Anne Stuart, Author, Jennifer Crusie, Author, Eileen Dreyer, Author . St. Martin's $7.99 (410p) ISBN 978-0-312-94098-0
For years, the three orphaned Fortune sisters, each endowed with a different magical ability, have been on the run from their evil aunt Xan. Dee, the oldest, is their shape-shifting protector; sullen middle child Lizzie has transmutative abilities (h
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Jennifer Crusie, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-312-28468-8
Bestseller Crusie (Fast Women,
etc.) takes readers on another smooth ride in her latest romantic caper. At the wheel this time is fab art forger Matilda Goodnight, whose chance encounter in a closet with cute con man/thief Davy Dempsey leads to...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author . St. Martin's $22.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-30346-4
Minerva Dobbs's mother named her daughter after the Greek goddess. Yet Min, who's grown up to be a curvy woman who adores carbs, isn't quite a knockout beauty and, at 33, she shows no signs of getting married anytime soon. So when the...
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A detective agency may be a sure setting for mystery and adventure, but in Crusie's latest (after Welcome to Temptation; Crazy for You; Tell Me Lies), a likable cast of characters also find sex, love and empowerment. At 42, recently divorced...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author St. Martin's Press $24.95 (325p) ISBN 978-0-312-19849-7
Small-town life in Tibet, Ohio, is just an updated, rollicking version of Peyton Place in romance novelist Crusie's (Tell Me Lies) zany second novel about a 35-year-old high school art teacher's chance at love. Quinn McKenzie leads a prosaic, dull...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author St. Martin's Press $24.95 (341p) ISBN 978-0-312-25294-6
Crusie's saucy feminist romp stars a heroine who captures her man's heart, and then goes after his job, meanwhile enjoying ""headbanging sex,"" filming soft porn and acquiring both a house and a dog named Lassie. A car crash welcomes Sophia Dempsey...
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Jennifer Crusie, St. Martin's, $24.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-30378-5
Crusie (Bet Me) is back on her own—after a couple of books written with Bob Mayer—with a sweet, offbeat romantic tale of second chances. Thirty-four-year-old Andie, hoping to cut the ties that still bind her to rich ex-hubby North, winds up instead...
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Jennifer Crusie, read by Madison Vaughn. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, 7.5 hrs., $19.99 ISBN 978-1-4418-8305-6
The attraction between the free-spirited and liberal Tess Newhart and the ambitious, conservative lawyer Nick Jamieson is instant, and their efforts to find a workable middle ground are comic and romantic. Madison Vaughn reads with a blithe, peppy...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Anne Stuart, Author, Lani Diane Rich, Author . St. Martin's Paperbacks $7.99 (388p) ISBN 978-0-312-94437-7
Don't be put off by the talking dogs; clever (human) dialogue and sassy heroines make this joint novel an amusing standout. After meeting at a local dog obedience-training session, coffeehouse owner Abby, Web writer Daisy and history professor...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-312-36304-8
Crusie and Mayer (Don't Look Down
) reunite to pen this mostly successful romantic comedy with a hint of action-adventure. Agnes Crandall is a feisty food writer and cookbook author on her third fiancé, Taylor Beaufort. Though their...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (373p) ISBN 978-0-312-34812-0
A one-eyed alligator and a pre-Columbian collection of jade phallic symbols figure into this nutty swampland romp from Crusie (Faking It
, etc.) and Mayer (Operation Dragon-Sim
, etc.). Lucy Armstrong takes a break from doing dog food commercials to
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author, Sandra Burr, Read by , read by Sandra Burr. Brilliance Audio $36.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4233-3649-5
Crusie and Mayer reteam (after Don't Look Down
) on this goofball romantic confectionary that mixes together Cranky Agnes, a food writer and caterer, with Shane, a hit man with no last name. The plot is a little short on sense, but it's...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author, Renee Raudman, Read by , read by Patrick G. Lawlor and Renee Raudman. Brilliance Audio $36.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59355-373-9
The pairing of readers Lawlor and Raudman misses more than it hits in this uneven audiobook. Lucy Armstrong, a director of dog food commercials, accepts the job of helming the last four days of an action-adventure movie. Before she has a chance to...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Deanna Hurst, Read by , read by Deanna Hurst. Brilliance Audio $36.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59355-392-0
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Fiction
BET ME
Jennifer Crusie
, read by Deanna Hurst. Brilliance Audio
, unabridged, 10 CDs, 11 hrs., $36.95...
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