Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

The romance novels turned out to be so feminist and so absorbing, that she never got to the men's adventure fiction and decided to try writing fiction instead. As part of the research, she planned to read one hundred romance novels and one hundred men's adventure novels. In the summer of 1991, she began to research her dissertation on the impact of gender on narrative strategies, searching out the differences in the way men and women tell stories. I so wish that I had done this before I started reading either of these books. The second regret was that once I finished the book, I went to the authors website and read her biography. I could still follow both books very well, it just would made more sense had I known. The timeline of this book was about 2 years prior to the other book. They are not a series persay, but they had several common characters. I bought them at the same time but I should have read them in reverse order. I have two regrets about this book though, #1 it was written by the same author as the last book that I read, Faking It. For light, fluffy, and funny, there shouldn't be so many characters to keep straight that you need a cheat sheet. Then these names were mentioned and I kept saying to myself, 'who the fuck is that again?' So, yeah. The beginning moved slow and introduced more characters than the Game of Thrones. My rating is a little lower than it would have been because the book took quite a while before I started liking it. He had the funny, jerky, doesn't-give-a-shit vibe down. *hint* he's both!īut, I still couldn't help loving Phin. Yeah, it took me a while to decide on that one. 'He thinks all guys are only after one thing.' This is the hero, Phin, talking to the heroine, Sophie: So, I've heard about Jennifer Crusie forever, but never read any of her books. It goes well with the rest of my hedonism. I'm on a major 'light and fluffy' kick right now. All hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble.and in love.

They both get more than they bargained for when Sophie's video causes an uproar and the proper citizens of Temptation set out to shut them down.Īs events spiral out of control, Sophie and Phin find themselves caught in a web of gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, and really excellent sex. All Phin wants to do is play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. And when she has a run-in with the town's unnervingly sexy mayor, Phineas Tucker, making a little movie turns out to be more than a little dangerous.Īll Sophie wants to do is film the video and head home. From the moment she drive into town, she gets a bad feeling Sophie is from the wrong side of the tracks and everything in Temptation is a little too right. Sophie Dempsey is content living a quiet life filming wedding videos until an assignment brings her to Temptation, Ohio.

Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie