Alexandra Barnaby, aka Barney, hails from Baltimore working in an insurance office. She donned mechanic's overalls in her father's garage during summer breaks from college. Her younger brother, Wild Bill, shares her passion for cars, and now he's disappeared from Miami, along with NASCAR star Sam Hooker's boat, the Happy Hooker. Evanovich doesn't mind showing her romance roots, as Barney and Sam start off snarling at each other; as any reader can tell, they have to team up (a) to save Bill and (b) to enjoy delicious sex.
You can't help but compare this with Stephanie Plum novels that Evanovich writes. So it would get a little annoying to see a lot of the same trends but not as well done going on in this novel. I tried really hard to pretend I hadn't read any of the Plum books but it was impossible to do so. I finished the book but it didn't leave me wanting more like the Plum books do. I laughed and enjoyed it but now I'm done and can move on with my life.