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“First, promise me no more lame lines,” she said, and watched his jaw clench.

  “Anything you want,” he said.

  Min shook her head. “Another line. I suppose you can’t help it. And free food is always good.” She picked up her purse from the bar. “Let’s go.”

  She walked away before he could say anything else, and he followed her, past a dumbfounded Liza and a delighted Bonnie, across the floor and up onto the landing by the door, and the last thing she saw as they left was David looking outraged.

  The evening was turning out much better than she’d expected.

  St. Martin’s Paperbacks Titles by Jennifer Crusie

  Faking It

  Fast Women

  Welcome to Temptation

  Crazy for You

  Tell Me Lies

  Bet Me

  Acknowledgments

  This is my chance to show my long-overdue gratitude to the faculty of the Ohio State University Creative Writing Department, in particular Lee K. Abbott, Melanie Rae Thon, Lore Segal, Michelle Herman, and Bill Roorbach, for their support, guidance, and wisdom. I’d also like to thank Ron Carlson and Alice MacDermott, visiting professors who taught me so much in such a short time, and Christopher Griffin and Cartha Sexton for keeping the administrative part of my education on track so that I actually graduated. Finally, I must thank my fellow students in the Creative Writing Program, who did me the ultimate honor of treating my work with respect and attention, for their encouragement and companionship. In particular, I am grateful to Will Allison, Richard Ashbrook, Michael Azre, Michael Charlton, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Kristina Emick, Polly Farquhar, David Ferguson, Kathryn Flewelling, Steve Guinan, Vicki Henriksen, Michael Lohre, Jeff MacGregor, Bruce Machart, Susan McGowan, Susan Metcalfe, Tom Moss, Jason Nunemaker, Dan O’Dair, Bruce Ortquist, Todd Renger, Bonnie Riedinger, Vicki Schwab, John Shamlou, Deborah Sobeloff, Tamara Stevens, Laura Swenson, Mary Tabor, Rick Vartorella, and Deborah Way. I apologize to anyone I may have missed.

  CRAZY FOR YOU

  Copyright © 1999 by Jennifer Crusie Smith.

  Excerpt from Bet Me copyright © 2004 by Jennifer Crusie Smith.

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  ISBN: 978-1-4299-8606-9

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