N. D. Galland has created a delectable romantic comedy set in her home town of Marthas Vineyard long after the summer crowds have departed. With a satirists eye and a pitch-perfect ear for the social nuances of small-town life, itsPride and Prejudicefor the Bumble generation. Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofMarchandThe Secret ChordFrom the critically acclaimed author of Stepdog and The Fools Tale comes a romantic comedy that tells the story ofone journalist secretly juggling two bylinesfor competing newspapers on a small island.One island, two newspapers, and the reporter who played them bothJohanna Howesis a Marthas Vineyard native who left the Island at 18 and moved to New York City to become a writer. Now in her 30s, she reluctantly returns to care for her cranky, injured uncle.Needing income, she freelances for one island newspaper (the one Uncle Hank likes). But that doesnt cover her bills, so she creates an alter ego to write for the rival paper (the one Uncle Hank doesnt like). The Vineyard has a split personality part elite summer resort, part working-class small town. The Islands two papers the Journal and the Newes are famously at odds with each other and reflect the seasonal schism in their reporting. Everybodys shoulder seems to have a chip on it.Johanna gets personally ensnared in a messy situation shes assigned to write about for both papers: a wealthy seasonal resident sues the town for the right to use his private helicopter. When Johanna agrees to a cup of coffee with the witty, handsome stranger she meets at a zoning board meeting, she has no idea shes made a date with Orion Smith, helicopter owner. Orion, meanwhile, doesnt realize Johanna is the niece of his political nemesis, Henry Holmes.Johanna scrambles to keep her disparate identities separate from each other in the tiny off-season community, but everything she does just gets her into deeper troubleand further complicates her budding romance with the exasperating charmer shes doing her best not to fall for.A story about the half-truths we tell ourselves and others especially when our hearts are on the line.The most exciting story of skullduggery, intrigue and drama on Marthas Vineyard since the last time Alan Dershowitz was snubbed at a cocktail party. Peter Sagal, Host of NPRs Wait, Wait...Dont Tell Me! and author ofThe Incomplete Book of Running[A] gem of a novel. . . . this rollicking rom-com unfolds on Marthas Vineyard, which has spun its own share of fables. Quick, somebody call Hollywood. This one is ready for the big screen.Bob Drogin, author ofCurveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War