This book is my favorite book of all time! I fell in love with this book when it was first released in 2002, and the love is still there today. A thief, art fakes, a failing gallery, a family with many MANY personalities, even a conman fill each page of this book with hilarious confusion and secrets that beg to be released.
Meet the Goodnights, a respectable family who run a respectable art gallery―and have for generations. There's Gwen, the matriarch, who likes to escape reality; Eve, the oldest daughter, who has a slight identity problem (she has two); Nadine, the granddaughter, who's ready to follow in the family footsteps as soon as she can find a set that isn't leading off a cliff. And last, Matilda, the youngest daughter, who has inherited the secret locked down in the basement of the Goodnight Gallery, a secret she's willing to do almost anything to keep, even break into a house in the dead of night to steal back her past.
Meet the Dempseys, or at least meet Davy, a reformed con man who's just been ripped off for a cool three million by his financial manager, who then gallantly turned it over to Clea Lewis, the most beautiful sociopath Davy ever slept with. Davy wants the money back, but more than that, he'll do anything to keep Clea from winning, including break into her house in the dead of night to steal back his future.
One collision in a closet later, Tilda and Davy reluctantly join forces to combat Clea, suspicious art collectors, a disgruntled heir, and an exasperated hit man, all the while coping with a mutant dachshund, a jukebox stuck in the sixties, questionable sex, and the growing realization that they can't turn their backs on the people they were meant to be . . . or the people they were born to love.
Matilda is a character that everyone can relate to on some level -- the daughter that was "chosen" to carry on the family legacy, the one that is more concerned with her family than herself, and has secrets that almost prevent her from falling in love. Davy is the man that a lot of people wish they could find -- someone to rely on and who will break into a house to get you something you cant let anyone see.
This book is one that I go to when I need to feel good, or when Im feeling stressed. I cannot stress enough just how amazing this book really is. I have this on my kindle and in paperback as well -- ensuring I can read it no matter what.
This is not available on Kindle Unlimited, but is available on Kindle for $11.99, Amazon for $24.99, Barnes & Noble for $24.99, and Thriftbooks for $4.59.
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