Picture This (ePub)

This engaging and evocative novel follows the exploits of Robb Marshall, a junior photographer at the Sentinel. He's two years into his career with a big city newspaper and he's still low man on the totem pole. He's also a musician, playing guitar in a cover band to earn money on the side. As Robb endures work at the paper, he applies to graduate school and dreams of working for a magazine.

Enter Ashley, a beautiful and enigmatic actress, who moves in next door. She is flighty and flirtatious with an insatiable appetite for living life in the fast lane. She's looking for her big break on Broadway and when she's not on auditions, she can be seen in the company of older men and often disappears for days at a time. Robb is intrigued as he's drawn into her world and finds himself falling in love. Being with Ashley is like being on a roller coaster that never stops as she scrambles his brain and turns his world upside out and inside down. As Robb navigates a series of unexpected events, he's forced to make choices about his future and his feelings for her.

Picture This is a coming of age story, a will-they-or-won't-they novel about big decisions in early adulthood and the vulnerability we experience when we fall in love. Set in 1970s Manhattan, the book paints a vivid and nostalgic picture of a time before cell phones and the internet transformed relationships and how we stay connected.