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Bet Me
''Bet Me'' is a contemporary romance novel written by Jennifer Crusie. It won a Romance Writers of America Rita Award for Best Contemporary Single Title in 2005.
==Development==
As research for her doctoral dissertation, Jennifer Crusie determined to read 100 romance novels. Crusie had never explored that genre, and she was convinced she would find it difficult to wade through those types of books. To her surprise, she discovered that she enjoyed the genre, so much so that she became a literary critic for the genre and began writing romance novels herself.
She finished her initial draft of ''Bet Me'' in 1992. There was no interest from the publishing industry, and Crusie put the manuscript away. Over the next ten years, Crusie sold several short category romances, and then signed with St. Martin's Press to release longer single-title novels. In 2002, Crusie's editor at St. Martin's Press, Jennifer Enderlin, agreed to purchase ''Bet Me'', provided Crusie rewrite it.〔
The book was released February 10, 2004. The book was given much support by the publisher, including ads in ''The New York Times'' and ''Glamour''. To further support the book, Crusie embarked on a national book-signing tour. At Crusie's insistence, the cover of the book featured a cherry. This was a nod to her online fans, who had named themselves "The Cherries". Critic Kimberly Baldus sees the cherry "as a wink from author to readers and back again, creating a sense of a community forged through shared knowledge and insights about the novel". Crusie herself references the sense of community between readers and authors, describing it as "one of the most powerful aspects of the romance novel".〔quoted in Baldus, from one of Crusie's web posts.〕
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