title: 101 Things to do Naked! A Guide to 'Dress-Free' Living
author:  Catherine Roberts 
description: Catherine Roberts is now living, loving and laughing in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. 101 Things to do Naked! A Guide to Dress-Free Living is her first published book of humor. It won't, however, be her last! About the illustrator: Mike Dominic is a freelance artist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His past illustration work has been published by Apex Books, Sketch Magazine and Penguin Books. He is a regular contributor to the Lovecraft Ezine. In addition, he runs a small comics imprint, AIM Comics www.aimcomics.com, where he publishes print and digital editions of comics work by himself and his friends. He occasionally blogs about his art and other things at www.paladinfreelance.com.
zlib_text: High Five
  
  Janet Evanovich
  
  
  
  
  
  1
  
  WHEN I WAS a little girl I used to dress Barbie up without underpants. On the
  outside, she'd look like the perfect lady. Tasteful plastic heels, tailored
  suit. But underneath, she was naked. I'm a bail enforcement agent now—also
  known as a fugitive apprehension agent, also known as a bounty hunter. I bring
  'em back dead or alive. At least I try. And being a bail enforcement agent is
  sort of like being bare-bottom Barbie. It's about having a secret. And it's
  about wearing a lot of bravado on the outside when you're really operating
  without underpants. Okay, maybe it's not like that for all enforcement agents,
  but I frequently feel like my privates are alfresco. Figuratively speaking, of
  course.
  
  At the moment I wasn't feeling nearly so vulnerable. What I was feeling at the
  moment was desperate. My rent was due, and Trenton had run out of scofflaws. I
  had my hands palms down on Connie Rosolli's desk, my feet planted wide, and
  hard as I tried, I couldn't