I'm getting caught up on Jennifer Crusie's novels. I read Agnes And The Hit Man awhile back, which made me laugh out loud (It takes a lot to make me do that!). She co-wrote that one with Bob Mayer and it was so funny, kinky and entertaining that I got my husband to read it, too. I recently introduced one of my new neighbors to our outstanding library system and recommended it to her. She told me just the other day, "Wow, lots of sex, but I really liked it!" That's kind of how I feel about her books. There is a lot of sex, but she manages to make it funny and original and germane to the plot. (I really dislike the "bodice ripper" novels that just string overdone sex scenes together for page after page with hardly (hah!) any plot to hold them together. If you start skipping over them in these books, it will take you only about twenty minutes to read one! Had to get that off my chest.)
Back to Jennifer Crusie. Welcome To Temptation (#11) is one of her earlier books, and I did find it hugely entertaining, especially the ongoing joke about the town's water tower. When the two sisters of a "bent" family arrive in Temptation, Ohio, to video a comeback tape for a fading bombshell, you know that nothing will go smoothly. Get the town's mayor and police chief involved and things are bound to go bad. Mix in a little porn, a murder and an election and you have a winner. If you enjoy a humorous take on romance, you'll enjoy this book.
I just put another Jennifer Crusie book on hold at the library before I posted this. Fortunately, it's going to take awhile for me to read through them all. Yippee!
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