Alec and his boss Harry work for an unnamed agency that tracks down white collar criminals. Alec's Aunt Victoria invites him to a literary conference. Alec somehow determines that the land swindler they've been tracking down, Bond will show up at. Meanwhile, Dennie's a journalist who feels like she's not taking enough risks. She deduces that a famous author (Janice) whose husband is cheating on her will be at that same literary conference so Dennie heads their to stalk, er, get an interview. Oh, More...

This is not my favorite by this author, but I enjoyed it nonetheless, as I enjoy everything written by her. Crusie herself dubbed this novel ‘a slapstick comedy’, and I agree. It is a romantic comedy, a funny romp of a story incorporating mistaken identities, conmen, government agencies, and of course, love. The story takes place in a hotel during a pop lit writers’ conference. Are you smiling? You should.
Dennie is an investigative reporter who has always had it easy. Finally, she decides to ta More...

Still more flu, one more Jennifer Crusie. I'm wondering if I'll run out of Jennifer Crusies before flu virus. (And I had my flu shot this year, Gosh darn it!)

More romance and humor and shenanigans in the - I imagine - mythical town of Riverbend. It's beginning to sound like the place to pick up guys.

However, Jenny really upset me in this one. It didn't have anything to do with the romance, the intrigue, the humor. No it had to do with her knowledge of classic monster movies.

You see, at one point More...

Rating 3.5
I really like Jennifer Crusie, her books are totally wacko and fun because of that, you just have to be in the mood for quirky.
This book had way too many players which made it fun. The heroine is a reporter, the cautious sort who has never taken risks and has been in her safe job for twelve years when she gets a scoop about a feminist whose marriage is about to end, so she finally decides to take her best friend's advice and take a risk but things don't go as planned.

The hero Alec has More...

Jennifer Cruise says at the beginning of this story that this is the only screwball comedy she's ever written and I think she should write more! It still has her signature voice and wit all over it, but it is slightly different than her other books. That's one of the reasons I gave this a 3 Heart Review for the story. The story works so well – really it does, but because of it being a comedy of errors, one of the “rules” of romances is not to let the conflict be something that if the couple just More...

~* 3.5 Stars *~
Fluffy Fun
Determined reporter Dennie Banks is fired up to get her hooks on a story that will launch her from the society page and she thinks she has it when gossip about the impending divorce of a famed marriage advocate and feminist author drops in her lap. She uses some time away from her job to track down a lead and ends up in a hotel during a convention at which the author is speaking. Unfortunately, it's the same convention that federal agent and fraud specialist Alec Prentic More...

As an avid fan of Jennifer Crusies' books you'll have to pardon my gushing. I really really loved this book. It had everything I've come to expect from her, which is often not the case when dealing with an author's backlist. It has wonderful dialogue (a known Crusie factor), with believable and realistic characters (except for the end - no spoilers but I'll just say, huh?), while also having a fast paced plot and interesting (if not well fleshed out) secondary characters. Basically a Crusie befo More...

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 Denni More...

Jennifer Crusie has long been one of my favorite authors, and I have pretty much everything she's written. So I was beyond excited when I came across this book at a library sale and realized it was one I'd not read yet. I put it on the shelf, not intending to read it right away as I already have so many books lined up, but it began taunting me, “read me, you know you want to, trust me on this!” So I finally dove in, and oh, it was worth it. Jennifer Crusie never disappoints.

Dennie Banks is a re More...

Dennie Banks has successfully avoided difficult things all of her life. With her best friend Patience to catch her when and if she falls, Dennie has simply glided through life using her charm and very little effort. Now Patience is getting married, but before she leaves on her honeymoon she advises Dennie to take some risks and face some challenges - without considering the risk of failure. Which explains how Dennie, a reporter best known for wedding coverage, finds herself at a literature conve More...

Trust Me on This is a reissue for Crusie, but since I didn't get a chance to read it the first time around I was glad for the chance now. I've been a fan of Crusie since reading Welcome to Temptation, which has since become a favorite. I've found many of her most recent efforts--mostly collaborations with another author--disappointing, however. Trust Me on This is a return to classic Crusie. The author herself calls it a "screwball comedy" and it is, with misunderstandings gallore and a plethora More...

One of the few Crusies (an early one) that I hadn't read in high school. As usual with Crusie, you have to look past the fall-deeply-in-love-in-two-days plot ridiculousness, and just enjoy the screwball-like sniping (which frankly I always enjoy more in movies than on the page - it just seems so mean and dysfunctional in print), zany antics, etc. I respect Crusie a lot for attempting to deal with themes that she (presumably) deems useful for her readers: how to have some backbone, take what you More...

This book is a fun comedy of mistaken identities ans a rather serious examination of how the femenist movement can screw up a woman's thinking when it comes to love and romance vs. taking care of yourself and career. The plot hangs together really well and it it totally resonable to see how the characters draw the conclusions they do.

Dennie is a reported looking to stand on her own and take chances to get the big break she wants. After doing a puff interview she is onto some insider information More...

I've been reading some really good books lately so i feel like my ratings are getting a bit harsh. This was a good book for what is was: A short, easy to read, humorous romance. The book itself was too short and not detailed enough for me to even care about the characters. The whole book is a huge case of mistaken identity and people drawing their own conclusions. I liked the hero and heroine individually. They were amusing. I'm not usually a fan of someone calling me "dummy" as a term of endear More...

3.5 stars. Audio book. Once I started this audio book in the car I vaguely remembered starting it in paper form a while back but set it aside for some reason. I found it much more entertaining in the audio form. The reader was engaging and the story was fun. My only gripe: the reader made two of the characters who were around 60 sound like feeble 90 year olds. I'm sorry, but the 60 year olds that I know are quite vital! C'mon, Tom Selleck is over 60 and he doesn't talk like that. Ugh, stereotype More...

Audiobook.

2.5 stars.

The con artist investigation was ridiculous and disappointing.

I thought a few scenes with the H/h were funny and snappy but apart from that I was bored. There wasn't enough interation or emotional depth for me.

This is a nice little screwball comedy. It’s light and fluffy. It’s the easy read I enjoy between more substantial genres. I knew starting this book I wasn’t looking for anything too deep.
Jennifer Crusie has a definite and recognizable style. Even her books written for Bantam, like this one, carry her discernible stamp. She creates extremely likeable, approachable, sexy male leads. Alec Prentice is just too cute for words, and honourable too. I mean despite the wit, the banter there's always re More...

Romance. Two con artists, three English professors, two government agents, and a journalist walk into a hotel bar. This is another of Crusie's older books, repackaged and republished. The setup is super clunky, but once everyone's in the same place the book just zips along. The banter is great; all the making out is great; but the sex is not so great, and was in fact so unappealing I actually skimmed it. I liked the romance between the two thirty-somethings. They had chemistry and treated each o More...

Another winner for Crusie - fast paced story and dialogue, read by Angela Dawe who is quickly becoming a favorite narrator for me. Crusie herself calls it a "screwball comedy" - there are mistaken identities and con men and undercover cops and a bunch of staid and not-so staid college professors all holed up in a hotel for a four-day convention that ends up being not very conventional at all. Crusie even manages to introduce a dog into the story - after she finished writing it, because the publi More...

The first few books that I read by Jennifer Crusie were really great - funny, romantic, and fun overall. Maybe I got spoiled; or maybe I just keep giving her chances and I should just give up the ghost. See, I love a good romantic comedy in the movie theatre, and I keep looking for a book that can do the same for me. Bridget Jones did, and my first Jennifer Crusie books did also. This...didn't. It was fine. Loaned it to my Mom, who normally likes mysteries but was looking for something light. No More...

I love to read Jennifer Crusie books because she is from Ohio and generally sets her books here. It's fun to read about characters who live where I do. This is an old book from the 90's and even though the characters have their roots in my home state, Ohio does not really play into the setting. It's a fairly typical formula romance where people fall head over heels in love with eachother very quickly and for no apparent reason. Still, it's a Crusie book, so it's a quick, fun read. She's written More...

In the introduction to the book, Ms. Crusie states that she had always wanted to write a screwball comedy. And write one, she did! Trust Me on This was a pretty funny madcap adventure. In a way, it reminded me of an old black and white comedy. It's filled with mistaken identity, hijinks and major misunderstandings. Among all of these adventures, there are two very sweet romances. There are some big laugh out loud moments that kept me wanting to keep listening in my car long after I had arrived h More...

Jennifer Crusie can write, so that helps. On the other hand, this was awfully all over the place. On top of the fact that her books are really all starting to run together. Dennie. Another curly-haired brunette without a whole name. Alec. Who looks and acts remarkably like Alex, hero in book with curly-haired brunette, who also has lots of jaw like Mitch like Zach like Gabe. At first the run-on-sentence sex scenes were sexy. Now I've stopped reading them because they all sound the same. I've sto More...

I just started listening to this and have laughed out loud several times already. The narrarator does an excellent job putting the attitudes to the characters. Look forward to it every time I get in the car. Will let you know if it continues be be good. I love Jennifer's sense of humor!

Well, I just finished listening to this. It was humorous throughout the whole book. Dennie gives Alec a run for his money and keeps him on his toes. She is the perfect match for him and a strong women. I loved the More...

This book was enjoyable enough, but it felt like it was lacking something. There wasn't much of a plot; the characters weren't developed to their fullest extent; and the romance just wasn't totally believable. Falling in love with someone in three days? Sorry, but I don't buy it.

Also, I was super excited to see this was a story about a journalist and an FBI agent (I'm going to assume Alec is with the FBI, although that's never made clear.) I was expecting a little more excitement, but the plot w More...

Another underwhelming re-release from Crusie, this one from 1997. Her reissues have been extremely hit or miss for me. A few I've really enjoyed -- Cinderella Deal, Anyone But You, What the Lady Wants. A couple that barely earn 2 star status like Charlie All Night and now this one.

Crusie describes the story as a Screwball Comedy, which is an apt enough description. I like Screwball Comedies overall but maybe more in movies than books, or maybe there was just too much in Trust Me On This that ma More...

Trust Me On This is a screwball romantic comedy about mixed identities, a December/May (secondary) romance and an underlying message about marriage vs. career.

Surprisingly, this one was just "meh" for me. Most of Crusie's books make their way to my keeper shelf. I jumped on Crusie's bandwagon a few years ago after discovering her sharp wit and wicked sense of humor. I've been pushing her books on unsuspecting friends ever since.

There were a few laugh-out-loud moments. Like the comment about Al More...

JC is a brilliant writer. Her books are so quick and easy to read, because she has no slow spots, no weak writing, nothing to keep you from enjoying the story...other than it goes by too quickly!

Dennie is a reporter looking for her big break. Alec is an undercover agent looking for a conman. When he thinks she is working with the conman, hilarity ensues. Also like the love story between Alec's aunt and boss.

Read this in one day. Tried to read slower but just couldn't do it.

Jennifer Crusie is a writer you wish you could call up and have come over for dinner. She'd be a hoot! You can tell from the first pages of this book that she's an engaging story teller, loves her characters and loves the write. The dialogue was fun, fast-paced and made this an enjoyable and quick read. The plot didn't always make sense, but the writing was so brisk and the characters so enjoyable that I just surrendered to the whirlwind ride that is Trust Me on This.

Filled with fun! The author describes it as a screwball - "a combination of slapstick with fast-paced repartee" and it is surely that. Add on top of it the fact that two characters like to debate the finer points of Macbeth and you have a winner in my mind! The only downside is I now feel this pressing need to re-read Macbeth, and am depressed that the paper comparing the marriage of the Macbeths to a soap opera and the one in which Much Ado About Nothing was presented as a 1940s screwball comed More...