Sizzling Sixteen

Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey, received a "lucky" bottle from her uncle Pip. The issue is that Uncle Pip did not say if the bottle brought good fortune or ill luck.

BAD LUCK: Vincent Plum Bail Bonds' Vincent Plum has accrued a $786,000 gaming debt with gangster Bobby Sunflower. He is being detained until the money is shown. It is up to Stephanie, Connie, the office manager, and Lula, the file clerk, to gather the necessary funds if they want to keep their jobs. No one else will pay to bring Vinnie back.

GOOD LUCK: Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an edge in locating Vinnie since they are in the business of locating individuals. It will afford them some time to raise the money if they can save him.

BAD LUCK: It turns out that hiding Vinnie safely is more difficult to arrange than obtaining $786,000. Vinnie is upsetting Mooner's mood, making Stephanie doubt her genetic makeup, and accruing pay-per-view porn fees at Ranger's condo.

GOOD LUCK: With the help of Uncle Pip's lucky bottle, Mooner's Hobbit-Con charity event, and a huge office yard sale that draws people from all over the Burg, they may be able to earn enough money to keep Vinnie and the company afloat.

BAD LUCK: Stephanie may continue to pursue bounty hunters because she was able to save Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. This includes tracking down a guy sought for polygamy in Trenton, a robber who stole toilet paper from a highway, and a drug dealer who kept an alligator as a pet called Mr. Jingles.

GOOD LUCK: Being a bounty hunter has its benefits, as seen by Joe Morelli, Trenton's sexiest police officer, and Ranger, a sinister and deadly security specialist. Stephanie will hopefully get fortunate with Uncle Pip's lucky bottle; the only issue is, with whom?

Seductive Number Sixteen... so hot the pages may catch fire!