I listened to both Welcome to Temptation and Bet me over the weekend.
Welcome to temptation is the best audiobook I have listened to so far this year. The dialogue was smart and funny. The characters were amazing. Sophie Dempsey goes to Temptation, Ohio - a very small town to help her sister shoot a movie. her sister and brother are both raised by Sophie and relied on her their whole life. So her life centered around her little sister up until they reached Temptation. In temptation Sophie meets with the gorgeous mayor - Phin. From the moment of their first meeting they feel attraction to each other but otherwise bump heads every time they meet. The town council are convinced that Sophie and her sister are shooting porn, although that is not the truth..at least not in the beginning. The encounters between the main characters are so funny, I laughed almost the entire time while listening. The sex scenes were also incredibly funny but good, also creative but not descriptive. I truly enjoyed this book. Also the narrator was amazing - Aasne Vigesaa is amazing. I listened to Bitten by Kelley Armstrong narrated by her and was completely captivated in the story. I wish she narrated the rest of Jennifer Crusie books. Also Aasne is one of the narrators who do male southern accents come alive, though there was none of that in this book, still I highly recommend.
Bet me was the second book I listened to. I was not so captivated in the narration. I think it was ok but it was hard distinguishing the characters, and there are a lot of those to go around. Its good that Jennifer Crusie follows the dialogue with "....said" or I might have not known who was talking at the time. The book was funny and enjoyable but not on the same scale as Welcome to temptation. The romance was not to my liking and there is no steam until the last 10pages or so. Overall good book but Welcome to temptation is better.
