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One of her romantic heroines is a bounty hunter to pay the bills, for instance. Later, Evanovich decided to move away from the traditional format of the romance novel. She decided to write a series of adventure romances, written in the first person rather than the third person as is more conventional for the romance genre. These new novels focused on a rather incompetent bounty hunter named Stephanie Plum. Evanovich has also written the Wicked series, which she started off in The Wicked series is set in a supernatural world, with heroines in search of magical artefacts.

Starting in , Evanovich began a series of novels called the Metroman series. Full Tilt. Full Speed. Full Blast. Full Bloom. Full Scoop. Knight and Moon Series. Curious Minds. Dangerous Minds. Wicked Appetite. Wicked Business. Wicked Charms. Pre-Plum Romance Novels. Hero at Large. The Grand Finale. Foul Play. Love Overboard.

Naughty Neighbor. Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers Series. Visions of Sugar Plums. Plum Lovin'. Plum Lucky. Plum Spooky. Stephanie Plum Series. One for the Money. Two for the Dough. Three to Get Deadly. Four to Score. High Five. Hot Six. Seven Up. Hard Eight. To the Nines. Ten Big Ones.

Eleven on Top. Twelve Sharp. Lean Mean Thirteen. Fearless Fourteen. Finger Lickin' Fifteen. Sizzling Sixteen. Smokin' Seventeen. Explosive Eighteen. Notorious Nineteen. Takedown Twenty. Top Secret Twenty-One. Tricky Twenty-Two. Turbo Twenty-Three. Hardcore Twenty-Four. Look Alive Twenty-Five. Twisted Twenty-Six. Buy now. Would you like to become a bestselling author? Then this book is exactly what you need. Martin's Griffin. Alex Barnaby Series Metro Girl.

Cate Madigan Series Hot Stuff. Things are about to get intriguing in Boston's south side. NB: This book has been co-authored with Leanne Banks. Culhane Family Series Love in a Nutshell. NB: This book was co-authored with Dorien Kelly. Elsie Hawkins Series Back to the Bedroom. For several months, he simply knew her as his Mystery Woman neighbor. Coming to her rescue, Dave finally met the charming Katherine Finn. Given all the trouble he went through, Dave deserved at least a kiss.

Can she really give her heart to someone who is hot, intelligent and wealthy? Will Matt be able to prove her wrong? She however needed the money in order to feel independent. This however makes Steve to plunge deeper into her crazy life. NB: This book was co-authored with Lee Goldberg.

Nothing will ever be the same again after this thrilling shell game. The only problem is that the FBI neither knows the identity of the leader, nor where he is. Will they live long enough to complete the assignment? International con artist Nicolas Fox is one of the most wanted men in the world. Forced to shack up, will they make a breakthrough anytime soon?

Putnam's Sons. NB: This book was co-authored with Peter Evanovich. Full Series Full House. All that however goes out the window the moment she decides to take up riding lessons. NB: This book was co-authored with Charlotte Hughes. Martin's Press. I think that would be cool. Just saying.

Will there be another Lizzie and Diesel novel? I really hope you write another one…and soon. The ending of the last book was excellent, because it left the readers wanting to see what happens next. Please continue the series! Thank you! Under the Table is by Stephanie Evanovich, not Janet. Am I wrong or are you?????

Are you ever going to bring Stephanie and Morrelli together,in marriage and complete the romantic question for your readers?

R u going to write another Lizzy and Diesel book and if so when will it be out. I love ur books. I just finished number 24 tonight and loved it. Thank you so much for your wonderful books… Sincerely Diana Smith. Facebook name is Diana Geopfert. Thanks again Diana. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible.

She has also been able to work collaboratively with other writers like Charlotte Hughes, Stephen J. Cannell and Lee Goldberg.

Her debut novel, Hero at Large,got published in under her pseudo-name Steffie Hall. In , she landed a deal with Bantam Loveswept publishing house. For the subsequent five years, she began writing romance novels for Bantam under her real name. This experience was beneficial to Evanovich because she learnt how to create characters that the reader would love and identify with. She stamped her identity in writing with her style that featured humor amidst the dominant romantic theme.

Over the course of time, it dawned on Evanovich that she enjoyed writing the action-packed scenes in her novels rather than the sentimental, intimate sequences. By the time she completed writing her twelfth novel, she made up her mind to shift focus to romantic adventure novels. This was the beginning of a total shift in the style of writing for Evanovich.

Her new novels would incorporate the format of first person narrative. Moreover, her stories would feature a central character and the rest of the characters would revolve around this one prominent character.

The new novels would also portray heroes and heroines and carry a family spirit; a sense of community in the style of writing. The first novel in her new category of romance adventure is One for the Money, published in This book introduced the heroine Evanovich had chosen for her next series of novels. The series which has over twenty books gradually became a hit. This was her first book to win such an accolade. From that moment onwards, all the subsequent books in the series made it to the number one spot.

It introduces Stephanie Plum who happens to be a lingerie salesperson in dire need of a job. She seeks for a filing job with a bail bondsman, Vinnie who happens to be her cousin.

The job turns out to be taken but she is advised to apprehend a number of clients who have proved unreliable in settling their bonds. She agrees to this just because she is in a financial quagmire and the job would earn her some commission. Her first task is to find Joe Morelli who also happens to be her former sexual acquaintance. The mystery adventure picks up when during her job activities, Stephanie crosses the path of a boxer linked with the murders of several women.

The second book in this hit series is Two for the Dough. Stephanie Plum is still learning the ropes on being a bounty hunter. Therefore, her boss Vinnie brings her to the task on a manageable case; apprehending Kenny Mancuso cousin to Joe Morelli. The boy Kenny, allegedly shot his best friend on the knee then jumped bail.