Name: Welcome to Temptation
ISBN: 9780312932800

Jennifer Crusie

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 Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble, and in love.

Welcome to Temptation

Cindy McKee

I’ve read this book numerous times and it’s always a treat. Just a fun little rom com that has all of those classic Jennifer Crusie charms!

Jackie

Oh, how I’ve missed reading Jennifer Cruise!!

I kept putting off this one because I was not tempted by the whole town mayor thing. And the name Phineas. I really didn’t like that name lol.

I had so much fun reading Welcome to Temptation. I love how Cruise writes banter and funny conversations, quirky characters, and relationships that end up creating a crazy sweet story.

The murder mystery took me by surprise but it wasn’t bad at all. Sophie and Phin were sexy and Phin’s daughter, Dillie, was funny. I love how Jennifer writes kids. The town people were entertaining and the rest was a nice complement.

Overall, a really really pleasant read.

I have owned this book since I was in secondary school and I always remember this one as the one I liked least of the Crusie books I owned. Now I am beginning to re-evaluate that role. Sure, the story is slower and I really disliked the dishonesty aspect which happened. But I loved the Dempsey's I loved Sophie and her determination to stay on the straight and narrow and I loved Amy and her quirky ways (even if someone should have slapped her and told her she was being a brat) and I liked Davy and how he is crooked, but not too crooked to dislike.

And the romance in this is brilliant. I loved that it was some casual thing between people who were fascinated with one another but really didn't want to be serious. Especially as they each grated on one another. Phin and Sophie were this fun couple who were just having really great sex (each for their own reasons) and then their lives ended up getting intertwined without them meaning to.

And the town of Temptation was just hilarious. I think this may have been the beginning of my love for small towns without it ever meaning to with the way everyone knew everyone's business and the biggest drama was the colour of the water tower.

I don't know, I wrote this book off when I was younger but now I can really appreciate what a great read it is. Next up will be Faking It, I think.