I had a chance to read Charles Wheelan's Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data.  It was an amazing read.  Is statistics sexy?  Perhaps not so much but Wheelan finds a way to make statistics relatable in a real-world way.  I thought his chapter explaining regression analysis was really straightforward, clear and understandable even for beginners.  If you are looking for a gentle introduction into statistics, you cannot go wrong with Wheelan's book.  Perhaps by the end, you will be convinced that statistics can be sexy.