description: Stephanie Plum, the bombshell bounty hunter from New Jersey, already has problems. Her relationship with Joe Morelli is so complicated it's now over. Plus, her attractive, if terrifying, mentor and tormentor Ranger has decided he's ready to collect his reward. But Steph can always count on her family to add to her troubles. When her mother and Grandma gang up to insist she finds their neighbour's missing granddaughter Evelyn and her child Annie, Steph can't refuse. Mabel Markowitz signed a custody bond guaranteeing Annie would stay in Trenton after her parents' divorce. Now Evelyn and Annie have vanished, Mabel will lose her house to a bail bonds agency. Where have they gone? What does property lord and war game fanatic, Eddie Abruzzi really want? And why is a giant rabbit stalking Steph?
title: Hard Eight
titlecomplete: Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8)
characters: Ranger (Rangeman CEO), Lula, Albert Kloughn, Stephanie Plum, Evelyn Soder, Joe Morelli, Eddie Abruzzi
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Comedy, Mystery Thriller, Humor, Romance, Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Crime
ratings_count: 123554
places: Trenton, New Jersey
series: Stephanie Plum
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll
category: Most Disappointing Read, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Lefty Award
publisher: Headline