Another acrostic story, a sequel, following from RANGER AND STEPHANIE FOREVER, and, I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. Can be read as a solo, but fits better as a sequel since there are references to them. Babe all the way.

Stephanie switches out partners during a job and can't find many faults with the change once Ranger arrives.

After abandoning a walk, Stephanie returns home with more than she bargained for.

Instead of asking for help when she needs it, Ranger forces Stephanie to accept his.

A piece of Ranger's past comes looking for him in Trenton, and when she winds up FTA, Stephanie and Ranger join forces to track her down before she's taken out. In the process, Stephanie gets an unprecedented peek into Ranger's life and the depth of his secrets, and has to decide what she can live with - assuming they both live through next week. Babe HEA. Complete.

The final two chapters of Life with Dickie won't post, so in an attempt to get the story out to those of you who need a distraction, I'm trying a new story instead.

What if Stephanie never caught Dickie on the table with Joyce? An AU version of the Stephanie Plum series, following along and seeing what the series would have looked like if Stephanie was still with Dickie. Eventual Babe HEA. Cupcake friendly.

Help looking for a story I was in the middle of reading when my iPad crashed. I was about how Stephanie found out her dad is not her really dad and she goes live with her real dad. I think her dad was joe juniack.

Stephanie has lost almost everything. She has been secretly in love with her best friend for years. Will their shared grief bring them together? Cupcake and Babe friendly. This story deals with the loss of loved ones. It may hit a bit too close to home for some readers.

What would happen if Ranger told the Merry Men to stand down and not help our dear Bombshell Bounty Hunter? How would they respond? Follow Steph as she is dumped into the deep end of life. Will she find a way to swim back to the surface? Or will she sink like a stone to the bottom of the ocean? Only one way to find out.

Steph, Julie and the children play 'hostages' in a training exercise for Ranger's ERT team - until an escaped convict breaks into the house that they have rented and it is no longer a drill.

Ranger is forced to speed up his seduction when he gets some information from an unexpected source. A Ranger POV story

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome: The heart becomes suddenly weakened or stunned. The left ventricle, one of the heart's chambers, changes shape. While it is generally more common in older women, it is also frequent in people who have just experienced the loss of a loved one.

How would Stephanie's life be different if she met Lester when she was still in elementary school? Would she still fall for the man in black, or would a different person occupy her heart? AU story, Cupcakes bruised. Some violence, language, and adult interactions later on.

Lester's finally found his match. Come Valentine's Day he ready to show the ultimate commitment by proposing to his soul mate, but it doesn't exactly go as planned. Will Lester sink like a rock, or will they make it through to swim together for the rest of their lives? Set within my story "Sink or Swim" but can be read as a stand-alone. One Shot.

Stephanie is saved from a frozen death and Rangeman gains a new medic. Babe, Cupcakes not allowed.

Stephanie reevaluates her career options after an apprehension takes a nasty turn.

The core team is thrown into the past with the appearance of an unexpected visitor.

Stephanie takes a road trip to Texas to apprehend a skip with Ranger. She thinks the distraction is where it will end for her, but things go from bad to worse and the skip manages to one-up RangeMan. Now it is up to Ranger to keep Stephanie out of the skip's hands after threats have been made and promised to be kept. This is my first fanfic and I've not read all of the books yet!

Steph asking Ranger to open up about the troubles he brought home

The Cut 'n Curl is being threatened by the mob, and Grandma asks Steph to look into it. Steph does, only to find out it is an ongoing case that the TPD is investigating - and needs Rangeman help to solve.

A dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more involved and from which you cannot escape. Things just seem to happen to Stephanie Plum that always seem to be out of her control.

Ranger lives in two separate worlds - that as the head of a highly successful security company and the shadowy world of a mercenary for hire. What happens when his two worlds unexpectedly collide? Everything Steph thinks she knows about Ranger will change in a New York minute. Rated M because these are adults who act like adults. Spoilers for anything through 25 possible. COMPLETE

Despite her plan and her nerves, Stephanie decides it's time to start moving towards the future she wants rather than continue to deny it's a possibility.

I thought of this story while opening a new pint of Phish Food after a long and trying week at work. Probably will end up with a few chapters. Enjoy!