Welcome to Temptation

By Jennifer Crusie,

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Sophie came to Temptation, a small town in Ohio, to help her sister make a movie. Now she's making trouble for the town council, love with the mayor and lemonade for a murderer. Welcome to Temptation - population 2158. And falling. This is a humorous tale of scandal, gossip and…

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2 authors picked Welcome to Temptation as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an older book, but Jennifer’s sizzle is unsurpassed. A movie assignment brings Sophie Dempsey to Temptation, Ohio. From the moment she drives into town, she has a bad feeling: Everything is a little too right. And when she has a run-in with the town's unnervingly sexy mayor, Phineas Tucker, making her little movie morphs into something downright dangerous.

Choosing the hottest scene out of several scorchers in this book was hard. There’s the sex scene on the table in the kitchen, but the scene where Phin decides that Sophie is turned on by discovery fantasies—so when her friend…

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I’ve read this book three times over the years. It has everything I’m looking for in a romance. Strong characters, humour, a proper plot, and a bit of a mystery. As with my first book choice, I’ve read everything that Jennifer Crusie has written. She is reliably good! A flawed hero and heroine but always a happy ever after. It’s a feel-good read. 

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