Make Believe by Tom Epperson

Make Believe by Tom Epperson

Make Believe is a light-hearted love story, set in the cynical, cutthroat world of Hollywood. Dustin Prewitt is a handsome screenwriter with a taste for women, money, big houses, and hot cars. His life is turned upside-down when Laura Keene, his beautiful but crazy movie star wife, disappears, leaving a suicide note on the beach that says she's drowned herself because he wouldn't dance with her. But Dustin's not exactly broken-hearted, because Laura comes from one of the richest families in America, which means if she's actually dead he's about to come into an enormous amount of money. Life gets even better for Dustin when he meets Penny Ruemmler, who rescues animals and works in a clothing store. Penny's not the glamorous type Dustin usually goes for, but that doesn't stop him from falling hard for her . But is Laura really dead? They never recovered her body. If she comes back, would Dustin dump the penniless Penny to get back with his rich wife? Or would he give everything up for love?

WARNING: This book should be bought only by those who believe in romance, stardust, luck, second chances, and make-believe.

Tom Epperson is the cowriter, with Billy Bob Thornton, of A Family Thing (starring Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones, nominated for the Humanitas Prize), One False Move (named as one of the year's best films by a number of top critics), and The Gift (directed by Sam Raimi, and starring Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, and Hillary Swank). Epperson's first book, The Kind One, was nominated for an Edgar and a Barry Award in 2009. He lives in Los Angeles.