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Ronald Anderson a 39-year-old artist and art professor on sabbatical since the unexpected death of his wife in an automobile accident two years earlier. The tragedy has left him dark and distant, his art becoming dark and macabre, his life a humdrum daily existence devoid of hope, until the day Allie comes to his door. Allie (Alice May Jewett) is a 23-year-old Junior recently enrolled at the university after three years of community college in a small town in Montana. She too, has suffered great tragedy; the loss of her father during the war in Iraq ten years earlier. Naïve and quite innocent after a sheltered life spent helping her mother after her father’s death, she is on her own for the first time and learning about life and herself. Through their shared tragic histories, friendship and healing begins that quickly leads to stronger inner feelings of love and desire. Working through the nuances of generational differences, the two cling to each other, each in different ways. Ron is the nurtruing father figure Allie has never known. She is the impish, sometimes impudent girl teasing and eventually seducing the structured and romantically-resistant Ron. Working through their conflicts they find healing and hope, but not without external opposition. Allie must convince her mother that her relationship with Ron is more than a typical coed’s crush on a professor. Ron’s daughter, nearly Allie’s age, despite her own dark secret, finds her father’s new romance revolting. A Snapshot in Time is a compelling tale of two people finding hope and happiness in each other. The characters come to life with all their dark feelings and bright hopes, making the reader fall in love with both and hope for the best.

Doug Sterner is a widely published author of historical non-fiction. He is contributing author to such books as the best selling Chicken Soup for the Veterans’ Soul and The Army Leadership Manual. Recent books include: Go For Broke - The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry and his 2014 book Restoring Valor: One Couple’s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America’s Military Awards System (Skyhorse Publications). His historical work has resulted in appearances on all National and Cable News Networks, as well as such programs as “Good Morning America.” In May 2011 he was named CNN’s most intriguing person in the news, and has been featured in many news stories as well as AARP Magazine and Penthouse (January 2012). A Snapshot in Time is his first fiction work in more than 4 decades of writing, and he considers it one of his best works to date.