Portrait Of Paloma

Portrait of Paloma

Review An enchanting tale?sensual without being obscene?an incredible debut novel?descriptive and vivid ...captures...characters and locales with clarity?. --The La Jolla Light, October 18, 2001This novel captivated me?this is not your tired and predictable May-December romance...(It) truly touched my heart --California Mission Studies Association newsletter, Fall 2001An enchanting tale?sensual without being obscene?an incredible debut novel?descriptive and vivid ...captures...characters and locales with clarity?. -- The La Jolla Light, October 18, 2001

This novel captivated me?this is not your tired and predictable May-December romance...(It) truly touched my heart --California Mission Studies Association newsletter, Fall 2001 A chance encounter at a coffee shop door a young woman of unusual promise and haunting problems, a widower grieving and lonely in the wake of a forty-year marriage strange candidates for romance and adventure? Not necessarily. From this casual meeting springs a May-November odyssey into distant lands, dark corners of the soul, and high places of the human spirit.Exploring a mans reactions, both base and noble, as the passion he feels conflicts with the path he knows he must take, Portrait of Paloma is a compelling story of lust and loyalty, friendship and survival, an intimate look at a womans quest to conquer her past, and an older mans need to help her do so.

?Id divided Paloma into alter egos. One Id bought, and I was getting my moneys worth?But the other persona attracted me more, the friend with whom I shared so many enthusiasms. She was the one I was courtingand sighing overeven as I guiltily made love to the first?

An engaging debut novel that is at heart a love story, Portrait of Paloma is also a provocative tale of gender, generation, and what two people can learn when they trust each other enough to bridge the divides of both.