d tell an aspiring author about the publishing industry And much, much more!This book details the elements of writing and publishing a novel, and addresses all categories of fiction from mystery/thriller/action titles to romance; from stand alone narratives to series. It offers practical and inspiring advice on such subjects as structuring a plot and handling rejection. And it combines one of today’s most successful fiction writers with a published non fiction writer who teaches creative fiction. HOW I WRITE is the perfect reference for anyone looking to improve their writing, and for those fans who are hungry to find out more about just how Janet Evanovich ticks.

The Plot Thickens (With: Lawrence Block,Linda Fairstein,Nelson DeMille,Donald E Westlake,Mary Higgins Clark,Carol Higgins Clark,Nancy Pickard,Walter Mosley,Edna Buchanan,Ann Rule)

Joining together for a good cause brings out the best in today’s top mystery and suspense writers! For this marvelously entertaining anthology, these outstanding contributors rose to a unique literary challenge: each penned a tale that ingeniously features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak. The result is a collection of wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart: proceeds from The Plot Thickens will help bring the gift of reading to millions of disadvantaged Americans.

Fearless Jones (By:Walter Mosley)

Penzler Pick, June 2001: Those of us who have been waiting for Walter Mosley to return to mystery writing and there are many of us have cause to rejoice. Not only has Mosley written a mystery, he is introducing a new character who could turn out to be as popular as Easy Rawlins. Fearless Jones has a lot in common with Easy, but he also has some characteristics reminiscent of Socrates Fortlow, the ‘hero’ of Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. When the story begins, the reader is transported to the Los Angeles of the 1950s, a dangerous place and time for a black man. But Paris Minton seems to have beaten the odds. He owns a moderately successful and very satisfying business a used book store. He spends the time he’s not in the store scouring libraries for discarded books and selling them in just enough quantity to be independent and happy. Yes, he is visited on a regular basis by members of the LAPD who want him to prove to them that he did not steal the books, but that is a small price to pay for independence. Minton’s peaceful life is interrupted one day when a beautiful woman walks into his store and asks for the Reverend William Grove. In no time flat, Paris has been beaten into unconsciousness by a man following her and has been rewarded by the woman with sex. The lovely Elana Love is obviously trouble, but Paris jumps in feet first and, as a consequence, his store is burned to the ground. It is obviously time to call in Fearless Jones, a man well named. Jones is afraid of nothing, but there is a little matter to be taken care of before he can help. He’s in jail and Paris must raise bail to get him out. Once he does that, the pair embark on a wild ride through Los Angeles on behalf of Elana Love. As always, Mosley depicts the hard boiled L.A. in a powerful and distinctive way, and we can only hope that this is the first of a series. Otto Penzler

Fear Itself (By:Walter Mosley)

Paris Minton doesn’t want any trouble. He minds his used bookstore and his own business. But in 1950s Los Angeles, sometimes trouble finds him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. When the nephew of the wealthiest woman in L.A. is missing and wanted for murder, she has to get involved no matter if she can’t stand him. What will her church think? She hires Jefferson T. Hill, a former sheriff of Dawson, Texas, and a tough customer, to track him down and prove his innocence. When Hill goes missing too, she tricks his friend Fearless Jones and Paris Minton into picking up the case. Paris steps inside the world of the black bourgeoisie, and it turns out to be filled with deceit and corruption. It takes everything he has just to stay alive through a case filled with twists and turns and dead ends like he never imagined. Written with the voice and vision that have made Walter Mosley one of the most entertaining writers in America, FEAR ITSELF marks the return of a master at the top of his form.

Fear of the Dark (By:Walter Mosley)

Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers Fearless Jones and Fear Itself, return in a fast paced thriller about family and revenge. For Paris Minton, a knock on his door is often the first sign of trouble. So when he finds his lowlife cousin, Ulysses S. Grant, or Useless, on the other side of his front door, Paris keeps it firmly closed. With family like Useless, who needs enemies? Yet trouble always finds an open window, and when Useless’s mother, Three Hearts, shows up to look for her son, Paris has no choice but to track down his wayward cousin. Turns out that Useless is involved in some high stakes blackmailing. Now, he and a briefcase full of money and incriminating photos are missing, and Paris is not the only one looking for him. Paris enlists the help of his invincible friend Fearless Jones, but mysterious women, desperate blackmail victims, and cheating business partners are all they encounter not to mention the dead bodies found along the way. With the sheer nerve plotting and brilliant characterizations that have made him one of the great stars of crime fiction, Fear of the Dark is masterful Mosley.

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