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DONNA HOPES HER LIFE WILL CHANGE WHEN SHE CO-WRITES A
NOVEL WITH A FAMOUS AUTHOR. INSTEAD, SHE ENCOUNTERS PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND PLAGIARISM AS SHE NAVIGATES A SEA OF DECEPTION.DONNA spends her lonely nights writing a novel until an embarrassing situation forces popular author GEOFFREY to charm Donna into writing with him. Donna quickly accepts without clarifying the terms. Geoffrey never lets Donna read their story ID/XX (Identity Doublecross) all the way through, and as he tapers off their collaboration, his girlfriend SANDRA helps him finish. Donna suspects that he will cut her out unless she can prove her contribution to the book.One morning Donna distracts Geoffrey so that her friend LORETTA can download a copy of ID/XX. Donna reads no further than the first page and sees that Geoffrey took sole authorship. It takes two weeks before Donna has the stomach to read the rest, and she recognizes passages lifted from other books. Before she can warn Geoffrey, she is accused of plagiarism “ a possible ruse to prevent her from claiming that she coauthored the story or accusing Geoffrey of plagiarizing her work.Geoffreys trusted friend, TOM, exposes the truth. Donna and he develop a friendship until she questions whether Tom is Geoffreys go-between or spy.After one last awkward interaction with Geoffrey, Donna knows exactly what she wants and has the courage to stand up for herself.