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SEPTEMBER, 2018
A PORTRAIT IN TIME
By: Barbara Donlon Bradley
The Plot:
Trey Dalton is having a very bad
day. Someone is trying to destroy his
plantation, his meddlesome aunt has
decided to extend her visit, and some
strange woman has appeared on his
doorstep spouting some crazy non-
sense about being from the future.
Alexandra Thibodaux’s day isn’t
any better. An urgent message had her
race to her grandmother’s side, only to
find Grams was up to something, and
it dealt with the old Dalton plantation.
It has a painting of a woman who is her twin. When her grand-
mother urges her to touch it, she is sent on an adventure that
brings her face-to-face with a man who is a Neanderthal and
takes her breath away.
An Excerpt
Looking around stopped Alex again. She noticed the furni-
ture wasn’t crowded into areas to allow room for tourists to walk
through. The room suddenly looked lived-in.
She stood up. ―I’ve got to get out of here.‖ Her boots
pounded against the oak floor. Once she hit the porch, she
stopped again. Her heart started to beat faster. The vending ma-
chines were gone, along with the sidewalk and the shell road.
There were no cars, or families with children yelling for attention.
All she heard was a dog barking in the distance, and the pound-
ing of horse’s hooves.
She started to hum the theme to the Twilight Zone as she
looked around. Alex expected to find Rod Serling standing
nearby doing his prologue.
She looked down at her boots. ―Okay,‖ she said out loud.
―This is only a dream. I must have hit my head when I fainted.
That’s all. In a few minutes, I’ll wake up and Grams will be
standing there laughing at me for being so silly.‖
***** Sime-Gin Review by Jan Crow: ―Barbara Donlon
Bradley presents her readers with a 5-star story of timeless love.
A Portrait in Time is definitely a keeper for me!‖
Available in Print and E-Book At:
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Length: 288 Pages
Heat Level: R
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Biography:
For Barbara Donlon Bradley, writing started innocently enough: like most, she kept diaries, journals, and
wrote an occasional letter, but she also had a vivid imagination and wrote scenes and short stories that added
characters to her favorite shows and comic books. As time went on she found the passion for writing to be a
strong drive for her. Humor is also very strong in her life. No matter how hard she tries to write something deep
and dark, it will never happen. That humor bleeds into her writing. Since she can't beat it, she has learned to use
it to her advantage. Now she lives in Tidewater, Virginia, with two cats, her mom, and her husband and son.
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