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Summary: Nothing but good things ahead!
Review: This book never forgets this very important statement! Loved it, couldn't put it down. Pack romance, bad characters, good characters, a who-done-it and family in a story and you have this book! I look forward to reading others by Ms Crusie! Bravo!
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Summary: Mystery, fun and love - nice interplay of separate stories
Review: This is the first Cruise book that I have read and I quite enjoyed it. It is definitely on the somewhat sensuous side of what I feel comfortable with however it does have strong romantic development (if that's the sort of books you are into) - and there is the added bonus of a bit of a mystery.This is all about Sophie Dempsey who visits the tiny town of Temptation (Population some 2,158) to help her sister Amy film a documentary. They are immediately drawn into town politics when they have an accident on the outskirts of the town with upstanding pillar of the community (and all round whining stuffed-shirt) Stephen Garvey and his wife Virginia. An annoyance which is soon alleviated by meeting the town Mayor Phineas T. Tucker and the Police Chief Wes. Sohpie Dempsey has a not too hidden past and has been battling her infamous Dempsey genes (The Dempsey's are known fraudsters) and trying to have a normal life with her sister Amy. Unfortunately the town of Temptation is not going let her off easy and she is immediately embroiled in its troubles, and some of her own. There is her growing attraction to Phin T., her loyalty to her family Amy, and her loveable rogue brother Davy, and having to cover up the true nature of what they are really filming. And then there is a murder to solve which everyone seems to want to confess to, or cover up but no real suspects. Cruise certainly writes deftly mixing up the different stories and writing a number of really nice conclusions to them all - Rachel Garvey with her ambitions to direct in Hollywood, Sophie Dempsey wanting to settle down, Amy Dempsey wanting to make her documentaries and Davy wanting to continue is somewhat edgy life. They all progress quite naturally and conclude very sweetly and appropriately (I think) I quite liked Cruise's light style - its easy to read and pleasant. I didn't find it particular laugh out loud but if another of her books came my way I wouldn't pass it up. She is certainly an author worth dipping in to try if you haven't read her before and you don't mind a bit of steamy sex - or if you like a lot of steamy sex then you'll probably like this a lot!
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Summary: The best of the genre
Review: You can't go wrong with this contemporary romance. Great plot, terrific characters and hilarious to boot. I have read and re-read this one. A keeper!
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