If you can get disc brakes, YES.

I got a Specialized CX last fall. I went with Crux over Tri-Cross only because I was riding cf, and this one felt "good". I then put my wife on one, she wasn't a drop-bar gal, told me, "I don't think I want this, and she took a quick parking-lot test, and a couple saddle adjustments, she just totally disappeared for 20 minutes. When she came back, she said, "I LIKE THIS BIKE."

I rode in California over Christmas, it was a blast. But then, returning to Kansas, I got three puncture flats in 400 miles. Not fun to deal with in Kansas winter. I switched to Schwalbe Duremes, they fended off the same road-debris crap with impunity.