Readers Love Plum Lovin'

Janet Evanovich introduces her latest installment, Plum Lovin', in the Stephanie Plum series which currently sits atop the New York Times Best Seller listing.

In Evanovich's latest adventure, skip tracer (i.e. bounty hunter) Stephanie Plum is placed in a unique position. Fellow skip tracer Diesel has the one thing that Stephanie needs to collect her latest bounty, Annie Hart.

Before Diesel will produce Annie Hart, Stephanie must fulfill five specific conditions as they relate to Annie Hart's profession as relationship expert. Evanovich masterfully blends and interweaves adjoining subplots that strictly deal with matters of the heart and, as we all know, these matters rarely run their expected course.

A parallel plot evolves as we learn that Diesel is providing protection for Annie Hart as the rash infective Bernie Beaner tries to exact revenge for the dissolution of his "200 year old" marriage as he believes that Hart initiated these difficulties.

As any reader of the Plum series knows, Stephanie is in need of her own relationship rescue as she delicately balances her relationships with Morelli and Ranger. Now, she must wear the hat of relationship expert as Diesel teasingly dangles before her.

It is not long before Lulu joins in on this wacky adventure as they race against the clock, trying to resolve relationship issues for five people before Valentine's Day. Lulu plays the part of a collective conscience that presents the reality of each situation, no holds barred.

Having a strong interest in this case, Diesel works both ends as he attempts to locate the elusive Bernie Beaner while assisting Stephanie with the five relationship subplots. Let's just say that the closer Stephanie works with Diesel, the greater the flirtatious tension.