"Wicked Appetite"

Janet Evanovich's "Wicked Appetite" is the first of two books so far in the Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tucker and Diesel series.  Lizzie inherited a house from her eccentric Aunt Ophelia in Massachusetts so moves from New York City to her new home where she earns her living making sweets in a bakery.  Her life is disrupted, though, by the appearance of the evil Wulf who is on the search for the seven deadly sins represented by stones such as Envy, Pride, Greed, Gluttony, etc.  Good guy Diesel doesn't approve of Wulf's plans for the stones and shows up next to tell Lizzie she has special powers that can help him find the stones and keep them out of Wulf's hands.  They embark on an adventure that involves a rude monkey that won't go away and a ninja cat Lizzie apparently also inherited from Aunt Ophelia.  As they set out to find the stones and keep them from Wulf, Wulf does everything in his power to make sure he ends up with the stones endangering Lizzie and those around her.  Who will win this battle?  Read this fun caper to find out!  In the meantime, I've downloaded the second book in the series, "Wicked Business" on my kindle.  pazt