Setting: Columbus, Ohio Sensuality: 7 Mural artist Tilda Goodnight is struggling to pay off the mortgage on the familybusiness and keep the Goodnight secrets safely hidden. Juggling her life getseven more complicated when she hides in Clea Lewis's closet and collides withsexy Davy Dempsey. Tilda is in Clea's bedroom to steal back a forged painting;Davy's there to steal Clea's account codes and retrieve the $3 millionthe larcenous blonde stole from him. Somehow, Tilda finds herself exchanging amind-blowing kiss with her fellow burglar, and when Davy follows her home andrents a room from her mother, she's forced to deal with the charming con man.Everyone in Tilda's world is pretending to be someone else, including herdaydreaming mother, her split-personality sister, and her cross-dressingex-brother-in-law. All of them, including Tilda and Davy, are Faking It.What will happen when all the secrets are out and everyone knows the truth abouteveryone else? Will Davy recover his 3 million? Will Tilda recover all theforged paintings and find her true artistic calling? Will Tilda's mother run offto Aruba with a hit man named Ford? And exactly what is the difference between aman labeled a "doughnut" and one who deserves the title "muffin"?Faking It is a hilarious, warm novel with a cast of quirky and wonderfulcharacters that endear while they charm. Readers who met the Dempsey siblings inCrusie's Welcome ToTemptation will be delighted to revisit the family and discover whathappens to Davy Dempsey when he meets his romantic nemesis, Tilda Goodnight.--Lois Faye Dyer