Faking It

Cute book. The kind that relax's you after a hard days work.

How could I not love a romance novel that has the couple's first sexual encounter be an absolute disaster? There was no magic, or multiples, or insta-love. It was awkward, not fun, just-waiting-for-it-to-be-over, fake-orgasm sex. They had gluten-free pizza sex. With pineapples and anchovies. That bad......more

I loooove this book. Jenny Crusie is a goddess and a scholar and I will not hear any differently. Faking It is the story of con artist Davy Dempsey - younger brother to Sophie Dempsey, from Welcome to Temptation - and Matilda Goodnight, born to a family of art forgers. Jenny’s books always have an ama......more

What if someone wrote a Harlequin Romance while dropping acid? I'm pretty sure this book would be the result. Jennifer Crusie, whose known for her quirky romance novels, outdoes herself with this tale. Who else would create a heroine who has to fake an orgasm with the hero the first time they have s......more

My favorite Crusie, who is my favorite contemporary romance writer, smart and witty. I am wanting a lot of analgesic fiction this week, so I am rereading a bunch of Crusie and Krentz (who is my Crusie-methadone go-to). Crusie never seems to write quite the same book twice, and so is much more limited......more

This was pure, raw fun. I didn't much care for Davy in the first book, but he turns out beyond swoon-worthy here--and without major revision of his character from the first, either. He's my very favorite romantic hero type (the humble alpha) combined with a healthy dash of good-hearted rogue. Yeah.......more