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Trust Me

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Being a devoted Amanda Quick fan, I've decided to look up all her many incarnations. I decided on _Trust Me_ as my first foray into her titles written as Jayne Ann Krentz and was well pleased with the selection.

The characters in this book are amazing -- every single one of them! Desdemona is one of the best romantic heroines I've seen. She is sharp, witty and has just enough edge to make her real. Sam is the perfect counterpart to Desdemona. He is brilliant yet so unsure of himself. He needs love and it is touching to watch Desdemona take him in and teach him about real trust and the true meaning of love and family. He also has the most irresistible tendency to just blurt out exactly what he's thinking. His forthrightness is sexy and refreshing. These two have such explosive chemistry and such witty banter that the pages fly by and soon you're at the end of the book before you've even realized it has begun.

Not only are the main characters remarkable, the secondary characters are great! Desdemona's family -- theater people who are all named after characters in Shakespeare's plays -- are hilarious, charming and endearing. Also, Sam's brothers are cute and early on give you insight to the underlying aspects of Sam's personality.

There is a mystery that comes into play mid-way through the book that drives the plot and expounds upon Desdemona's and Sam's relationship. More than anything though, the driving force of this book is the romance between Desdemona and Sam. Their's is a tender, turbulent love that warms the heart.

_Trust Me_, my first by Jayne Ann Krentz, will certainly not be my last. It is evident that under whatever pseudonym, Krentz or Quick, this lady has talent. I highly recommend this to anyone who has enjoyed work by Amanda Quick or to anyone who is looking for a fresh, enjoyable contemporary romance with memorable characters and a romance that is outstanding!

This story is probably the best Miss Krentz has ever written. I adore this story. It's a keeper on your shelf!

Desdemona is a caterer with a pass, Stark is a man who was left at the altar. Desdemona was hired to cater his wedding but ended up saving it. And when heat started to arise, mysterious things happen. Especially when the person is eager for ARCADE (the software) to kill...

I love this story. The suspense was wonderful, I couldn't breathe when I read the story. THIS IS A BUYER! GET IT!

This was my first ever Krentz and will surely not be the last.

This is the story of Desdemona and Stark. She watches as Stark is left at the altar but as the wedding caterer, she must get paid for her job. They take a liking to one another and he hires her to do all of his company's business catering as well as his personal escort! They are total opposites! She is from a theatre family that are all very close and help each other and his family hardly sees one another. She lives on emotion and he hates to make a sense!

At one of Stark's company parties, someone tries to steal his security program from his computer. He thinks it's Desdemona's half-brother Tony...she refuses to believe it could be him. So together they will search for the truth.

It's a quick read and I really enjoyed the characters in this book. It wasn't just one or two character but a book full of them....Starks two half-brothers, Desdomona and all of her family...it was nice to read a book with more than just a few characters....A nice change of pace.

Like so many other readers, I started reading Jayne Ann Krentz under her other name, Amanda Quick. I quickly devoured everything she had written and was extremly sad when I got to the end of her books. I love historicals, but I also wanted more of Krentz/Quick's writting so I ventured once again into the world of contemporary romance. _Trust Me_ was the first book I read by Jayne Ann Krentz; I picked it out from my library on a whim, but I don't think I could have picked a better book to start with.

Sam Stark was just abandoned at the alter... for the second time. Alone in his office, he is trying to fugure out what went wrong when in comes Desdemona Wainwright, the caterer for his canceled wedding reception. She demands to be payed for her work, even though she feels awful about interupting Stark at such a horrible time in his life. Feeling guilty, she invites him to dinner with her and the rest of the Wainwright clan. At first, Stark is reluctant to except, but he is intriuged by Desdemona, so he agrees. The Wainwright family is a huge clan of mostly out of work actors. They don't like Stark at first... "he's not a theater person". But, as he and Desdemona strike a deal, a passionate love envelopes them, and Desdemona defies her family. But, when a murderer and a blackmailer enter the scene, will Dedemona and Stark be able to find true happiness with each other? Can a precious trust be kept alive or will it be lost forever?

_Trust Me_ is a wonderful book by Jayne Ann Krentz. Desdemona was a heroine I really got to care for. She had a strong sense of family, and although it was sometimes a blind sense, Desdemona was loyal and loving. Stark was a very interesting hero. He is basically a nerd with a body that is too die for. I got the feeling he was supposed to be a handsom Bill Gates. One moment you want to jump into the book and give him a hug, and the next you want to throw the book against the wall in hope of bashing some sense into his head. At times he was very loveable and then thoroughly exasperating. The Wainwright family was delightful! They are definitly odd balls, but you love all of them. At times, they are very protective of Desdemona, and at other times they let her run wild. I loved reading about their side plots, and I think Jayne should wright about their plights sometime in the future. I could really conect with the sense of family, and I appreciated it.

Being a Seattle-ite, I loved the setting of this book. It was great to hear of a familiar place and to have an actual picture in my mind of what that place really looks like. My only problem with _Trust Me_ was that the mystery was a little weak. In all of Amanda Quick's books, the mystery keeps you guessing until the end, but with this book, I had it figured out befor Desdemona and Stark did. But, it is a wonderful romance, and I recomend it to Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz fans alike. Belive me (I would usually say "trust me", but that would be a little too corny), you have to read this wonderful book. It is full of snappy dialogue, quirky characters, and other distinct trademarks that make up a Krentz origional.

The man who abandoned at the altar for the second time is a sure-fire interest grabber. The caterer who ends up dating the jilted groom is another attention flag I can't resist. At this point I realized I wasn't going to be able to put this book down. The nerd who functions superbly in the world of his computer, but can't seem to understand the real world is a character who I can identify with (possibly JAK's most sympathetic male character ever). Desdimona is a little over the top, but I fell in love with her at once.

Albeit the book's computer tech is out of date about 20 years -this book was written in 95. You'll have a wonderful time reading it. It's not a thriller but is a good and touching love story when the couple try very hard to understand each other. If you go to the beach you can read it in a sitting with no problem at all.

"Trust Me" is another great JAK book! I love how JAK goes out of her way to create unique and funny characters. Here, we have Sam Stark, a high-tech, computer security nerd (reminds me of Bill Gates but sexier of course;-)) and Desdemona Wainwright, a quirky caterer who comes from a fringe theatre-type family. Because Stark is a bit of nerd, he is rather clueless in matters of the heart. He gets dumped by his second (yes second) fiancee at the altar. Despite his high consumption of cerebral brain matter (Stark spent time at a Colorado think tank) he doesn't seem to realize that a prenup agreement doesn't go over so well with the ladies. Desdemona of course doesn't care about prenups. She just wants to get her money for catering Stark's would-be wedding reception. Fortunately for Stark, Desdemona is a softy. She begins to feel sorry that Stark got dumped at the altar and invites him for an evening of fringe theatre instead of moping around on his would-be wedding night with an inflatable doll (you have to read the book to get this point). This of course leads to a mutual attraction between Stark and Desdemona. In the typical JAK fashion, "Trust Me" is full of sexual and romantic tension, which makes for a great read!

Being in engineering, I know lots of characters like Sam. He's actually pretty realistic - maybe too much so. I found myself cringing at some of his remarks - possibly because I've heard so many similar ones. I like the fact that he was actually trained in his field and worked in in for some time before making his fortune (what does JAK have against educated men anyway? Ever notice how many of her heros have little or no formal education, and how many of her unpleasant characters have PhDs?). The only unrealistic touch - women like the heroine rarely can overlook their total lack of social skills, let alone consider it part of the charm. Which is really a shame in many ways.. nerds make good husbands!

Trust me was the book that got me started on my Krentz book collection. The characters were easy to relate to and the story line was excellent and believable.Stark and Desdemona run into many problems in the course of their relationship but above all they still trust eachother which we all know is the most important aspect of love. I came across this book purely by accident but have since read it several times. I am convinced that anyone who picks it up will enjoy it as I did.

Desdemona is an odd ball in her family. She comes from a family of theater people, but she doesn't have any of the family talent for acting. Instead, she runs a catering company that helps keep the rest of the family financial stable.

Stark runs a computer security company and first meets Desdemona when he is jilted and Desdemona is trying to collect on her catering bill for a wedding that never happened.

The characters in the book seem flat and with about 100 pages left I found myself skimming because I didn't really care what happened. Sometimes the characters just acted completely irrationally. For example, they didn't call the police when major evidence was found in a murder case. I just couldn't get into it when the characters seemed so ridiculously unreal.