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Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

• Publisher: Bantam
• Date: June 2011
• Page Count: 308
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• Stephanie Plum is the worst and funniest bounty hunter ever. So, while the bail bonds office has burned down and the rest of her coworkers are now ensconced in the bus of a local friend and free-spirit, she is being hexed and vexed by her on-again/off-again boyfriend's grandmother. Are doughnuts really worth it? Between Stephanie and her best friend Lula, they place high-priority on nutrition, stress-related and otherwise. Sometimes it's the men in their lives and sometimes it is the difficulties in catching their prey that leads them to the drive through. She has two men in her life. Morelli, a cop, and Ranger, her mentor who runs a security business. Her relationship with Morelli has been since high-school and Ranger, more recent. Neither seems ready to provide her mother with grandchildren. So along comes a new guy from her past. Her mother is set to set her up with someone with potential. He cooks and Stephanie will soon find out he has other skills.
• Lula and Stephanie can never have an easy bounty hunter capture, and now the bail bonds site is a crime scene, as there seems to be bodies crawling out of the ground.  As new ones are discovered, they now are gifted to Stephanie. More people seem to be out for her head on a platter if not the hood of their car. Somehow, there now seem to be three different threats after her and the gifted bodies are just a part of the puzzle. She may need both Ranger and Morelli for this mess. And the curses of old grandmothers just add to the mix of danger and dangerous relationships.
• As you can tell by the numbers, Janet Evanovich has written many Stephanie Plum novels, and this one definitely lives up to the well-earned reputation. This is again a laugh-out loud and enjoy the high-jinks of Stephanie and this cast of characters. From her family and Lula to her male mysteries, this book is enjoyable from the beginning to end. Love the Vordo.
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