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Originally published January 2007 in Trade Paperback.

Summary

Natalie Quackenbush is approaching thirty, drowning in debt—and did she mention she lives with her parents? It’s the kind of small talk she’d rather avoid. So she and her friends have found a new way to entertain themselves on the Scottsdale, Arizona singles scene: lying.

It’s an innocent game, but when Natalie meets a guy she actually likes—and wants to see again—how will she explain that her mother isn’t actually insane? Or that she doesn’t really work with convicted murderers? If she can find a way out of her lies without destroying this fragile new relationship along the way, she might just wind up with something real.