Coming in October 2009! Ordinary World: A Sequel to Faking It 

Six years after Andi leaves New York, she has everything she wants: a tenured professorship, a published book, and a blissful marriage. But what happens when tragedy strikes?

Author Elisa Lorello has created a story of love and loss, joy and sorrow, heartbreak and hope, all the while keeping us hooked through the laughter and the tears.

Faking It

What happens when an uptight writing professor and an escort become friends?

Thirty-four-year old professor Andi Cutrone has broken up with her fiancé in Massachusetts , moved back to her native New York, and wants to be a better lover. So after meeting Devin, a handsome, charming escort, she proposes an unusual arrangement: lessons about writing in exchange for lessons about sex. When Devin accepts Andi’s proposal, he draws up a contract in which the two are forbidden to see each other socially. There’s just one problem: Andi also wants Devin.

Halfway into their arrangement, Devin and Andi break the rules of their contract and begin spending time together outside their weekly tutorials of drafting essays and dancing while stripped down. As they grow closer, Andi struggles to hide her feelings from Devin and accept herself as just another client while Devin attempts to maintain a “business as usual” attitude. Enter Sam, a New England professor with whom Andi begins a long distance relationship.

As their protective layers peel away, Andi and Devin discover each other ‘faking it’ and hiding their true selves from the world. However, once fully uncovered, both must decide how (and with whom) they will honor these truths. Will she give up her New York life for Sam? Will she hold out for Devin? Is it even possible to be in love with two men?

Faking It is a witty, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching story about relationships, writing, and getting real.

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Elisa's reading list

I don't get to indulge in nearly enough pleasure reading, but here are some must-reads, plus whatever's sitting on my end table at the moment.

Currently reading: Dune Road (Jane Green)

The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)

Claws (Stacey Cochran)

Always Looking Up (Michael J. Fox)

The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)

Certain Girls (Jennifer Weiner)

Twilight (Stephanie Myers)

When You are Engulfed in Flames (David Sedaris)

Garden of Last Days (Andre Dubus III)

Straight Man (Richard Russo)

On Writing (Stephen King)

A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)

Bridge of Sighs (Richard Russo)

I Feel Bad About My Neck (Nora Ephron)

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda)

Good in Bed (Jennifer Weiner)

The Other Side of the Story (Marion Keyes)

Remember Me (Sophie Kinsella)

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Bill Bryson)

Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)

Dress Your Family in Courderoy and Denim (David Sedaris)

Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)