Along these same lines is queen of fun reading- Janet Evanovich. If you are a fan you can stop reading. If however, you have somehow missed this author you better listen up. These books are zany, silly, funny, outrageous, unreal, and totally entertaining.
Stephanie Plum, our heroine, is a bail bondsman- not a good one- but who cares?? She’s independent, witty, usually solves the crimes by book’s end and has not one, but two hunky guys who love her. The two hunky guys give her not only the room to live out her zany exploits but they seem mostly okay with her being attracted to the other man! You gotta love that scenario. Stephanie often teams up with her sidekick, Lula. Lula, a reformed “ho”, is fearless and gutsy unless something scary is going on. Or if she is carrying her giant handgun – she might stick around if she can shoot someone.
The hunky guys are: Ranger – the dark, mysterious, handsome guardian of the night with his own night moves. And he smells good. Then there’s Joe Morelli- the handsome cop. He’s very sexy and the responsible “safe” guy who would really like to marry Stephanie if she was inclined to wed. But she’s not . She is having way too much fun solving weird crimes and flirting with Ranger, all of which is just fine with the reader because we can’t get enough of Ranger and the crazy exploits either.
Evanovich’s books are in numerical order and start with One for the Money. Her latest is Fearless Fourteen, due out in June. If you don’t want to read all fourteen books I’d start with number seven or so- you can watch Evanovich get better with each title.
Have fun!