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Women's romantic fiction novella available from
Eternal Press (Aug. 7, 2009)
and in print from Amazon



Romance Book Scene - 5 Hearts
This is a nicely written
short novel, told in the third person
from Sydney's perspective.
The style gives an element
of surprise in the story.
All and all the book
is nicely done with a sweet romance.

The Romance Studio - 4 out of 5
The author grabs you from the first chapter
and takes you on a great ride.
This story was easy to get into and hard to put down.
The characters are easy to relate to
and you quickly become involved in their story.

BookWenches - 4 out of 5
I quite enjoyed reading Picture This.
The story is fun,
and the main characters
are well matched and sweet together.
It mixes a little humor
and romance together
into a snappy and readable package
that will leave the reader
with a smile as well as
a renewed belief in happily ever after.

Rita's Reviews - 4 out of 5
This story was extremely easy to get into
but not so easy to put down.
I think I strained my eyes from sitting too long
at the computer. You can relate to the characters
and I easily become involved in their story.
Sydney is like the friend you cheer on
even though you secrectly aren't sure about the guy.

Romancing the Pubs
The heroine is intelligent and resilient.
The hero is sexy and charming.
And the political background
made for an exciting source
of external conflict.







Sydney didn't like the look
in Claudia's eye. Like she
was about to fire her.
"Uh oh. What's going on?"

Claudia took off her reading glasses,
always a precursor
to a delicate conversation.
Never a good sign.
"Do you remember Ben Taylor?"

Sydney released the breath
she held. "Is that a
trick question? We only have
a conversation about him
once a week or so."

She hadn't seen him
in almost a year, a night
that began with excitement
and promise, continued blissfully
for hours, and ended like
a train wreck, with Ben dragged
from the wreckage by another woman.
Possibly his fiancé.
Sydney could never quite
learn the true story,
but that fateful night
stood out in her memory as a marker.
The beginning of the end.
After that, all her dates ended
on a sour note. Ben Taylor had opened
the flood gates of Bad Date Hell.
From those gates streamed
a neverending lineup of ill-suited
matches, men who she should never
have wasted her time on,
but who each looked so tempting,
she couldn't resist trying.
That was the thing about Hell,
though, wasn't it?
People ended up there
because the sin always
seemed like a good idea at the time.

Claudia pursed her lips.
"Yes, I know. The thing is…
how do I put this?"

Sydney tensed. Claudia was not
one to dance around a topic.
Her style was more blunt -
the resulting blunt force trauma
notwithstanding. Something must be wrong.
Terribly wrong.

She blanched. "Is he… "
Her voice trailed off.
She couldn't finish.
Ben must be dead.
Why else would her editor
- her friend, her confidant,
her mentor - be looking at her
with such pity?

"He's here." Claudia watched
her as if ready to catch her woozy body.

Those two short words
snapped Sydney to attention. "Here?"