Asking for Trouble, a novel by Elizabeth Young

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!

Moms always take care of their children. Mostly, their attentions make the children mad. So does Sophy. She makes a lot of lies to make her mother happy. This book is so funny because Sophy has to make lies to cover the other lies. Such an interesting character. Her imagination is flowing anywhere.

I can’t stand of Sophy’s and Josh’s feeling. Why just can’t they show it? Without lies, of course. And, Belinda’s case. I think that sequence is not important to Sophy’s and Josh’s feeling. Wait a minute, maybe it’s important, but not too important. If Belinda doesn’t run away, Josh won’t be caught and Sophy has to make other lies. But… I can’t say anymore. It’s complicated.

All I can say is: lies are viruses. Longer you make lies, deeper you fell. After one lie, you have to make other lie so as not to be caught.

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