Bet Me - Hardcover

Crusie, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312303467 ISBN 13: 9780312303464

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Agreeing not to pursue a relationship after one date, unlikely lovers Min Dobbs and Cal Morrisey find themselves unwittingly thrown together again in the wake of such factors as a jealous ex-boyfriend, a determined psychologist, and a bizarrely intelligent cat. 250,000 first printing.

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Review:

Thirty-three-year-old Minerva Dobbs, the subject of the bet in Bet Me, is annoyed when her current boyfriend dumps her three weeks before her sister's wedding. But she's downright furious a few moments later when she overhears her now "ex" boyfriend bet hunky Calvin Morrisey that he can't take her home and bed her. In fact, she's so angry at them both that she lets Cal take her to dinner and decides to string him along until after her sister's wedding. Minerva pegs Cal as a handsome "used car salesman of seducers". Cal thinks Minerva is a "cranky, starving, risk-averse statistician". But Minerva's hormones keep whispering "this one", although she knows the gorgeous Cal isn't the man for her practical, white-cotton-bra, several-pounds-over-thin, self. And Cal is blinded by the lust he feels for the voluptuous, sensual woman he glimpses behind Min's actuary exterior. While Cal and Min struggle to deal with their mutual distrust and attraction, their friends and families try their best to interfere and direct the progression of the unlikely romantic connection.

Bet Me is unabashedly, irrepressibly romantic. In the wacky, wonderful world of Min and Cal, author Jennifer Crusie leaves no humorous situation unexplored; no potential comedic cauldron left unstirred; no hysterically funny complication left undeveloped. The reader is treated to a seemingly mismatched hero and heroine who fling caution to the winds to explore their unexpected attraction. The sexual tension is hot, the dialogue witty and wickedly sarcastic, and the supporting cast of secondary characters hilarious. Like Min's favourite Krispy Kreme doughnuts, this novel is rich and sinfully delicious. --Lois Faye Dyer, Amazon.com

Review:

"Bet you can't stop reading it. Absolutely, irresistibly hilarious." --"Kirkus Reviews"

Bet you can't stop reading it. Absolutely, irresistibly hilarious. "Kirkus Reviews""

"Bet you can't stop reading it. Absolutely, irresistibly hilarious." --Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312303467
• ISBN 13: 9780312303464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384