You probably know the name Janet Evanovich best for her long-running and wildly popular Stephanie Plum series. Her sparky romantic adventure series tells the chaotic tale of Stephanie, who loses her job as a lingerie buyer and falls into a new career as a bounty hunter. Capturing criminals for money leads her to a life of danger, romance involving two very eligible men, and endless exploding cars. Evanovich has been writing the series for over 30 years now, with the next novel, Plum Thirty-Two, set for release this year.
But before she created Stephanie, Evanovich published romance novels under the pseudonym Steffie Hall. Many of these books were out of print until Evanovich became a bestseller but they're now available for completionists and casual readers alike. Here are some of them of them, plus a few more recent Evanovich romances you can pick up and read whenever you want!
Between the Plums
Evanovich has written more than her fair share of novellas set in Stephanie Plum's world, tracking her mini adventures and eager attempts to get away from the hullabaloo (usually with mixed results.) Between the Plums compiles three of them. In "Visions of Sugar Plums", Stephanie is trying to get everything organized before Christmas, but she hasn't bought a tree or any presents, and the malls are overloaded with shoppers, plus there's a strange man in her kitchen. In "Plum Lovin'", the ever-shadowy Diesel turns up at Stephanie's apartment looking for help, and he won't take no for an answer. And in "Plum Lucky", Steph finds herself looking for a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart.
Full House
Billie Pearce lives a quiet life, and that's just how she likes it. A single mother of two, she has worked hard to bring stability to her family and avoid all unnecessary drama. So, when she sees Nicolas Kaharchek, the gorgeous polo player, she knows that she should stay as far away from him as possible. But that's proving easier said than done. When Billie generously offers to share her home with Nick's crazy cousin Deedee for a while, Nick finds himself looking for excuses to visit Billie. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Dee is only too happy to play matchmaker.
The Husband List
Caroline Maxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, and his friend, Jack Culhane, on their adventures. While Jack and Eddie are off seeing the world and becoming fabulously wealthy in the process, she's stuck at home wiith a deeply unsatisfying life where she's forced to spend her days fending off prospective husbands (and her mother's meddling in them.) She's been told that Lord Bremerton is a good match, despite the glaring red flags, but Caroline cannot help but yearn for Jack. But he's unsuitable, so society says. Would it be so bad to chase love over status in the Gilded Age?
Wicked Appetite
For centuries, treasure hunters and despots have tried to find the legendary stones which imbue the possessor with extraordinary abilities that could give them the strength to take over the world. Now, the Stones have found their way to Salem, Massachusetts, and so has Gerwulf Grimoire, the latest rogue wishing to claim their strength.
But to find them, he needs Elizabeth Tucker, a pastry chef living in Boston who has no idea about any of this. She's just trying to live her life when a mysterious guy named Diesel turns up and offers to protect her from Grimoire. But it's him she finds herself desiring the most.
Love in a Nutshell
Kate Appleton is in a sticky situation. Her husband has left her, she’s been fired as a magazine editor, and her dreams of starting her own bed and breakfast in her parents' home of Keene's Harbor, Michigan, seems impossible. Someone else has bought the property and is trying to evict her. Close to destitution, she begs local microbrewery owner Matt Culhane for a job. But she didn't expect to be sent undercover as a spy to figure out who's trying to sabotage Matt's business. What could possibly go wrong?
Manhunt
Alexandra Scott was a dominant Wall Street trader who could make millions in one day, but she quickly grew sick of being surrounded by skeezy men, so she decided to cash in her chips and buy a rundown cabin and hardware store in the woods of the Alaskan wilderness. Now, she's a wild woman of the tundra, and nobody's going to stand in her way. Certainly not Michael Casey, a local pilot, her new next door neighbor, and a certified bachelor. He has no intentions of getting caught in Alex's crosshairs, but she's determined to get exactly what she wants.
Love Overboard
Stephanie Lowe is a former cop from Jersey City who's looking for a change. She buys a gorgeous new home in Camden, Maine, with lavish plans to turn it into a bed and breakfast. Unfortunately, the project has turned out to be a bigger mess than she'd foreseen. And it's an endless money pit. To pay for the plumbing repairs, she agrees to act as the cook for a one-week cruise on board a schooner. Can she cook? Not really, but she won't let that stop her.
Ivan Rasmussen is the ancestor of an infamous pirate, but he doesn't want to live up to his family reputation. He just wants to sail, and to not be distracted by his feisty new cook. But what happens at sea…
Naughty Neighbor
Louisa Brannigan is a workaholic who suffers no fools. You have to be vigilant when you're a press secretary working on Capitol Hill. If only her annoying neighbor would get off her back. Pete Streeter keeps stealing her morning newspaper, is seemingly up all night taking phone calls, and for some reason he's looking for a missing pig. Now, Louisa is tangled up in his drama, and she's discovering that she might just like this chaotic man with many secrets to his name. But what about the pig?
The Grand Finale
Berry Knudson is a full-time disaster magnet. She knew that climbing that tree to rescue a cute kitten could end in disaster. But even she couldn't have predicted the fall downward that led to her smashing Jake Sawyer's pizza into pieces. He's gorgeous, smart, and just a little eccentric. But does Berry have time in her hectic life of work, classes, and looking after three nosey elderly ladies she just rescued from the train station for a romance? Maybe he can teach her the mad ways of romance.
