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Where there´s smoke there´s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morelli´s old world grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between the two men in her life, Morelli and Ranger, a third man from Stephanie´s past moves back to Trenton ...
Break out a cold drink and slap on some sunscreen, this summer is sure to be a scorcher with "Smokin´ Seventeen".

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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 the murderer, Stephanie is also under pressure from family and friends to choose between her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. Stephanie´s mom wants her to dump them both for a former high school football star who´s just returned to town. Stephanie´s sidekick, Lula, suggests a red-hot boudoir "bake-off." And Joe´s old-world grandmother gives Stephanie "the eye," which may mean that it´s time to get out of town.

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.

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Praise for Janet Evanovich

"No less than her plotting, Evanovich´s characterizations are models of screwball artistry. . . . The intricate plot machinery of her comic capers is fueled by inventive twists."-The New York Times

"[Evanovich´s novels are] among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction."-GQ

"Chutzpah and sheer comic inventiveness . . . The Evanovich/Plum books [are] good fun."-The Washington Post

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Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Trouble Maker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, as well as the Fox and O´Hare series with co-author Lee Goldberg.

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