Stephanie Plum has two men in her life -- Ranger and Joe. In Book 1, Joe is on the lam, in Book 12, it is Ranger.Both are macho hunk, both make her melt, both are the light of her life. But, Ranger is self described as the "dessert" in her food pyramid -- which he believes to depict a fun romp but not for the long haul. But, what he does not know is that dessert is her food pramid.Joe, is the guy who goes to her house every Friday for dinner and then for his ability to tolerate the banter, gets his own just desserts from Stephanie.Enjoyable and playful characters of the Burg, these books grow and grow and grow on you. There are times that you will find yourself in stitches (the scene of interviewing the prospective new bounty hunters is amazingly tight and funny).If you pick this book up -- I will almost guarantee you that you will finish it within hours.