Smitten
- Published
- 1 April 1990
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9780060737078
- Type
- novel
About this book
Smitten (April 1990, 256 pages) followed five months later as the second entry, pairing a new mismatched couple while Elsie Hawkins returns as the series' connective, matchmaking thread.
Key facts about Smitten
Janet Evanovich wrote Smitten, a novel on our list. It has been out since April 1990. The book has 256 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780060737078 to find the main one.
Smitten is book 2 of 4 in the Elsie Hawkins series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with Back to the Bedroom (1989).
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
Smitten is book 2 in the Elsie Hawkins series. It follows Back to the Bedroom. It is followed by Wife for Hire. 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 9780060737078