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Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17) QUOTES

Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17) QUOTES

1 " Girl, you could use those gift cards! "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

2 " Are you hungry?” Grandma asked me. “Do you need breakfast?” “I’m famished! "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

3 " I buy wine according to the bottle design. After I get down the first glass it all tastes okay to me so I figure you go for something classy to look at on the table "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

4 " I'd hate to list our specialties. Wreck cars, eat doughnuts, create mayhem. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

5 " A uniform cordoned off the area with crime scene tape. The M.E. pulled in and parked. There were two EMT trucks idling at the edge of the lot. I’d stayed close to the back door, and one of the Rangeman guys had taken a position two feet from me, standing at parade rest. No doubt in my mind he’d take a bullet for me rather than face Ranger over a dead Stephanie. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

6 " Are you telling me your brain and your lady parts decided on a love fest bake-off winner? "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

7 " Ranger slung an arm around my shoulders and kissed me on the top of my head. “Someday I need to talk to you about car care.” “I know about car care. I kept a case of motor oil in the back.” “That’s my girl. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

8 " My big move was to get out of my underpants without snagging my foot and falling on my face. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

9 " I liked you better when you had vordo.” “You’re not suggesting we do it in this tiny closet with two men watching television in the next room, are you?” “It’d be limiting,” Ranger said, “but at least you wouldn’t have your ass on the horn. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

10 " Almost everything on Craigslist paid more than I was making, but my qualifications were sketchy. I had a college degree in liberal arts. That and a dollar could get me a soda. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

11 " Ranger was not husband material. He was a heart-stopping handsome Latino, dark-skinned and dark-eyed. He was strong inside and out, an enigma who kept his life scars pretty much hidden. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

12 " You take advantage. He don’t stay at birthday party like good boy. He come to you for nicky nacky. You slut. I fix you so he see. I give you vordo.” She waved her hand at me, she slapped her ass, and she wheeled around and left the coffee shop. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

13 " There was only one way I could see managing this. I got out, ran around the car, opened his door, and straddled him with one leg outside and one foot on the console. Beeeeeep! My ass was on the horn. Beeeep, beeeep, beeeep, beepbeepbeepbeepbeep! A bead of sweat streaked down the side of Ranger’s face. “Babe. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

14 " Okay, I know he was captain of the football team and he could bake a cake—that didn’t mean I was ready to suck his finger. I was picky about what I put in my mouth. “I’ll wait,” I told him. “Wouldn’t want to spoil my appetite. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

15 " slipped onto the passenger seat, and Ranger leaned over and kissed me just below my ear. It was a hello kiss. Nothing serious. If I wanted it to get serious all I had to do was smile. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

16 " Ranger slung an arm around my shoulders and kissed me on the top of my head. “Someday I need to talk to you about car care.” “I know about car care. I kept a case of motor oil in the back.” “That’s my girl.” His Porsche 911 turbo "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

17 " You’re not suggesting we do it in this tiny closet with two men watching television in the next room, are you?” “It’d be limiting,” Ranger said, “but at least you wouldn’t have your ass on the horn. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

18 " Working at Rangeman is a high-stress job, and you’re one of our few sources of comic relief. I give you a car and my men start a pool on how long it will take you to trash it. You’re a line item in my budget under entertainment. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

19 " My mother was in the kitchen ironing. Physically she’s a younger version of my Grandma Mazur, and physically I’m a younger version of my mother. Mentally and emotionally my mother is on her own. Lunacy seems to have skipped a generation and my mother is left to bear the burden of maintaining standards of decorum for the family. My grandmother and I are the loose cannons. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)

20 " The lights were low, and Ranger was naked and lounging on the bed, waiting for me to return. I did a slow scan of his perfect body. "

― Janet Evanovich , Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)