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Book Blurb

Crowded girl bars, shady chat rooms, lesbian parties, women’s soccer. You name it and Adrian Edwards is there, prowling like the fiercest of hunters, focused on a perpetual search for that ever elusive four letter word called ‘love.’ From woman to woman she goes, relentless in her pursuit. Tamara, her best friend since high school, is always there to lend an ear or to roll her eyes as Adrian once again casts aside another woman, ticking off all the things that were ‘wrong’ about her. So used to the game, Tamara gives her gifts for the ‘hunt’ like safari hats, compasses and old fashioned looking glasses. Only problem is, they don’t seem to help.

Searching as if truly blindfolded, Adrian continues on her quest, going from a young, troubled go-go dancer, to an obsessive mail carrier, to a tweaked out tomboy, to a lusciously aggressive accountant with way more than numbers on her mind.

Until one day Adrian realizes she has to learn to be with the person she’s been resisting all along. Herself. It is while on this inner journey that a special someone truly steps into view and shakes up her world for good, proving once and for all that love is never elusive… as long as you love yourself.

Chasing Love is a heartfelt journey, one full of humor, sex, startling frankness, gripping reality and hard learned life lessons.

 

Book Review

This book is quirky with a touch of pathos, wild sexual interludes, and two very different love stories. The main gal takes an epic journey from and through some pretty bleak depths along some very strange byways that were simply brilliant. Fantastic!

Adrian Edwards is and needs to be one tough cookie to have battled through a bleak childhood, a rather ho hum job, and a revolving-door sex life that rarely seemed to provide more than a one-night stand. In contrast, her bestest pal, Tamara, believes—and it seems to be true—that she has found ‘her one’. I believe so, too, but this situation only makes Adrian even more glum and alone, until Tamara wrangles Adrian into taking an art class. That turns out to be the foundation for a positive turning point on many levels. This is clearly Adrian’s story and a heartfelt one at that! 

Morresay Morgan is the art instructor for the class that Adrian and Tamara attend. She is a stunning woman with talent and compassion. The early interactions between Adrian and Morresay are intriguing, evocative, and filled with missed opportunities and misconceptions. Actually, Adrian corners the market on the misconceptions. As Morresay really helps Adrian find her inner artist, she also finally convinces Adrian to continue her art education. There is a fantastic and totally unexpected scene where a chastened Adrian gets to truly see Morresay so that her misbelief is swept away.  

The more obvious, up front love story involving Tamara and her girlfriend Harriet provides a stunning counterpoint to Adrian’s chasing for love before it finally crashes into her. Adrian goes through an astounding number of really weird, short relationships and hard fought revelations.  Her chasing and questing were at times mind-blowing and quite often exhausting. Nevertheless, I would not have missed Adrian’s journey for anything! 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 264 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-December-2010
Price	$9.99 ebook, $16.95 paperback
Buy Link	http://bit.ly/HHVzVr