Jennifer Crusie
Crusie, Jennifer - ANYONE BUT YOU (Harl. Love & Laughter 4) (5)
I loved it! There are so many good elements in this book: a wonderful and realistic hero and heroine, a great dog named Fred, lots of humor, excellent secondary characters. One also gets a look at the publishing industry, a book review group and the snobbery within the medical community. All this in a category romance, no less! ~Margie B. (dreams@ns.net)
Crusie, Jennifer - CINDERELLA DEAL, THE (Loveswept 807) (4)
I almost never like category romance, but Crusie's books sure are an exception. This is one of the best of her shorter books, a masterful handling of a contemporary marriage-of-convenience-turning-into-love story between a too stuffy college professor and a free-and-easy artiste. Light and charming, with many witty observations along the way. ~Elena P.
Crusie, Jennifer - GETTING RID OF BRADLEY (Harl. Tempt. 480) (4+)
After catching her perfect husband in the company of a blonde, school teacher Lucy gets a quickie divorce and just wants to put the whole mess behind her. She intends to become a fully independent woman whose biggest responsibility is keeping her menagerie of mutts happy. She doesn't want or need another man in her life, but when she spots dangerously handsome Zack in a café, she figures a fling might not be such a bad idea. When he accosts her in the parking lot, however, all of Lucy's sexy thoughts fly out the window and she beats the living daylights out of him with her textbook! She is thrilled with herself, until she discovers Zack is an undercover cop who was only trying to save her life. When further attempts are made on Lucy's life, he moves in to protect her; and although it scares the heck out of him, he ends up falling in love with both her and the mutts.
This is one of my favorite Crusie books. The heroine is easy to identify with as she has a perpetual bad hair day throughout most of the book. The hero looks tough and tries to act tough, but he is a big marshmallow on the inside, especially when dealing with Lucy and her dogs. When he brings her a special gift, I was a goner, and so was she. There's a lot of love and humor, as well as touching moments in this great book. I had a blast reading it. ~Laurie S. (shallah@empire.net)
Crusie, Jennifer - MANHUNTING (Harl. Tempt. 463) (4)
The situation here is standard Crusie: one straightlaced buttoned-up overarchiever (in this case, the heroine), one laid-back easygoing underachiever (the hero), and plenty of wise and witty observations along the way. Once again, Crusie breaks the category romance mold with a book whose brevity and simplicity belie its perceptive wisdom and fine craftsmanship. ~Elena P.
Crusie, Jennifer - SIZZLE (Harlequin Stolen Moments) (4+)
Emily Tate, a marketing manager who has a heck of a time keeping her projects in line with the company's budget, is assigned a partner to monitor her spending. Even though she makes millions for the company, that's not enough for them. Emily takes an instant dislike to Richard Parker, her new budget advisor, but he's an irritatingly handsome guy who manages to charm his way into her heart. So what's an independent and intelligent woman to do when she realizes that the one man she wants to spend the rest of her life with has an annoying habit of ignoring everything she says? SIZZLE is one of the smartest and wittiest little books I've ever read, and it most definitely lives up to its title! ~Laurie S. (shallah@empire.net)
Crusie, Jennifer - STRANGE BEDPERSONS (Harl. Tempt. 520) (3+)
Tess, a free spirit and recently out-of-work schoolteacher, is talked into posing as an uptight and materialistic lawyer's fiancée so that he can land an account and assure partnership in the law firm he's employed by. When her apartment in the slums is vandalized, Tess is left with no choice but to temporarily move into the sexy lawyer's fancy house. They fall in love despite the fact that the only thing they have in common is that neither is the marrying kind.
I was a little disappointed with this book. First off, where were the dogs?! There was a cat named Angela, but she was pretty much a non-character who only appeared for a scene or two and didn't do much of anything. Bummer! The story was witty and sometimes really funny, but Tess and Nick didn't thrill me. I thought they were too extreme. He was too caught up his career and appearances and she was too do-goody and caught up in the past. Both learned to compromise a bit, but I left the book feeling that they didn't resolve their major differences and that they still had a lot of battles to fight before they'd live in peace (if ever). I thought this plot worked more effectively in Crusie's THE CINDERELLA DEAL. Still, STRANGE BEDPERSONS was a good read, and I'd definitely recommend it because Crusie's wicked sense of humor carries the story. ~Laurie S. (shallah@empire.net)
Crusie, Jennifer - TELL ME LIES (St. Martin's Press - 3/99) (4+)
Crusie is always wickedly wise and funny, but sometimes the humor gets in the way of the romance for me. That doesn't happen here, and the result is one of the best contemporary romances I've read in quite some time. ~Elena P.
Crusie, Jennifer - TELL ME LIES (St. Martin's Press - 3/99) (4+)
If reading the first paragraph doesn't make you want to read further, than I guess you just don't have a sense of humor (grin). TELL ME LIES is an excellent book that is laugh-out-loud funny in places. It reminds me of Susan Isaacs' writing. Highly recommended. ~Maudeen W. (maudeenw@aol.com)
Crusie, Jennifer - TRUST ME ON THIS (Loveswept 843) (3)
Federal investigator (of some unnamed bureau that I never figured out) tracks a con man and his beautiful accomplice to a big conference that his aunt is attending. The accomplice is actually a reporter out to get the scoop of her career. Mistaken identities, social commentaries, pop psychology, split-second entrances and exits—this category book packs all of this into about 200 pages, with lots of humor, a few laughs, and dialogue that zings. The heroine is a strong, dynamic female who knows her mind. I really liked that. A charming, light read. ~Kathy G. (kathy@cs.utexas.edu)
Crusie, Jennifer - TRUST ME ON THIS (Loveswept 843) (3+)
Dennie is a newspaper woman trying to get a story; Alex is a policeman trying to capture the con man and his female partner. When the con man and Dennie bump into each other, Alex is sure that she is his partner. Lots of funny situations. ~Marilyn H. (mlyn@jps.net)
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