Helena Watkins

“It’s a long story,” I said. “The short version is Diesel and I are pretending to get married, so we can get Kloughn to marry Valerie.” “Does Morelli know about this?” “It’s pretend.” “I’m not even gonna ask if Ranger knows. Poor ol’ Diesel here be dead if Ranger knew.”
― Janet Evanovich, Plum Lovin'

“I cut my eyes to the alley. Ranger was still there, doubled over the steering wheel, shaking with laughter.”
― Janet Evanovich, Two for the Dough

“think she needs to have an adventure once in a while. And she’s overly curious.” “You get that from her,” my mother said. “You’re a lot like your grandmother.” Sort of a scary thought, but I knew it was true. Even at this moment, I had a horse in my kitchen.”
― Janet Evanovich, Plum Lucky

“Sally looked over at him. "What, are you homophobic?"
"Nope," Morelli said. "I'm Italian. There's a difference.”
― Janet Evanovich, Four to Score