Back to the Bedroom
- Published
- 1 November 1989
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN-13
- 9780060887889
- Type
- novel
About this book
Back to the Bedroom (November 1989, 250 pages) opens the Elsie Hawkins series, one of four standalone late-1980s category romances in which the sharp-tongued, matchmaking Elsie nudges a different mismatched couple together -- the character Janet Evanovich has said directly inspired Grandma Mazur in the Stephanie Plum books.
Key facts about Back to the Bedroom
Janet Evanovich wrote Back to the Bedroom, a novel on our list. It has been out since November 1989. The book has 250 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780060887889 to find the main one.
Back to the Bedroom is book 1 of 4 in the Elsie Hawkins series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Janet Evanovich writes Stephanie Plum, Barnaby and Hooker and Lizzy and Diesel, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our romance, mystery and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo is the latest published Janet Evanovich book on file, from 10 November 2026.
About Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich spent a decade collecting rejection letters before she sold her first novel. Raised in New Jersey and trained in art at Douglass College, she wrote romance from her kitchen table as a stay-at-home mother in New Hampshire, eventually publishing close to a dozen romance novels, including her 1987 debut, Hero at Large, under the pseudonym Steffie Hall, before switching genres entirely. See every Janet Evanovich book in order.
Its place in Elsie Hawkins
Back to the Bedroom is book 1 in the Elsie Hawkins series. It is followed by Smitten. See the full Elsie Hawkins reading order.
Before Stephanie Plum, there was Elsie Hawkins: a sharp-tongued, matchmaking older woman who turns up in four early Evanovich category romances, nudging a different mismatched couple together in each one. Back to the Bedroom, Smitten, Wife for Hire, and The Rocky Road to Romance are all standalone romances with their own hero and heroine, but Elsie recurs across all four as a connective thread, and Evanovich has said the character was the direct inspiration for gun-toting, foul-mouthed Grandma Mazur in the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060887889