Smokin’ Seventeen

Where thereΓÇÖs smoke thereΓÇÖs fire,and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer isor why the victims have been offedbut what is clear is that StephanieΓÇÖs name is on the killerΓÇÖs list. Short on time to find the murdererStephanie is also under pressure from family and friends to choose between her on-again-off-again boyfriendTrenton cop Joe Morelliand the bad boy in her lifesecurity expert Ranger. StephanieΓÇÖs mom wants her to dump them both for a former high school football star whoΓÇÖs just returned to town. StephanieΓÇÖs sidekickLulasuggests a red-hot boudoir ΓÇ£bake-off.ΓÇ¥ And JoeΓÇÖs old-world grandmother gives Stephanie ΓÇ£the eyeΓÇ¥ which may mean that itΓÇÖs time to get out of town. With a cold-blooded killer after hera handful of hot menand a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampireStephanieΓÇÖs life looks like itΓÇÖs about to go up in smoke.