The heroine, Stephanie Plum becomes a bounty hunter in her hometown of Trenton, New Jersey by bribing her pervert cousin Vinnie for a job after she is laid off as a lingerie buyer. Each Plum book since that time has been named by a fan. After the third book in the series, Evanovich started running contests for her readers to suggest names for the next book. She later struck gold with her popular ‘Stephanie Plum’ Series – the twenty second book in the series, (‘Tricky Twenty Two’) will be released this November. Using the pen name Steffie Hall, she published her several short romance novels. She routinely appears on both the New York Times and Amazon Bestseller Lists and has a devoted following of readers.

Carl the monkey was introduced in Fearless Fourteen humping Brenda's hair, and was featured in Plum Spooky.Ī sequel, titled Wicked Business, was released on June 19, 2012.Janet Evanovich was born Janet Schneider on Apin South River, New Jersey. Lizzie adopts an odd orange one-eyed cat, who possibly belonged to her deceased Aunt Ophelia, and Carl, the monkey with an attitude problem, rides along. Lizzie's co-worker Glo, not an Unmentionable but a Questionable, tries out a number of spells with unusual results. The stones are known by the acronym SALIGIA, from the Latin names for the sins: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, & acedia, or pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, & sloth.

The Seven Stones of Power reflect each of the Seven Deadly Sins, the stone in this book dedicated to the sin of gluttony. A Stone of Power has re-surfaced and Diesel needs to get to it before Wulf does. Unbeknownst to her, Lizzie is an Unmentionable, with a special talent for finding things that Diesel needs. Lizzie has recently moved to Salem after inheriting her aunt's house.ĭiesel (from Visions of Sugar Plums, Plum Lovin ', Plum Spooky, and Plum Lucky, the 'Between The Numbers' Stephanie Plum holiday novellas) appears out of thin air in Dazzle's Bakery after Lizzie has been accosted by Gerwulf Grimoire, otherwise known as Wulf (from Plum Spooky). Įlizabeth Tucker (referred to as Lizzie) is a baker at Dazzle's Bakery, specialising in cupcakes. Wicked Appetite is a 2010 novel by Janet Evanovich set in Salem, Massachusetts.

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