Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich

Item: Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
Rating: 5
Author: BaronessMom

Posted March 5, 2022 by BaronessMom in Mystery, Review, Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight

by Janet Evanovich

Series: Stephanie Plum #28
Series Rating:

Published by Atria Books on November 2, 2021
Genres: Humorous Action and Adventure Mystery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Also in this series: Takedown Twenty, Top Secret Twenty-One, Tricky Twenty-Two, Turbo Twenty-Three, Hardcore Twenty-Four, Look Alive Twenty-Five , Twisted Twenty-Six, Fortune and Glory, Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine

An Atria Stephanie Plum returns to hunt down a master cyber-criminal operating out of Trenton in the 28th book in the wildly popular series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.
When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartment, she wishes she didn’t keep her gun in the cookie jar in her kitchen. And when she finds out the intruder is fellow apprehension agent Diesel, six feet of hard muscle and bad attitude who she hasn’t seen in more than two years, she still thinks the gun might come in handy.
Turns out Diesel and Stephanie are on the trail of the same fugitive: Oswald Wednesday, an international computer hacker as brilliant as he is ruthless. Stephanie may not be the most technologically savvy sleuth, but she more than makes up for that with her dogged determination, her understanding of human nature, and her willingness to do just about anything to bring a fugitive to justice. Unsure if Diesel is her partner or her competition in this case, she’ll need to watch her back every step of the way as she sets the stage to draw Wednesday out from behind his computer and into the real world.Book. Atria Books has a great book for every reader.

Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich is a fast-paced chase to find a crazed, insane hacker.

Will Stephanie and Diesel find O.W. before he kills all of the Baked Potatoes?

Stephanie

Well, I think that Stephanie is doing relatively well in this installment. Diesel is in town and bunking at her apartment. They are both after the same FTA. She and Morelli are on again. Her mom learns to cope with life differently than hitting the ‘ice tea.’ Mrs. Plum is even teaching Stephanie how to knit. This seems like a pleasant, quiet pastime. I wonder how long it will last.

Lula

This isn’t Lula’s installment. Her juju is all messed up, and she can’t seem to get her hair straight. I get it, though; it’s hard when things are changing. She doesn’t like any of it one bit. Although, I was disappointed that she was losing her positive attitude. But I also get what it’s like when everything comes crashing down at once. Lula thought Stephanie got her juju, but I don’t believe that is correct. I mean, Stephanie had two cars blown up in one day.

Five Stars

I adore this series. Stephanie, her friends, and her family are entirely entertaining. I never know what is going to happen. My rating for Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich is five stars. I can’t wait for Going Rouge: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine to come out in November. Again, if you haven’t read this series or you just need to catch up, I highly recommend Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight.

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Check out the interview with Janet Evanovich from a few years ago HERE.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich.

Until the next time,

About Janet Evanovich

Janet’s Bio (quoted from her website)

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in LaLa Land. La la Land is like an out-of-body experience –while your mouth is eating lunch your mind is conversing with Captain Kirk. Sometimes I’d pretend to sing opera. My mother would send me to the grocery store down the street, and off I’d go, caterwauling at the top of my lungs. Before the opera thing I went through a horse stage where I galloped everywhere and made holes in my Aunt Lena’s lawn with my hooves. Aunt Lena was a good egg. She understood that the realities of daily existence were lost in the shadows of my looney imagination.After graduation from South River High School, I spent four years in the Douglass College art department, honing my ability to wear torn Levis, learning to transfer cerebral excitement to primed canvas. Painting beat the heck out of digging holes in lawns, but it never felt exactly right. It was frustrating at best, excruciating at worst. My audience was too small. Communication was too obscure. I developed a rash from pigment.

Somewhere down the line I started writing stories. The first story was about the pornographic adventures of a fairy who lived in a second rate fairy forest in Pennsylvania. The second story was about …well never mind, you get the picture.

I sent my weird stories out to editors and agents and collected rejection letters in a big cardboard box. When the box was full I burned the whole damn thing, crammed myself into pantyhose and went to work for a temp agency.

Four months into my less than stellar secretarial career, I got a call from an editor offering to buy my last mailed (and heretofore forgotten) manuscript. It was a romance written for the now defunct Second Chance at Love line, and I was paid a staggering $2,000.

With my head reeling from all this money, I plunged into writing romance novels full time, saying good-by, good riddance to pantyhose and office politics. I wrote series romance for the next five years, mostly for Bantam Loveswept. It was a rewarding experience, but after twelve romance novels I ran out of sexual positions and decided to move into the mystery genre.

I spent two years retooling –drinking beer with law enforcement types, learning to shoot, practicing cussing. At the end of those years I created Stephanie Plum. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Stephanie is an autobiographical character, but I will admit to knowing where she lives.

It turns out I’m a really boring workaholic with no hobbies or special interests. My favorite exercise is shopping and my drug of choice is Cheeze Doodles.

I read comic books and I only watch happy movies. I motivate myself to write by spending my money before I make it. And when I grow up I want to be just like Grandma Mazur.

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