FAST WOMEN: A NOVEL by Jennifer Crusie

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Romance — with elements of suspense and
adventure — is at the heart of this novel. If
you call dognapping an adventure. Heroine
Nell, just divorced from a cheating husband,
applies for a secretarial position at a detective
agency. After she fumbles a few investigations,
her life changes drastically when she uncovers
murder, blackmail and embezzlement.
Crusie blends humor and romance, the funny and
the serious in this antiquated detective story set
in historical Ohio. Despite Gabe and Nell’s daily
battles over trivial office matters, they fall in
love, fight some more and have mad passionate
sex. The fast-paced romance develops the plot
neatly with a predictable ending, allowing the
reader to sit back and enjoy.

ANYONE BUT YOU by Jennifer Cruisie, 1996

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What the forty-year-old and divorced Nina Askew wants is an energetic young dog to cheer her up. She cannot stop herself, however, from rescuing the sad-eyed, flop-eared, dumpy and apparently depressed hound scheduled for execution. Soon named Fred, the dog promptly introduces Nina to the handsome but much younger emergency room doctor in the apartment under hers. Nina i convinced she is too old for Alex, though her friends and her hormones tell her otherwise.

Its refusal to take itself seriously and the endearing Fred make this light-hearted romance a treat.