Walking into the kitchen to find a strange man she had never met before was a little concerning, but being a bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum figured she could handle it. Between Diesel showing up unannounced, her new bail skip (Sandy Claws) and Christmas being less than a week away, Stephanie really didn’t have the time to argue about Diesel wanting to go with her and help her find Sandy. Whether he was a help or not, tracking Sandy down was the only way she was going to gather enough money to feel like she could get gifts for her family this year, and she hadn’t even gotten a tree yet either.

Book 1 (well, book 8.5 if you are looking at it from the Stephanie Plum Number series) ….. One of the only series that I have read out of order, I actually have read a couple of the “Between the Numbers” books and the new Unmentionables with Diesel in it, so I knew what to expect from him. Still it was fun to ‘meet him for the first time’ from Stephanie’s point of view. It was the typical Stephanie Plum / Janet Evanovich book, complete with the burning to the ground of her car. Several good one line jokes that kept the suspense of the mystery light. It wasn’t as fast paced as I was expecting and it fell a little short compared to some, but still a fun light read.