I know Christmas is long gone. This past Christmas I had no time to read holiday books. So, I thought why not read one in January. After all, there is a Christmas in July. Actually, I've read two in January, 2012. Only
JANET EVANOVICH could make me want to deck the halls with holly in January. Stephanie Plum meets a new guy who appears out of nowhere. His name is Diesel. Diesel helps Stephanie look for a guy named Ring and another guy named Santy Claws. Santy Claws missed his court appearance. He needed to appear because his sister had used her house as collateral for his bond. He's in dept. Santy Claws is a little person who hangs around with elves. He's very hard to locate. Once he's found I almost liked him. You have to like a guy who carves wooden toy horses for Christmas. Along with Stephanie's usual bounty shenanigans there are burning Christmas trees. Grandma Mazur loses her teeth. She really needs those teeth because she has a date with a "studmuffin." Also, Stephanie's sister is pregnant. One of her two little girls has decided there is not a Santa Claus.
With all of this happening is it any wonder Stephanie does not start Christmas shopping until the afternoon of Christmas Eve? I'm sure she had sugar plums in her pocket to zazz up her Christmas energy. I especially love this little ditty.
"It was Lorraine in her nightie and Mo in his cap. They'd just settled their brains for a long winter's nap in front of the television. When out in the lot there arose such a clatter, they sprang from their recliners to see what was the matter. Away to the window they flew like a flash, tore open the blinds and threw up the sash. And what to their wondering eyes should appear, but Stephanie Plum and yet another of her cars burning front to rear." evanovich
