Asking for Trouble: A Novel - Softcover

Young, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380818973 ISBN 13: 9780380818976

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

Unmarried, thirty-year-old Sophy Metcalfe told a little white he to soothe her nagging mother. The white lies name was "Dominic," the ideal boyfriend: charming, successful, the kind of prospective son-in-law that would make any mother proud. But now that Sophy's thin and beautiful sister, Belinda, is getting married, Dominic is going to have to make an appearance in the flesh - which should be a pretty neat trick . . . since the genuine article vanished from Sophy's life after a single, singularly unmemorable evening. So she resorts to a very drastic measure - aka Josh Carmichael, the escort she hires at the very last minute, sight unseen.

But the trouble with white lies is that they tend to multiply. The trouble with rugged, too-sexy, and independent Josh is . . . well, that Sophy's actually beginning to like him! Even if they make it through the Wedding Day from Hell together - with its new intrigues, old flames, and all-too-familiar faces - there's the night that follows. . . and, of course, the morning after. And that could end up being the biggest trouble of all!

A hip, witty, and freshly fantastic delight, Asking for Trouble is the most hilarious and knowing novel to make the scene since Bridget Jones first set pen to paper to record her most intimate innermost thoughts.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

An irresistible first novel about a little white lie.

Sophy is single and happy about it. She does, however, have an imaginary boyfriend, Dominic -- a little white lie designed to keep Sophy?s mother off her back. Which is fine, until his presence is demanded at a family wedding. So does Sophy admit Dominic is a fantasy? Oh no, Sophy hires an escort.

But when the distinctly delicious Josh Carmichael arrives on her doorstop, Sophy can tell things are going to get tricky. And the wedding day is only the beginning.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Young started writing after holding a variety of jobs that included modeling for TV commercials in Cyprus and working for the Sultan's Armed Forces in Oman. She has two daughters and lives in Surrey with her husband who never once told her to forget writing and get a "proper" job.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0380818973
• ISBN 13: 9780380818976
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408