“[Ranger] "How's your mental health?" he asked. "I heard about Soder."[Stephanie] "I'm rattled.""I have a cure."Oh, boy.He put the truck in gear and headed for the exit. "I know what you're thinking," he said. "And that wasn't where I was going. I was going to suggest work.""I knew that."He looked over at me and grinned. "You want me bad."I did. God help me.”

American writer

Janet Evanovich is an American writer best known for her contemporary mystery novels. She first wrote short romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, then reached a wide audience with the Stephanie Plum series. The Plum books follow a former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who turns to bounty hunting after losing her job. The series has appeared on major bestseller lists, and her last seventeen Plum novels debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Her books have sold more than two hundred million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 40 languages.