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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 women 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-Gens 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: Satin Romance Amazon BN Author Contact Info: Prices: Print: $16.99 E-Book: $4.99 Length: 288 Pages Heat Level: R Website Blog Facebook Twitter Amazon Author Page Biography: Writing for Barbara Donlon Bradley 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 adding charac- ters 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, mom, her husband and son. 26 02