The Klone and I

Stephanie spent thirteen years married and raised two children with her husband, until he left her for a younger woman. She is devastated. A round of dates on New York's singles circuit goes badly, and she settles into the idea of raising her kids by herself.

Then a sudden trip to Paris puts Peter Baker in her path on the Left Bank. He is a handsome high-tech entrepreneur who seems almost too good to be true. Back in New York, he gets in touch with her, which surprises her.

Peter is shy and serious, and he chairs a bionic company. One day he is supposed to be away on business, yet a man who looks exactly like him turns up at Stephanie's Long Island cottage in day-glo satin and rhinestones. She takes it for a joke. It is not: this is Peter's double, who calls himself Paul Klone and has Peter's good looks but none of his reserve.

The book is a comic novel about romance after divorce, with a triangle of Stephanie, Peter and the Klone at its centre. Expect an outrageous, farcical tone, with the humour coming from the gap between the two near-identical men.