Debbi Rawlins, Glimpse of Fire

Glimpse of Fire By Debbi Rawlins

Ad executive Eric Harmon is stunned when he looks at a mannequin in a department store window as the dummy looks life like and is the most beautiful "person" he has ever seen. After he leaves to attend a corporate party, the mannequin rushes to the bathroom as former model Dallas Shea agreed to play a joke on Eric. At the party, Eric is stunned to see his mannequin walking around and introduces himself to her after figuring out that he was the victim of a prank.

Eric and Dallas begin seeing one another, but she hides what she does for a living from him. As they fall in love, Dallas believes the executive will dump her when he learns she is a construction worker as her blue collar work does not make for a manager's wife. He does not know why she wants to end what he thought was mutual bliss, but he plans to find out and remove the barrier to his fantasy becoming permanent reality.

This interesting contemporary romance stars a white collar male courting a lunch pail female mindful of welder Beals in Flashdance (though Dallas' image is somewhat tempered as she comes from a wealthy family). The gender bending story line is entertaining as Dallas concludes that the button down collar stud she loves could not deal with her occupation. The lead duet pulls off the tale as both seem genuine especially her concerns so that the audience obtains a delightful modern day romance.

Harriet Klausner