Fearless Fourteen (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Stephanie Plum: Bounty Hunter working for Vinnie Plum and heroine of the novels. Not the greatest in the world, admits that a lot of her captures are more due to luck than anything else. Lives with her hamster Rex. Has an on again off again relationship with Joe Morelli. Describes herself as being 5'7, having blue eyes and curly brown hair. Is infamous for destroying cars, and not always her car either. Described as the Bounty Hunter from Hell by cops.
• Joe Morelli: Trenton PD vice cop and Stephanie's on again off again boyfriend. Has a Ducati and a big orange dog named Bob. Described as being 6 feet of hard lean Italian muscle with dark hair and dark eyes and in the words of Stephanie "Yum". Would like to marry Stephanie, on the provision that she quit being a bounty hunter. Calls Stephanie Cupcake.
• Ranger: Bounty Hunter who works for Vinnie, and also owner of his own security consulting firm in later novels. And also later a romantic interest for Stephanie. Formerly Special Forces. Two months older than Stephanie and described as being 6 feet or a few inches under or over. Cuban American with skin the color of a mocha latte, dark hair and dark eyes, always dresses in black, very muscular with no extra fat on him and also Yum. Say he loves Stephanie in his own way. Always drives very expensive black cars. Full name is Ricardo Carlos Manoso. Got the nickname Ranger in Special Forces. Calls Stephanie Babe.
• Lula: File clerk for Vinnie Plum, though how much filing she does is pretty debatable. Used to be a Hooker and still dresses like it. Is described as being short, plus size with a propensity for spandex. Has a talent for jamming her size sixteen body into size ten clothes. Changes her hair color on a regular basis.
• Brenda: Over-the-hill singer turned newscaster/reality star. Follows Stephanie around trying to get the "inside scoop" on the missing nine million dollars. Lots of plastic surgery to keep up with the younger artists.
• Mario "Zook" Rizzi: Loretta's teenage son that ends up staying with Stephanie and Morelli
• Dominic Rizzi: Loretta's brother and served time in prison for robbing a bank.
• Loretta Rizzi: A year older than Stephanie she dropped out of school to have a baby. Never married. Bonded out by Vinnie for robbing a liqueur store because she was in need of a Tom Collins. Mother of Mario. Distant cousin of Morelli.
• Gary: A distant relative of Brenda's and her stalker. Claims to be psychic. Helps guard Morelli's house. Has visions in his dreams.
• Bob: Joe Morelli's dog that can eat almost about anything, ususally jumps on Stephanie to greet her at Joe's house, and likes watching tv w/ Joe
• Grandma Mazur: Stephanie's feisty grandmother who loves attending funeral viewings, source of irritation to Stephanie's father, carries a gun in her purse, and sometimes help Stephanie out on her cases.
• Mooner: A classmate of Stephanie's that is always stoned and laidback. Helps guard Morelli's house from people looking for the nine million dollars. Very stoner-ish and works outside the law.
• Carl: Susan's pet monkey
• Allen Gratelli: One of Dom's partner's in the bank robbery - he never served prison time.
• Andy Gimp: An 81 year old skip for indecent exposure. Doesn't own a pair of pants.
• Susan Stitch: she's FTA of Stephanie that owns a pet monkey named Carl
• Hal: employee of Ranger at his security company
• Stanley Zero: another partner of the bank robbery - he never served time and brought in the mysterious fourth partner.
• Connie: Vinnie's office manager.
• Eddie Gazarra: Long time friend of Stephanie. A Trenton cop.
• Rex: Stephanie's hamster, roommate, and confessor.. Stephanie has gone to great lengths to protect Rex and assure his healthy diet.
• Ruth Szuch: Add a description of this character.
• Mary Ann Falattio: Stephanie's best friend from childhood. Mary Ann somehow escapes from her many children to help Stephanie from time to time.
• Vinnie: Owner of Plum's Bail Bonds where Stephanie is employed as a bounty hunter. Described as an oily weasel.
• Alma Rizzi: Dom's mother.
• Bernie
• Jelly Kantner: Friend of Dom's.
• Victor Raguzzo
• Mark Bird
• Lisa Zero
• Aunt Rose: Morelli's grandmother. Deceased. He inherited the house from her.
• Lew Pepper
• Betty Kuharchek
• Rich Spanner
• Tank: Works for Ranger.
• Mooch
• Larry Skid
• Betty Greenblat
• Marion Barker
• Jay Kantner
• Mr. Geary
• Morty Dill
• Benny Stoli
• Nancy Kolen
• Kenny Bold

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• “Just put the gun down and go get dressed so we can get this over and done. I need coffee. I need on of those extra-greasy breakfast sandwiches. I gotta clog my arteries on account of otherwise the blood rushes around too fast and I might get a dizzy spell.”

  Lula

• “You don't look like no Blybold Wizard" Lula said. "You look like a kid that's drilled too many holes in hisself. You keep doing that, and stuff's gonna start leaking out."”

  Lula

• “I'm out of the house at six tomorrow morning. You need to be here to make sure Picasso doesn't spray paint the dog again." "Zook painted Bob?" "He did it before I got home. He said he had to protect Bob from the griefer. He pulls anything like that again and I'm going to make the griefer look like the Tooth Fairy."”

  Morelli and Stephanie

• “Ranger was wearing a perfectly fitted black tux, black shirt, black-on-black striped silk tie. I've seen him in SWAT black fatigues, black T-shirt and jeans, black slacks and jacket, and I've seen him naked. He always looks great, but Ranger in a tux was a heart-stopper. Almost as good as Ranger naked. Almost, because nothing was better than Ranger naked.”

  Stephanie Plum

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• I need one of those extra-greasy breakfast sandwiches. I gotta clog my arteries on account of otherwise the blood rushes around too fast and I might get a dizzy spell.”

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• everyone knows you don’t gain weight on Sunday. Sunday’s a free day.”

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• “If anything happened to you, I’d be so destroyed they’d have to strap me to a bed and feed me through a tube. After five or six years, I might be capable of taking care of Rex. In the interim, you should assign a guardian.”

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• “The golden years are for pussies. We went straight to brass.”

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• He’d showered, but he hadn’t shaved, and he looked like he could give a dead woman an orgasm.

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• Now, here’s the thing I like about Morelli. There’s a lot of variety to his sexiness. He can be hot, he can be funny, he can be loving, he can be short on time and hungry. This morning, he was playful.

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• “There will come a time,” Ranger said. “Let me know when.” And he disconnected. I opened the freezer and stuck my head in to cool off. If there’d been any more innuendo in that conversation, I could have fried an egg on my forehead. Ranger was a successful bounty hunter because he was exceptionally intuitive and doggedly aggressive. And that was also his description as a lover.

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• “You should snap me up,” Morelli said. “Not many men would marry you after meeting your grandmother. You’re lucky to have me.” I looked over at him. “Is that a proposal?”

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• Ranger was wearing a perfectly fitted black tux, black shirt, black-on-black striped silk tie. I’ve seen him in SWAT black fatigues, black T-shirt and jeans, black slacks and jacket, and I’ve seen him naked. He always looks great, but Ranger in a tux was a heart-stopper. Almost as good as Ranger naked. Almost, because nothing was better than Ranger naked.

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• “Well, the rock fainted.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Trenton
• Burg

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• Homegrown Security: Zook, Mooner, and Gary protecting Morelli's house.

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Preceded by Lean Mean Thirteen, and followed by Finger Lickin' Fifteen.

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1. Janet Evanovich (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PS3555.V2126 F43 2008
• Dewey: 813.54

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L, S, D, V

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( E ) › Evanovich, Janet
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic

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