Janet Evanovich is famous for her Stephanie Plum series, but before she started that immensely popular character, she wrote short romance novels. But these aren't your typical Harlequin romances - she describes them as "red-hot screwball comedies." And they really are very amusing. It's great summer reading and the characters are pretty charming in a typical Evanovich way. I've read all twelve that she wrote and never got bored. Each book features a new pair of main characters, but the same quirky sidekicks show up multiple times. Instead of Grandma Mazur, there's a shotgun-toting older woman named Elsie and each book has a dog. The original "Bob" makes his very first appearance in this book!
Anyway, if you haven't read the the Stephanie Plum novels and think you might be interested (I haven't met anyone who doesn't like them), you might want to start with one of these and see if Evanovich's style is to your liking. If you have read the Plum novels and need your Evanovich fix while she's writing the next one, this is a great choice!
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