Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   For many years the woman named Stephanie Plum has been shot at, had her apartment blown up, threatened repeatedly, shot at, car bombed, stuck in a romantic triangle, shot at, and let's not forget... shot at. It would appear that Janet Evanovich hates her heroine, but I believe that she loves her fans more. Because this latest installment in the much-loved series is the best one by far!   Twisted Twenty-Six is written by Janet Evanovich, and is the thirtieth book in the Stephanie Plum series. It is published by G.P. Putnam and Sons, an imprint of Penguin Randon House. Taking place shortly after Look Alive Twenty-Five, we are attending the funeral of Grandma Mazur's latest husband, Jimmy Rosolli. Dropping dead on his honeymoon, Jimmy apparently left behind something...keys. But what do the keys open? Where did he stash them? Grandma does her best to evade Jimmy's three sisters and their poison cookies. But can she es...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Christmas is a season of joy and miracles. And if there ever was a woman that needed a miracle, it i s Stephanie Plum. And she is about to meet hers. Enter Diesel from the Lizzie and Diesel se ries . He has arrived to make sure Stephanie has a Merry Holiday. But unless she can catch a fugitive toy maker, she may be singing the holiday blues.       Visions of Sugar Plums is Janet Evanovich's Christmas novel featuring Stephanie Plum. The hardcover edition that I read was published by St. Martin's Press, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. In this little bundle of joy readers were introduced to Lizzie Tucker 's better half, Diesel. A mag ical individual known as an Unmentionable, Diesel can get into any locked place and appear without warning. And he has the uncanny ability to force his wicked charms onto people. With four days to Christmas Stephanie is looking for a fugitive skip who may or may not be Santa Cl...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Taking a character that has been on the book shelf since the early 1990s, and breathing new life into her is a daunting task. Readers may grow weary and lose interest in the character and move on. But bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has survived twenty-nine adventures under the pen of Janet Evanovich. This hapless, train-wreck of a woman has taken on fugitive apprehensions at a nude beach, a casino, and an exploding building to name a few. And Stephanie comes out relatively unscathed thanks to luck and the two men in her life. But Evanovich did not only bring Stephanie back for her latest novel, she added a few surprises, as well.    Look alive Twenty-Five is Janet Evanovich's twenty-ninth Stephanie Plum adventure. It is published by Putnam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It in we are introduced to the Red River Deli. Its hygiene is debatable, its turkey is green at times, and the daily oregano shipment m...