"Witty Romance"

Best-selling author Crusie is back again with a witty novel replete with steamy love scenes and a humorous look at the ups and downs of relationships. Matilda "Tilda" Goodnight is struggling to keep her family afloat as she is commissioned to paint murals for various private patrons.

Enter Davy Dempsey, con man extraordinaire, who wants the money that former lover Clea Lewis stole from him. As Davy rents an apartment from Gwen, Tilda's mother, he and Tilda hit it off from their first encounter in a closet. Tilda is at the home of Mason, a friend of her deceased father's, to locate a painting she forged years ago. And Davy is there looking for his money that Mason's squeeze, Clea, snatched from him.

Sounds zany - it only gets better with Tilda's sister, Eve, or "Louise", her alter-ego, who sleeps with Davy's fellow con-man and thief, Simon. And there is Ford a "hit man" who is after Davy upon orders from Clea. But Ford seems interested in Gwen, even though her teen-aged granddaughter, Nadine, discovered that he was under contract to take Davy out.

Ms. Crusie's latest is another in a long line of fabulous reads filled with quirky relationships amidst a roller coaster ride of plot twists and turns and spicy bedroom scenes. This one is definitely not to be missed.

Reviewed by Sheri Melnick
Posted August 26, 2002