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Make Believe

By: Tom Epperson

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Paperback | 15 March 2022

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370 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.08

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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.

Industry Reviews

"Tom's latest, called Make Believe, is about a screenwriter who comes from nowhere, but actually gets somewhere in the awful, glorious churn of Hollywood as it was, only a few years ago.The book is very funny. But it is also painfully familiar."

DEADLINE: Leaving Town, Tom Epperson Leaves A Novel Of The Late, Great Movie Era Behind by Michael Cieply

"There's a sweetness to the story, but it never gets cloying, and the fact that Laura's body is never recovered adds suspense to the book's third act.

It's a highly enjoyable, very readable novel that could be translated into a major motion picture. But what it's not is a case of Epperson rolling over to give some putative audience what he thinks it wants."

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Keeping up with Epperson's latest (romance) novel by Phillip Martin

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