Jodi Marquette is poor, idealistic and brilliantly talented. But on her first venture into the chic art world of New York City, the highly influential gallery owner Morgan Smith rejects all of her lovely bird paintings. Still, from the galleries of Manhattan and elegant beach houses of the Hamptons, in gritty lesbian bars and exclusive private parties, the attraction between the two women is too powerful to resist. Morgan and Jodi come together only to pull apart again, finding both fleeting harmony and tragic misconceptions in one another. In the tradition of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice, EGRET tells the story of an intelligent, inexperienced young woman who must confront her own insecurities before she can meet a wealthy, powerful older lover on equal ground.

"SEETHES WITH SEXUAL ENERGY even as important points are being made about the relationship between art and ecology."

- Joan Gordon, author of Blood Read

The "romance novel" dynamic, so powerful in Western Lit.- think Brontes, Du Maruier – as well as current popular romances. The "Romance" traditions – heroine in distress, the dark stranger/lover, sexual tension, misunderstandings – provide the developmental framework for the plot of Egret.

The undercurrent of sensitivity to "East End" environmental issues adds to the reader's enjoyment. This is one good read - for the beach or for all year 'round!

An engrossing, fascinating and erotic book that portrays complex relationships as the high-powered lesbians of this story get to know one another and themselves. Good writing. Sexy characters! Really captures the Hamptons "scene," as well as that of the tempestuous New York art world.