Author Description

Isobel Latimer, a writer known for her moral tales, is trapped by the confines of her puritan image. Not a single dress can show off the faintest traces of her figure. With a literary reputation to uphold and massive, increasing debts to keep secret, Isobel is about to crack - everyone wants a cut of her talent, her time or her money, but only she knows there's nothing left to give. At wit's end, Isobel and her agent, Troy, conspire to create a new Isobel, a taboo-breaking, uninhibited bombshell of an author named Zelda Vere, a glamorous beauty with a blonde wig, artful makeup, and sexy underwear. As Zelda, Isobel wows the editors, and her manuscript is auctioned for gobs of money; but as in all morality tales, bad things happen: Philip learns he's been conned by the pool man, and Troy disappears with the proceeds of Isobel's second novel. However Isobel, who's learned a thing or two from Zelda, knows exactly what to do... A witty and entertaining romp that sizzles with intellectual energy and frankness. KIRKUS REVIEWS