Plum Saturdays: Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

     Plum Lovin' is published by St. Martin's Press and is set after the events of Twelve Sharp. The bail bonds agency Stephanie Plum works for is in a slump due to the cold weather. The only name on Cousin Vinnie's roster is Annie Hart: assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery. Vinnie is getting ready for a cruise with his wife for Valentine's Day, and he is after Stephanie to bring Annie in since she has mysteriously disappeared. The thing is Annie is with Diesel. And Diesel has a proposal. If Stephanie can take Annie's caseload (Annie is a relationship expert) and find true love for Hart's clients, Diesel will hand Annie over to Stephanie for re-bonding. Oh, and he needs to track down an Unmentionable, named Bernie. Bernie's magical ability is the power to give people hives. Bernie is after Annie Hart because he believes she ruined his marriage.

  Stephanie agrees to take Hart's caseload of lovelorn people who need a happy ending. This includes her own sister's beau Albert Kloughn, who wheezes, farts, and passes out at the thought of marriage. All in a day's work, right? To Stephanie, it is better than being shot at by bond fugitives. By Valentine's Day Stephanie must bring together true loves for a Veterinarian, a Department of Motor Vehicles worker, a virgin terrified of men, and a shy Butcher, in addition to Albert. And if she can get Bernie back with his wife, even better.

All my favorite characters from the Stephanie Plum books are here, including Lula (who gets arrested at one point), Grandma Mazar (who decides to get lip injections, resulting in a hilarious speech impediment), and of course Joe Morelli (who is on an undercover operation). The character dynamic between Stephanie and Diesel is a lot of fun. Stephanie definitely has better control over him than Lizzie Tucker. And since she is trying to still decide between Ranger and Joe Morelli at this stage of the series, she does not need a third man in her life to make things more complicated.

     I read it with the audio narration read by Lorelei King. King is one of my favorite audiobook narrators, and she had me laughing out loud with some of the voices that she came up with for Plum Lovin'. Lorelei never ceases to amaze me with her amazing acting range. Her Grandma Mazar after lip plumping has become my new favorite reading of King's.

   I gave this book four out of five stars mainly for its comedy. This was the funniest Plum novel yet.  

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