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OCTOBER, 2018 VIRTUAL HARMONY and Other Short, Sweet Romances By: Liese Sherwood-Fabre The Plot: Love can bloom in infinite ways. Virtual Harmony and Other Short, Sweet Romances shares eleven tales of love through cute meetings to taking friendship to the next level to rekindling a marriage. Feelings can be sparked by an errant computer file, a hunt for diamonds, or even a fortune teller’s tale. All that is needed is to open one’s heart to let them in. Search, find, and deepen love along the way in these sweet romances. **** Bookbugworld Review by Rejitha R.: “Developing a romance within a short span requires tremen- dous skills. The author definitely wins our heart there.” Available in Print and E-Book At: Publisher: Little Elm Press Amazon BN Kobo iBooks An Excerpt From the first story, “Virtual Harmony”: It’d all started innocently enough. After plugging in my new MP3 player and booting up my computer to download my play- list, my finger froze just above the mouse. An unfamiliar file folder appeared along with the others: “George’s Songs.” Who was George, and how did he get on my computer? Having moved into the neighborhood less than a month ago, I didn’t know anyone in the area, and no one had access to my computer. Another new icon appeared at the bottom of my screen and blinked on and off. My new wireless system was working. I returned my gaze to the “George’s Songs” icon. Somehow, my computer’s system had picked up this George’s file and downloaded it to my machine. Curiosity won out over caution, and without thinking twice, I opened the file to check out his playlist. Almost the entire list of songs I’d planned to download onto my MP3 player was already in George’s. Whoever he was, George had good taste. Author Contact Info: Prices: Print: $5.99 E-Book: $1.99 Length: 82 Pages Heat Level: PG-13 Website Facebook Twitter Amazon Author Page Biography: Liese Sherwood-Fabre knew she was destined to write when she got an A+ in the second grade for her story about Dick, Jane, and Sally’s ruined picnic. After obtaining her PhD from Indiana University, she joined the fed- eral government and had the opportunity to work and live internationally for more than fifteen years—in Africa, Latin America, and Russia. Returning to the states, she seriously pursued her writing career and has published various pieces. Her debut novel Saving Hope, a thriller set in Russia, was based in part on her observations while in that country. She has recently turned to a childhood interest in Sherlock Holmes for an as-yet unpublished series on Sherlock growing up in a rather unusually gifted family. Along the way she has written and published a number of short stories, garnering awards such as a Pushcart Prize nomination. She recently collected eleven of these tales into a volume: Virtual Harmony and Other Short, Sweet Romances, released on October 15. 19 02