Brooding, self-loathing Tom Cartwright is a modestly successful ghostwriter whose ability to spell correctlyandmeet his deadlines has landed him the job of writing the autobiography of the wildly popular soap-opera star Georgina Nye. His imbibing, chain-smoking agent is swooning, and his offbeat, sweetly supportive live-in girlfriend of five years, Sara, is ecstaticβnew carpets!
Yet even as he feverishly pens (read: mostly makes up) Georginaβs βstraight-from-the-heartβ life story (heβs thinking maybe a thoughtful, feminist angle), he is lusting for Georgina herself. Soon Tomβpoor, misguided, painfully careening Tomβthinks he can have it all: a woman at home who loves him,anda hot, panting affair with a television diva. With a little planning, can itreallybe so hard?
In this clever, rollicking tale of sexual misadventures and the modern man, Mil Millington hilariously explores the sometimes foolish choices mere mortals can make when that certain chemistry forces us to think not with our heads or our hearts but with . . . well, things that usually lead us straight into serious trouble.
From the Trade Paperback edition.