FAKING IT (Book 1)
After breaking off her engagement, thirty-something writing professor Andi Cutrone abandons New England for her native Long Island to focus on her career and start over. When she meets Devin at a cocktail party, the sight of an honest-to-goodness male escort shocks her—and fascinates her more than a little. Months later, Andi impulsively calls Devin. Over cheesecake in Brooklyn, she offers him a proposition: he will teach her how to be a better lover, and in return, she will give him writing lessons. He agrees, and together they embark upon an intense partnership that proves to be as instructive as it is arousing. For in the midst of lessons in rhetorical theory and foreplay, Andi and Devin delve into deeper questions about truth, beauty, and self, gradually coming face-to-face with the issues at the core of their emotional limitations. Smart, witty, and introspective, Faking It is an engrossing novel about two people discovering their authentic selves.
Since peaking at #6 on the Kindle Store Bestseller list in January 2010, Faking It has sold 250,000 units worldwide and in multiple languages.
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"With a confident, chatty writing style, Elisa Lorello has created witty, amusing, realistic characters in Faking It."
Alice Osborn, NC writer and teacher
"What a treat for me!"
Peter Elbow, Professor Emeritus of UMass-Amherst and rhetoric-composition scholar
FAKED OUT (the companion to Book 1)
Are you a fan of Faking It? Here’s the other side of the story...
Is this your introduction to Devin and Andi? Settle in for a one-of-a-kind love story...
As an escort, Devin has it all—an upscale loft in Manhattan, an extensive art collection, a hefty bank account, and an endless stream of satisfied female clients. But when writing professor Andi Cutrone proposes a unique arrangement—lessons in sex from him in exchange for lessons in writing from her—he eagerly accepts, intrigued with Andi’s direct manner and obvious intellect. Soon, however, Devin discovers he got more than he bargained for with an arrangement he says is all business but increasingly becomes something else entirely. The more time Devin spends with Andi, the more he realizes he wants out of the escort business—and, more than that, he wants her. But just as he’s about to cut the cord, Devin’s estranged father reveals not only that he has cancer but also that financial troubles are threatening his parents’ home. Devin’s only chance to make peace with his father and secure his mother’s future is to keep doing the one thing they despise, and to keep Andi at arm’s length, even as he longs to hold on to her forever.
Elisa Lorello’s Faking It books have been worldwide bestsellers. Now, she’s brought all of the passion of the original to this, its companion novel. With Faked Out, readers will feel like it’s their first time all over again.
Is this your introduction to Devin and Andi? Settle in for a one-of-a-kind love story...
As an escort, Devin has it all—an upscale loft in Manhattan, an extensive art collection, a hefty bank account, and an endless stream of satisfied female clients. But when writing professor Andi Cutrone proposes a unique arrangement—lessons in sex from him in exchange for lessons in writing from her—he eagerly accepts, intrigued with Andi’s direct manner and obvious intellect. Soon, however, Devin discovers he got more than he bargained for with an arrangement he says is all business but increasingly becomes something else entirely. The more time Devin spends with Andi, the more he realizes he wants out of the escort business—and, more than that, he wants her. But just as he’s about to cut the cord, Devin’s estranged father reveals not only that he has cancer but also that financial troubles are threatening his parents’ home. Devin’s only chance to make peace with his father and secure his mother’s future is to keep doing the one thing they despise, and to keep Andi at arm’s length, even as he longs to hold on to her forever.
Elisa Lorello’s Faking It books have been worldwide bestsellers. Now, she’s brought all of the passion of the original to this, its companion novel. With Faked Out, readers will feel like it’s their first time all over again.
"The book from Andi’s perspective was great but David’s was intense. It was equally amazing and tragic. Reading his side of the story changed every thought I had and made me love him even more than when I started. Can’t wait to read more in this series." ~ Goodreads reader
ORDINARY WORLD (Book 2)
Readers who fell in love with Andi Cutrone in Elisa Lorello’s first novel, Faking It, can now join Andi on a new journey in which she faces a challenge unlike any she has ever known. Ordinary World begins six years after Lorello’s first installment left off: Andi is blissfully married, works as a recently tenured professor at Northampton University, and is a published author. Life is ideal—until her husband’s death in a senseless accident shatters Andi’s world, plunging her into a gulf of depression and grief. Her family and friends do what that they can to ease her anguish, but no one seems to have the right words to heal Andi’s pain. On the advice of a friend, she travels to Italy to escape and unexpectedly runs into the man who once helped her discover her authentic self. As their friendship is renewed, Andi finally begins to heal, daring to hope that someday she will be happy again. Both wrenching and uplifting, Ordinary World is a moving tale of love and loss, joy and sorrow, heartbreak and hope.
Since peaking at #25 on the Kindle Store Bestseller list in January 2010, Ordinary World has sold 75,000 units worldwide and in multiple languages.
"Ms. Lorello really gets it. She has captured the experience of loss like no other author I have read." ~ Amazon reader review
"This was a moving book and told a wonderful story about the courage to move on. . . .This was the complete picture and a nice conclusion to Faking It. I was captured from start to finish!" ~ Amazon reader review
SHE HAS YOUR EYES (Book 3)
The heartfelt sequel to Kindle bestsellers Faking It and Ordinary World will have readers in stitches and in tears, all over again. Andi and David have settled happily into Andi’s Northampton home, but David wants more. He wants them to get married. Their discussion is put on hold when Wylie, a fifteen-year-old girl, shows up in their backyard, bearing news that takes David’s mind off the future and sends it spiraling into the past. Reeling from David’s news, Andi receives a startling announcement of her own, one that leads to a relationship with her estranged mother. As Andi and her mother get closer and Wylie weaves her way into their lives, Andi finds solace in an old comfort: her ex-fiancé. With the past threatening to eclipse their future, the timing for a wedding is all wrong. But if Andi knowsanything about timing, it’s that there’s no time to waste.
2015 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: General
"Just so blown away by the mixed emotions, love and lessons in this last sequel. Indeed in the end love prevailed."
~ Amazon reader review
LOVE, WYLIE (Book 4)
Fans of the international bestselling Faking It, Ordinary World, and She Has Your Eyes have a new love story to sink their hearts into with this delightful spinoff!
Wylie Baker is like many suburban sophomores: texting with her best friends Roxanne and Bottsy, impatient to escape the doldrums of high school, and yearning for a boyfriend. But when Wylie’s recently discovered biological father David and his wife, Andi, attend her ’80s-themed Sweet Sixteen costume party, her friends are intrigued by and attracted to the mystery man dressed as a British pop star. Wylie’s resistance to dish on him prompts her rival, Christina, to dig up the dirt on her own. A clash with Christina sends Wylie to detention, where she meets Clark Anderson, a cute senior clad in leather jacket and graphic T-shirts, who charms his teachers and takes an instant interest in Wylie. Smart and well read, he insists that they abandon their smartphones for pen and paper. Every correspondence draws them closer, until they are holding hands and stealing kisses. While Christina taunts Wylie in and out of school, Wylie’s deepening relationship with David and Andi troubles her parents, Janine and Peter, and her sister, Trish. Clark’s pending graduation threatens Wylie, Wylie’s impulsive behavior threatens all of her relationships, and Christina’s revelation about David’s past threatens to blow everything apart. Wylie’s only solace may be in the power of the written word. Elisa Lorello brings her classic wit and wisdom to family life, dating and relationships, and friendship while giving readers a chance to indulge in David and Andi’s romance once again.
Wylie Baker is like many suburban sophomores: texting with her best friends Roxanne and Bottsy, impatient to escape the doldrums of high school, and yearning for a boyfriend. But when Wylie’s recently discovered biological father David and his wife, Andi, attend her ’80s-themed Sweet Sixteen costume party, her friends are intrigued by and attracted to the mystery man dressed as a British pop star. Wylie’s resistance to dish on him prompts her rival, Christina, to dig up the dirt on her own. A clash with Christina sends Wylie to detention, where she meets Clark Anderson, a cute senior clad in leather jacket and graphic T-shirts, who charms his teachers and takes an instant interest in Wylie. Smart and well read, he insists that they abandon their smartphones for pen and paper. Every correspondence draws them closer, until they are holding hands and stealing kisses. While Christina taunts Wylie in and out of school, Wylie’s deepening relationship with David and Andi troubles her parents, Janine and Peter, and her sister, Trish. Clark’s pending graduation threatens Wylie, Wylie’s impulsive behavior threatens all of her relationships, and Christina’s revelation about David’s past threatens to blow everything apart. Wylie’s only solace may be in the power of the written word. Elisa Lorello brings her classic wit and wisdom to family life, dating and relationships, and friendship while giving readers a chance to indulge in David and Andi’s romance once again.
"Of all the Andi books, this one is my favorite. I love everyone coming together...the classic throwbacks to my youth in the 80s...and the current events and East Coast locale I adore. As always, Elisa weaves a tale of characters separate yet intertwined, different yet oh-so-similar, and all are rich in depth and detail." ~Amazon reader review