One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Audio Books CD
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Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.
She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, window are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six.
Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest unbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case.
Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook.
Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie's virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario's Sub Shop. There's still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting.
It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At the worst, it could lead to murder. 
About the Author Janet Evanovich:
Janet Evanovich is an author born in South River, New Jersey.
She is best known as the creator of the character Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who loses her job and becomes a bounty hunter to fill her fridge.
Biography
After studying at Douglas College in New Jersey, Janet Evanovich decided to go into writing. Sending many manuscripts to several editors, she received as many refusals back.
Returning to be a secretary she received a call by an editor interested in Second Chance at Love, a romance novel today forgotten by all. After twelve books of the same kind, she took a new approach and launched into detective novels.
She builds Stephanie Plum with a well rhythmed style, strong characters as the funny Grandma Mazur. These adventures have been very successful.
Bibliography
Single Romance Novels - (originally written under the name Steffie Hall)
* Hero at Large (1987)
* Foul Play (1989)
* The Grand Finale (1988)
* Thanksgiving (1988)
* Manhunt (1988)
* Ivan Takes a Wife (1988) = Love Overboard (2005)
* Naughty Neighbor (1992)
Elsie Hawkins Series
* Back to the Bedroom (1989)
* Smitten (1990)
* Wife for Hire (1990)
* Rocky Road to Romance (1991)
Stephanie Plum Series
* One For the Money (1994)
* Two For the Dough (1996)
* Three to Get Deadly (1997)
* Four to Score (1998)
* High Five (1999)
* Hot Six (2000)
* Seven Up (2001)
* Hard Eight (2002)
* Visions of Sugar Plums (2003)
* To the Nines (2003)
* Ten Big Ones (2004)
* Eleven on Top (2005)
* Twelve Sharp (2006)
* Plum Lovin' (2007)
* Lean Mean Thirteen (2007)
* Plum Lucky(Holiday Novella)(January 8, 2008)
* Fearless Fourteen (June 17, 2008)
* The Last Peep (A Stephanie Plum Short story included in Mary Higgins Clark presents The Plot Thickens) (1997)
The Barnaby Series
* Metro Girl (2005)
* Motor Mouth (2006)
Full Series with "Charlotte Hughes"
* Full House (1989) (Originally as Steffie Hall, Re-released in expanded form in 2002)
* Full Tilt (2003)
* Full Speed (2003)
* Full Blast (2004)
* Full Bloom (2005)
* Full Scoop (2006)
Hot Series with "Leanne Banks"
* Hot Stuff (2007)
Non-fiction
* How I Write (2006)
About the Character Stephanie Plum:
Stephanie Plum is the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is an apprehension agent or bounty hunter, working for her cousin Vinnie Plum, owner of the "Plum Bonding Agency".
Other characters of the series include: Plum's filing clerk, Lula, who is a retired hooker; her on-and-off boyfriend, bad-boy policeman Joseph Morelli; and fellow bounty hunter Ranger. Her relationship with the latter, somewhere between boyfriend/girlfriend and teacher/pupil, provides much of her day-to-day stress.
Plum lives alone in an apartment block predominantly inhabited by the elderly. However, she often ventures to her parents' house for meals and "family time", source for more stress; her unwilling-to-age-gracefully grandmother is particularly unhelpful.
She has so far appeared in eleven full-length novels and one short special.
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