Trust Me

Rating:
Summary: Delightful!
Review: Like so many other readers, I started reading Jayne Ann Krentz under her other name, Amanda Quick. I quickly devoured everything she had written and was extremly sad when I got to the end of her books. I love historicals, but I also wanted more of Krentz/Quick's writting so I ventured once again into the world of contemporary romance. _Trust Me_ was the first book I read by Jayne Ann Krentz; I picked it out from my library on a whim, but I don't think I could have picked a better book to start with.

Sam Stark was just abandoned at the alter... for the second time. Alone in his office, he is trying to fugure out what went wrong when in comes Desdemona Wainwright, the caterer for his canceled wedding reception. She demands to be payed for her work, even though she feels awful about interupting Stark at such a horrible time in his life. Feeling guilty, she invites him to dinner with her and the rest of the Wainwright clan. At first, Stark is reluctant to except, but he is intriuged by Desdemona, so he agrees. The Wainwright family is a huge clan of mostly out of work actors. They don't like Stark at first... "he's not a theater person". But, as he and Desdemona strike a deal, a passionate love envelopes them, and Desdemona defies her family. But, when a murderer and a blackmailer enter the scene, will Dedemona and Stark be able to find true happiness with each other? Can a precious trust be kept alive or will it be lost forever?

_Trust Me_ is a wonderful book by Jayne Ann Krentz. Desdemona was a heroine I really got to care for. She had a strong sense of family, and although it was sometimes a blind sense, Desdemona was loyal and loving. Stark was a very interesting hero. He is basically a nerd with a body that is too die for. I got the feeling he was supposed to be a handsom Bill Gates. One moment you want to jump into the book and give him a hug, and the next you want to throw the book against the wall in hope of bashing some sense into his head. At times he was very loveable and then thoroughly exasperating. The Wainwright family was delightful! They are definitly odd balls, but you love all of them. At times, they are very protective of Desdemona, and at other times they let her run wild. I loved reading about their side plots, and I think Jayne should wright about their plights sometime in the future. I could really conect with the sense of family, and I appreciated it.

Being a Seattle-ite, I loved the setting of this book. It was great to hear of a familiar place and to have an actual picture in my mind of what that place really looks like. My only problem with _Trust Me_ was that the mystery was a little weak. In all of Amanda Quick's books, the mystery keeps you guessing until the end, but with this book, I had it figured out befor Desdemona and Stark did. But, it is a wonderful romance, and I recomend it to Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz fans alike. Belive me (I would usually say "trust me", but that would be a little too corny), you have to read this wonderful book. It is full of snappy dialogue, quirky characters, and other distinct trademarks that make up a Krentz origional.

Rating:
Summary: Irresistable
Review: The man who abandoned at the altar for the second time is a sure-fire interest grabber. The caterer who ends up dating the jilted groom is another attention flag I can't resist. At this point I realized I wasn't going to be able to put this book down. The nerd who functions superbly in the world of his computer, but can't seem to understand the real world is a character who I can identify with (possibly JAK's most sympathetic male character ever). Desdimona is a little over the top, but I fell in love with her at once.

Rating:
Summary: my first krentz!
Review: This was my first ever Krentz and will surely not be the last.

This is the story of Desdemona and Stark. She watches as Stark is left at the altar but as the wedding caterer, she must get paid for her job. They take a liking to one another and he hires her to do all of his company's business catering as well as his personal escort! They are total opposites! She is from a theatre family that are all very close and help each other and his family hardly sees one another. She lives on emotion and he hates to make a sense!

At one of Stark's company parties, someone tries to steal his security program from his computer. He thinks it's Desdemona's half-brother Tony...she refuses to believe it could be him. So together they will search for the truth.

It's a quick read and I really enjoyed the characters in this book. It wasn't just one or two character but a book full of them....Starks two half-brothers, Desdomona and all of her family...it was nice to read a book with more than just a few characters....A nice change of pace.