An editor in the deadline-driven world of book publishing, thirty-something Elaine Salter faces more than her share of challenges. She has just inherited the job of editing best-selling author Spencer Stone's long-awaited novel. When she discovers that the book is a disaster, it's up to Elaine to salvage it. Revising Romance, a contemporary comedy of manners, offers a wry take on the double-bind of working women's lives in the twenty-first century. Elaine, a single mom, is in withdrawal from emotional attachments. However, while fact-checking Stone's novel, she meets Nathan Marks, a local antiquarian bookseller. Elaine finds herself drawn to Nathan, but has trouble interpreting his signals. As she assesses her expectations - emotional, financial and romantic - Elaine learns that romance isn't dead. It's alive and well and full of surprises.

About the Author: Melanie Dugan is a freelance journalist and library worker. She has worked as visual arts columnist for the Kingston Whig-Standard, as managing editor of a number of literary magazines, and was Associate Publisher at Quarry Press. For eight years Dugan was Margaret Atwood's personal assistant. Revising Romance is her second novel.

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