Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and … and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble… and in love.
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For great romance with lots of humor, I love all Jennifer Crusie books!
This was my first Crusie book and after reading it, I bought all her others. I loved this story. The secondary characters were fun, engaging, and added loads of flavor to the story. The main characters were charmingly flawed, making this story not too sweet. The hi-jinx added twists to the plot that were almost far-fetched but given the overall …
This is one of my long time favorites that defies genre. It is definitely a romance but also a mad cap, funny murder mystery with loads of real life characters and storylines. I just finished reading it for the millionth time and still enjoy it.
Clever and sexy and fun, this was the first Jennifer Crusie novel I ever read – and became the reason I wanted to write contemporary romance.
Jenny Crusie writes wonderful books and this is one of her best. More complicated than her early books (and some of her later ones) but with the best characters and a very satisfying picture of a town.
I love this book.
I read this book back when it was first released
I can still remember laughing out loud and then blushing on the NYC subway to and from work.
I will bet that this book will still stand up today
Highly recommend
Read this novel when it was first published. Met the author Jennifer Cruise at a Romance Writers of America national meeting 15-20 years ago in Dallas, Texas. She’s as funny and entertaining a speaker as she is a writer. All of her novels are so enjoyable with a perfect mixture of light and dark. Her heroines have already paid a price for where …
4.5 plus – Twisted, quirky but very entertaining, probably not for everyone (language, sex) dead on in how people really do think & act at times which I really like. No rose colored glasses here but so funny. You just have to keep turning that page!
Just discovered this author and was thoroughly entertained with this book. Definitely going to read more of her works.
I am hoping for a sequel
A delightful romp full of great characters, situations, and dialogue. Highly recommend!
This is the second time I read this book and enjoyed it as much as the first time. I have it in paperback but at the discounted price I wanted to add it to my e-reader.
I read this long ago. When I saw it as a bargain read just now, I thought I would tell readers this is well worth it! In fact, I kept the book. I hardly ever do that. Now I want to read it again just to refresh my memory. But seriously, I read so much so when a book is so memorable, you should check it out.
Jennifer Crusie has a reputation for writing great romance novels that are filled with laugh-out-loud humor. She does not fail us in *Welcome to Temptation.* Phin is the mayor of Temptation, Ohio. He’s far more interested in books and his book store than in politics. But he has to get involved when his constituents come to him with stories about a …
I love RomComs and this one didn’t disappoint! Very sexy!
Jennifer Crusie is excellent! I love how well she “fleshes” out her characters. I feel like they’re friends that I don’t want to leave.
Words can’t truly capture how good this book is, seriously. Just a fantastic book from start to finish.
Love. Love. Love this book.
Jennifer Crusie can write screwball comedy with the best of them. Her characters are off-beat and off-kilter but ‘real.’ She knows small towns so well and her characters are so well drawn, we believe even the most outlandish behavior because it resonates. There’s a heckuva lot going on the town of Temptation, from the smut/not smut video Sophie …
Best Jennifer cruise book ever. I’ve read them all and this is not to be missed!