LOVE AND DECEPTION is a unique trio of short stories and a novella combined in one book which makes for easier reading. Each tale is about love, but elements of deception are always present. Do you remember your first love? What feelings or memories resonate when you think about that time? In A TASTE OF LOVE, a couple in their seventies reflects on the lost love they shared when they were young. Is it too late for them to begin again? NUMBER 23 is the story of a man trapped in a neurotic, sex-soaked marriage. He compulsively flies off to Thailand where he finds true love...but a shocking discovery may change everything. In THE OTHER WOMAN, the mysterious death of a novelist's wife brings his relationship with the woman of his dreams into question in this fast-paced tale of suspense. AGAINST THE ODDS, is a novella of love, war, and the ultimate deception when the destruction of Israel is imminent and an impossible gamble becomes the only option. Will the heroic action of two Air Force officers overcome the daunting obstacles...or will their Black Ops mission end in disaster?