About the Book Falling in love wasnt supposed to be part of the stakes for Olive and Gabby, rival photographers in the competition of a lifetime. Book Synopsis Two rivals. One competition. Winner takes all. Olive spends her days taking awkward family photos. Her dreams of being a travel photographer are thwarted by a debilitating phobia. Ready to face her fears, Olive enters the Catalina Isle of Love contest where the winner will tour the world as staff photographer for a popular travel magazine. Olives biggest opponent is Gabby, who wins the competition every year and has a reputation for doing anything to succeed. Gabby manages her Italian familys chain of pizza restaurants. Shes ready to break free from her large, overbearing family and live her secret dream of being a photographer. For Gabby and Olive, nothing will stand in their way of winning...except maybe love. About the Author Lisa has been writing stories ever since she could hold a crayon and Big Chief tablet. Shes an ultimate romantic and loves creating genuine, passionate characters who seem so real that she finds it sad that they dont actually exist. When Lisa isnt creating scenes on her laptop, or with a crayon (old habits die hard), shes crunching numbers at her day job. In addition to writing, Lisa enjoys playing classical music on the ukulele, meditating daily, and her absolute favorite pastime is perusing bookstores--so much so that they should really start charging her rent. Lisa has a bachelors degree in communications and journalism from MSU in TX, and has completed creative writing courses at Santa Monica College in CA. Lisa lives in Los Angeles, CA, for the ocean, mountains, totally awesome weather, and only occasionally thinks about moving when she feels an earthquake tremble.