The only way to come clean with everyone you've lied to — and if you've lied to nearly everyone in your life — is to come clean all at once.
So what did I do?
I threw a party, a New Year's Day party to launch my new life.

And so Jane Taylor comes clean. In fact, the new, wiser and gentler Jane tries to legally adopt the baby she found abandoned in a basket on Christmas Eve, Emma — who happens to be black. Amid rigorous interviews with the well-packaged caseworker from Social Services, and trying to explain to the rest of the world (namely her mother) how Emma came about, Jane decides that giving Emma a strong cultural heritage is first up on her list of mommy duties. She manages to befriend a woman who invites Jane and Emma to her all-black play group. Never one to walk the straight path, Jane navigates motherhood (and racial identity) with aplomb — much to the surprise of her friends and family.
Satirical, sassy and sometimes serious, Crossing the Line dares to delve into the unconventional world of familial and found relationships. In The Thin Pink Line, Jane draws a line that changes her life forever; here, she crosses the line — between singlehood and motherhood, between black and white, between what's expected and what's due.

This is the heartwarming and clever sequel to last year's "The Thin Pink Line, and marks the return of Jane Taylor and other popular characters, including Tolkien, Stan from Accounting and Dodo. In Crossing The Line, Jane is trying to become a mommy to the abandoned baby she found in a basket at the end of "The Thin Pink Line, but she's faced with many challenges before she can officially cross the line from singlehood into motherhood-and you and going to want to be with her every step of the way!

Lauren Baratz-Logsted is no longer a doughnut salesperson, a bookseller, a window washer, a sort-of librarian or a freelance editor. She still lives in Danbury, Connecticut, where she writes novels.