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Book Review By Billy Pashaie
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

The Dempsey sisters, Sophie and Amy, come to Temptation, Ohio, to film an art film on the aging film star, Clea Whipple. Temptation is a small town where, as the welcome sign says, the citizens "believe in family values." As they arrive into town, the Dempseys have an auto accident with a member of the town council. The mayor, Phin Tucker, and the police chief, Wes Mazur, come to investigate the crash and quickly Sophie and Phin fall for each other.

The town, not trusting the Dempseys, passes an anti-porn ordinance, and it is up to Phin to enforce the new law. Sophie, however, insists that she and Amy are not making porn, though the art film they are making begins more and more to resemble porn as Sophie uses her own sexual experiences with Phin as a template for the movie.

When Clea's irate ex-husband arrives in town he is quickly murdered. No one knows who the murderer is, though many suspect the Dempseys. But then Sophie herself becomes the target of the murderer. Phin is caught between his feelings for Sophie, with whom he is having "headbanging sex," and his duties as mayor.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action:
Who: - sister
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - a criminal (possibly)
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's

Main Female Character - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing

Setting
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - Boob talk - Vagia talk - whips, chains, and leather products used
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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