New Releases by Jennifer Crusie

From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the first book in a new series. Liz Danger has come home after fifteen years to deliver a giant teddy bear for her mother''s birthday (color: Guilt Red) when a cop with a great ass picks her up for speeding, fixes the missing lug nuts in her back wheel, pulls her out of a ditch, doesn''t give her a ticket, and helps her avoid her family. This is a man with real potential. The rest of the day goes downhill, starting with her finding out that the only man she''s ever loved is getting married to Lavender Blue, the most beautiful woman in southern Ohio. Really, the best thing in her day is that cop with the lug nuts. Vince Cooper is still not sure about being a cop in Burney, Ohio, a place he just moved to six months ago, since Burney is full of some fairly odd people spaced between long stretches of boredom. Still, considering the dangerous, difficult life he had before Burney, boredom is good. Then he picks up Liz Danger for speeding and life gets a lot more interesting. And when he picks her up again in the local bar the next night, he starts to realize that "interesting" doesn''t begin to describe what''s going to happen to him if he pulls Liz into his arms and his life. As Liz navigates her dysfunctional family, her flamboyant boss phoning in from Chicago, her still-interested ex, her bridesmaid dress from hell, a dachshund with issues, a disaster of a wedding, assault, murder, and three hundred and ninety-three teddy bears, Vince shows up to get her through, even though he knows that the real peril for him in Burney is the one who came with her own warning label, Liz Danger.--Provided by publisher.

"Liz Danger is a ghostwriter, trapped in her old hometown for the summer. Good thing she has Vince Cooper, her recurring one-night stand living down by the river in his old diner car, making her feel happy and safe and normal until September when she''ll be leaving again, although she''s starting to wonder if she really wants to. Vince Cooper is a cop in a town with a shady new housing development that''s bringing a lot of armed strangers, a corrupt mayor, a police chief boss under fire, and an idiot blogger stirring up trouble. Good thing his recurring one-night stand is sticking around for the summer. The only drawback? He''s not looking forward to the empty space Liz Danger will leave behind her when she goes in September. Treacherous small-town politics, a rust belt biker gang, a widowed ex who doesn''t understand the word "no," a seven-year-old in need of a temporary mom, a flamboyant blonde boss who needs watched at all times, exploding family secrets, arson, murder, and three hundred and ninety-two soaking wet teddy bears later, Liz and Vince will come face to face with the madman burning down their town, and even worse, with their imploding relationship."--

"Liz Danger is stuck in her hometown of Burney, Ohio for the summer. That means she has three more months of trying to get a copy edit done for her insane employer, babysitting a seven-year-old, and figuring out what to do with three hundred and ninety-two teddy bears. And then there''s her mother. The good news: She''s living with a hot cop in a diner by the river. Vince Cooper is stuck in a town that keeps asking him when he''s going to make an honest woman of Liz Danger and in a job that''s being kneecapped by local and state politics. And there''s the biker gang that''s come to town and Liz''s ex-boyfriend who still hasn''t figured out that the ex part is permanent. Good thing he has Liz to come home to--until he doesn''t. As Liz and Vince try to navigate their relationship, they''re finding out new things about themselves and the town they''re trying to protect, and that means dealing with greedy politicians, arson, broken hearts (not theirs), vandalism, questionable real estate, murder, and a lot of soggy bears" -- Back cover.

Komische en spannende romcom van populaire auteur Jennifer Crusie Andie Miller is klaar voor een nieuwe stap in haar leven. Ze is van plan om met haar verloofde te trouwen en haar verleden achter zich te laten, met name haar ex-man North Archer. Maar wanneer Andie en North nog een laatste keer afspreken om afscheid te nemen, vraagt North Andie om een gunst. Zijn verweesde nichtje en neefje hebben – na er al drie te hebben versleten – een nieuwe nanny nodig, en Andie is een perfecte kandidaat. Maar er is iets niet helemaal pluis met de kinderen, het huis waarin ze wonen en de bijbehorende huishoudster. Bovendien blijft North maar door Andies hoofd spoken. En in het huis spookt er wel meer... Kan Andie de kinderen, en zichzelf, van het verleden redden? Of heeft het lot andere plannen? Een hilarisch avontuur inclusief bemoeizieke geesten, een geïrriteerd medium, een tarotkaarten lezende moeder, een jaloerse verloofde, en bananencake.

Hoe vaak kun je vallen voor een verkeerde man? Te vaak, als je het aan Lucy vraagt. Dat heeft ze inmiddels wel gemerkt. Maar gelukkig leer je van elke keer, toch? Na Bradley, bij wie ze echt dacht dat ze het dit keer goed had gedaan, besluit ze het roer dan ook rigoureus om te gooien. Zelfstandigheid en vrijheid, dát is voortaan belangrijk. Ze heeft nu tenslotte het huis waar ze van droomde, en alleen is ze met haar drie honden nooit. Wat vaker iets impulsiefs doen, zoals haar zus haar aanraadt, lijkt haar in eerste instantie niet zo''n goed idee. Toch komt ook dat ervan wanneer ze op slag voor de opwindende Zack valt - al is dat niet direct wat haar zus bedoelde. En, verstandig of niet, vervelen doet ze zich sindsdien geen minuut meer. Vooral niet als blijkt dat ze nog niet van Bradley af is...

"Tesa myli Niką, bet jis pernelyg konservatyvus jai... nebent išmoktų šiek tiek atsipalaiduoti.Tesa Niuhart neabejoja, Nikas Džeimisonas nėra jai skirtasis. Jis dievina ikrus ir šampaną, vilki dizainerių siūtus kostiumus, ji mėgsta kiniškus koldūnus ir dėvėtus drabužius. Nikas – pavyzdingas advokatas, o Tesos vaikystė prabėgo komunoje ir ji vis dar kovoja dėl teisybės. Jis nori siekti karjeros, ji tenori... jo – tik ne karjeros ir visuomenės laiptais kylančio, o mielo, rūpestingo ir linksmo.Nikas taip pat trokšta Tesos, bet šiuo metu jam svarbiau tapti advokatų kontoros partneriu. Tikslas ranka pasiekiamas – tereikia įkalbėti draugę apsimesti jo sužadėtine per svarbią savaitgalio viešnagę."

Elė siekia žvaigždžių. Čarliui gerai ir ant žemės. Ar jiems pakeliui?Elė Makgafi sutrikusi: ją ką tik paliko vaikinas ir atleido iš geriausiu laiku transliuojamos radijo laidos. Tačiau ji neketina palūžti. Elė planuoja dar kartą sublizgėti ir paversti žvaigžde laikiną naktinės laidos vedėją Čarlį Tenjelą. O jei jis padės užsigydyti širdies žaizdas trumpučiu meilės romanu – tuo geriau.Čarlis čia dirbs neilgai, todėl nori tik atsipalaiduoti, pagroti gerų dainų ir smagiai praleisti laiką. Populiarumas jo nevilioja. O štai Elė traukia dar ir kaip.Netikėtai vienos nakties nuotykis virsta žalingu keturių savaičių įpročiu. Regis, visos Elę kamavusios bėdos pašalintos... išskyrus vieną.

Lucy sa perfettamente che affrontare l''udienza per il divorzio non è certo il modo più allegro per iniziare la giornata, ma tramortire nelle stesse ventiquattro ore l''aitante poliziotto Zachery Warren e diventare il bersaglio preferito di un misterioso assassino non era davvero nelle sue previsioni. E tutto per colpa di Bradley. Ma chi è poi veramente costui, l''innocuo ex marito della donna o un pericoloso malvivente? È quello che Zach cercherà di scoprire stabilendosi a casa di Lucy per proteggerla e finendo per mettere a nudo molto più della sua vita privata...

Here together for the first time in a stunning eBook bundle, seven novels from beloved New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie: Tell Me Lies Maddie Faraday''s life would be perfect—if it weren''t for: her cheating husband, her suspicious daughter, her gossipy mother, her secretive best friend, her nosy neighbors, and that guy she lost her virginity to twenty years ago...Jennifer Cruise dishes up a funny, sexy, suspenseful novel about small-town secrets, big-time betrayals and the redemptive power of love, laughter and chocolate brownies. Crazy For You Quinn McKenzie is dating the world''s nicest guy, she has a good job, she''s surrounded by family and friends, and she''s bored to the point of insanity. But when Quinn decides to change her life by adopting a stray dog, everything begins to spiral out of control. Now she''s coping with dognapping, breaking and entering, seduction, sabotage, stalking, more secrets than she really wants to know, and two men who are suddenly crazy . . . for her. Welcome To Temptation Sophie Dempsey is content living a quiet life filming wedding videos until an assignment brings her to Temptation, Ohio. Sophie is from the wrong side of the tracks and everything in Temptation is a little too right. And when she has a run-in with the town''s unnervingly sexy mayor, Phineas Tucker, making a little movie turns out to be more than a little dangerous. Fast Women When down-on-her-luck divorcée Nell Dysart meets determined-to-dominate detective Gabe McKenna they find out that falling in love can be murder... Faking It Tilda has a history of forgery she''s trying to forget. Davy has a knack for scamming he''s trying to resist. But one fateful night, their good intentions go bad. And what they get up to is downright immoral, illegal, and irresistible. Bet Me It''s such a shock when Minerva Dobbs'' extremely logical choice for a boyfriend, David, dumps her three weeks before her perfect sister''s wedding. So when Min overhears David make a bet with his old nemesis—the gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey—that Cal can''t get Min into bed in a month, she decides that fate has just handed her a stacked deck: she can make Cal sweat his sex appeal and get a date to the wedding, if she plays along and doesn''t fold... Maybe This Time Andie Miller is ready to move on with her life. She wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But North asks one last favor: Since the death of a distant cousin, he''s become the guardian of two orphans who have already driven away three nannies. North needs someone to take care of the situation—and he knows Andie can handle anything. As Andie copes with the ghosts of her past and present, she begins to see that what she wants is the same thing that everyone in the house wants—a second chance.

Emily rast vor Wut: Ein Controller soll ihre Arbeit überwachen! Doch bald stellt sie fest, dass der attraktive Richard sie aus ganz anderen Gründen reizt... Liegen etwa Frühlingsgefühle in der Luft?

Minerva Dobbs ha un piano per ogni evenienza, perfino per le nozze della sorella. La sua missione è perdere i chili di troppo e trovare un accompagnatore che la faccia ben figurare nel ruolo di damigella d’onore. Come se la rinuncia ai carboidrati non fosse già abbastanza dolorosa, l’uomo che Min aveva accuratamente selezionato per il matrimonio decide di mollarla a tre settimane dall’evento, sguinzagliando poi sulle sue tracce il donnaiolo professionista Calvin Morrisey. Per vincere una scommessa, l’affascinante sconosciuto dovrà persuadere Min a concedersi a lui entro un mese. Ma quando lei viene a sapere del complotto ordito ai suoi danni, decide di prendere le dovute distanze... Ma la sua vita non finisce qui e dovrà presto vedersela con un ex infinitamente geloso, uno psicoterapeuta testardo, un gatto estremamente astuto e la proposta più pericolosa di quanto mai avesse potuto immaginare: il vero amore.

Kate Svenson may be a dynamite businesswoman—but after three failed engagements, she''s decided she''s hopeless at romance. What she needs is a Business Plan to help her find Mr. Right. The Cabins resort is ripe with eligible bachelors, all rich and ambitious—just her type. But they''re dropping like flies, and after fishing Kate''s latest reject out of the swimming pool Jake Templeton is convinced that Kate is nothing but trouble. Especially for him. A man who''s sworn off ambition and a woman hanging from the top of the corporate ladder don''t have much in common. But in that unpredictable territory known as the heart, anything can happen…

Lucy Savage is not having a good week. Her cheating husband, Bradley, lobbed the final insult when he stood her up in divorce court. A dye job gone wrong has left her hair green. And someone is trying to kill her. To top it off, sexy cop Zack Warren is certain that the very same man Lucy is trying to wash right out of her hair is the same Bradley he wants to arrest for embezzlement. When someone shoots at her and then her car blows up, Zack decides she needs twenty-four-hour police protection. Next thing Lucy knows, Zack has moved in to her big Victorian house, making them both sleepless…and not just from things that go bump in the night!

Jamás se imaginaron comprometidos hasta el crimen. La vida de Maddie Faraday sería perfecta de no ser por... - su marido infiel - su desconfiada hija - su inquisitiva madre - su infeliz mejor amiga - sus vecinos fisgones - y ese tipo a quien entregó su virginidad hace veinte años y que acaba de aparecer en la puerta de su casa. Pero las cosas aún pueden ir a peor -ni se imagina cómo-, porque en breve estará metida de lleno en todo tipo de chismorreos, chantajes y hasta en un asesinato. Parece que la vida en el sur de Ohio no es tan aburrida después de todo...

Er ist ein Traummann - aber vielleicht zu perfekt, um ganz von dieser Welt zu sein? Die Restauratorin Mab Brannigan wird von ihrem Onkel gebeten, den Karussells und Figuren in seinem Vergnügungspark Dreamland wieder zu altem Glanz zu verhelfen. Als der unverschämt charmante und gutaussehende Joe dort auftaucht, ist es um die sonst so vorwitzige Mab geschehen. Doch irgendetwas versteckt er vor ihr. Und auch Dreamland scheint ein magisches Geheimnis zu verbergen ... Jennifer Crusie unterrichtet kreatives Schreiben an der Ohio State University und lebt in Columbus, Ohio. In den USA schon lange eine "New-York-Times"-Bestsellerautorin, hat sie auch in Deutschland seit "Die Gerüchteköchin" mit ihren Romanen Leser und Kritiker gleichermassen begeistert.

Dumped by her boyfriend and demoted from WBBB''s prime-time spot, radio producer Allie McGuffey has nowhere to go but up. She plans to make her comeback by turning temporary DJ Charlie Tenniel into a household name. And if he''s willing to help cure her breakup blues with a rebound fling, that''s an added bonus. Charlie just wants to kick back, play good tunes and eat Chinese food. He''s not interested in becoming famous. But he is interested in Allie. And after all, what harm is a little chemistry between friends? But suddenly their one-night stand has become a four-week addiction. Night after night on the airwaves, his voice seduces her…and all the other women in town. He''s a hit. It looks as if Charlie''s solved all Allie''s problems…except one. What is she going to do when he leaves?

New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Crusie combines fast-paced banter, sexy situations, and unforgettable characters in this delightful romance about two reluctant lovers who couldn’t be more wrong about being right for each other. TRUST ME ON THIS Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down the biggest story of her career. Alec Prentice is a government agent working undercover to catch an elusive grifter. When they meet by accident, it’s a case of mistaken identities at first sight. What they don’t mistake is the instant attraction they have for each other, an attraction they’ll do everything in their power to resist—because Dennie thinks that Alec is running interference for her interview subject, and Alec suspects that Dennie is linked to his swindler. As the confusion grows, so do their feelings for each other, and what begins as a romantic comedy of errors may just end in the love affair of a lifetime.

"This is a story of faith: in human nature, in love, in romance, in connections that cannot be broken . . . [an] original and funny romantic thriller." — New York Journal of Books Andie Miller wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer, but he asks one final favor of her before they go their separate ways forever. A very distant cousin of his has died and left North as the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already, and things are getting worse. He needs a very special person to take care of the situation and he knows Andie can handle anything. Carter and Alice, aren''t your average delinquents, and the creepy old house where they live is being run by the worst housekeeper since Mrs. Danvers. What''s worse, Andie''s fiancé thinks this is all a plan by North to get Andie back, and he may be right. Andie''s dreams have been haunted by North since she arrived at the old house. And that''s not the only haunting. What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law, and, of course, her jealous fiancé. And just when she thinks things couldn''t get more complicated, North shows up on the doorstep making her wonder if maybe this time things could be different between them. If Andie can just get rid of all the guests and ghosts, she''s pretty sure she can save the kids, and herself, from the past. But fate might just have another thing in mind . . .

On Wednesday, Quinn McKenzie changes her life. On Thursday, she tries to get somebody to notice. On Thursday night, somebody does. Quinn McKenzie is dating the world''s nicest guy, she has a good job as a high school art teacher, she''s surrounded by family and friends who rely on her, and she''s bored to the point of insanity. But when Quinn decides to change her life by adopting a stray dog over everyone''s objections, everything begins to spiral out of control. Now she''s coping with dognapping, breaking and entering, seduction, sabotage, stalking, more secrets than she really wants to know, and two men who are suddenly crazy . . . for her.

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie brings humor and storytelling magic to this modern-day romance of a match made anywhere but in heaven—but destined for a fairy-tale ending. Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for strays and a weakness for a good story. Why else would she agree to the outrageous charade offered by her buttoned-down workaholic neighbor, Linc Blaise? The history professor needs to have a fiancée in order to capture his dream job, and Daisy is game to play the role. But something funny happens on their way to the altar that changes everything. Now, with the midnight hour approaching, will Daisy lose her prince, or will opposites not only attract but live happily ever after?

When a down-on-her-luck divorcée meets a determined-to-dominate detective, they find out that falling in love can be murder... Nell Dysart''s in trouble. Weighed down by an inexplicable divorce and a loss of appetite for everything, Nell is sleepwalking through life until her best friend finagles a job for her with a shabby little detective agency that has lots of potential and a boss who looks easy to manage. Gabe McKenna isn''t doing too well, either. His detective agency is wasting time on a blackmail case, his partner has decided he hates watching cheating spouses for money, and his ex-wife has just dumped him...again. The only thing that''s going his way is that his new secretary looks efficient, boring, and biddable. But looks can be deceiving and soon Nell and Gabe are squaring off over embezzlement, business cards, vandalism, dog-napping, blackmail, Chinese food, unprofessional sex, and really ugly office furniture, all of which turn out to be the least of their problems. Because soon, somebody starts killing people. And shortly after that, they start falling in love...

No one''s life is the same in Temptation, Ohio, after Sophie and Amy Dempsey arrive to make a documentary about the return of film star Clea Whipple.

Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding and a missing necklace, and the result is a sexy, hilarious adventure. Martin''s Press.