Bet Me

Bet Me
by Jennifer Crusie

Bet Me
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Author: Jennifer Crusie
Narrator: Deanna Hurst
Edition: Audio Cassette
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-09-28
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Paperback Audiobooks

Book Reviews of Bet Me

Book Review: Loved it - my all time favorite Crusie book!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I could not put it down when I picked it up and started reading it yesterday. I ended up staying up to 4 am to finish it (and now I am extremely tired due to 2.5 hours of sleep). But the book was worth it!

There are plenty of summaries about the story already, so no need to get into that again. However, I do want to point out that (IMO) Min is not what I would call "fat" per se, she's voluptuous and curvy - that's a far cry from fat! It's mentioned in the book that she's a couple sizes bigger than an 8 - so I would say she's about a 12 (that's what I pictured in my head anyway). Well that's not fat, that's pretty average. Of course, compared to her size 2 sister and size 4 mother, she would appear on the heavier side.

In any case, if you love Crusie's writing style, you will love this book too! Very funny, heartwarming and sexy!

Summary of Bet Me

Setting: small city in Ohio

Thirty-three-year-old Minerva Dobbs is annoyed when her current boyfriend dumps her three weeks before her sisters' wedding. But she's downright furious a few moments later when she overhears her now "ex" boyfriend bet hunky Calvin Morrisey that he can't take her home and bed her. In fact, she's so angry at them both that she lets Cal take her to dinner and decides to string him along until after her sisters' wedding. Minerva pegs Cal as a handsome "used car salesman of seducers." Cal thinks Minerva is a "cranky, starving, risk-averse statistician." But Minerva's hormones keep whispering "this one," although she knows the gorgeous Cal isn't the man for her practical, white-cotton-bra, several-pounds-over-thin, self. And Cal is blindsided by the lust he feels for the voluptuous, sensual woman he glimpses behind Min's actuary exterior. While Cal and Min struggle to deal with their mutual distrust and attraction, their friends and families try their best to interfere and direct the progression of the unlikely romantic connection.

Bet Me is unabashedly, irrepressibly romantic. In the wacky, wonderful world of Min and Cal, author Jennifer Crusie leaves no humorous situation unexplored--no potential comedic cauldron left unstirred--no hysterically funny complication left undeveloped. The reader is treated to a seemingly mismatched hero and heroine who fling caution to the winds to explore their unexpected attraction. The sexual tension is hot, the dialogue witty and wickedly sarcastic, and the supporting cast of secondary characters hilarious. Like Min's favorite Krispy Kreme donuts, this novel is rich and sinfully delicious. Indulge. Enjoy. --Lois Faye Dyer


Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes, and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again.

But Fate has other plans, and it's not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they're dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including the biggest gamble of all-true love.

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