To Meghan

Jack Carlito is a writer, an artist, and a wannabe movie director looking for a deal. But time is running out and when he travels to Orlando for the annual Creative Screenwriting and Directing Convention, he knows this is his last best chance of making it happen.After checking in, he goes down to the hotel bar to grab some dinner, and then he sees her standing behind the bar, the real-life embodiment of the girl of his dreams. He leaves Orlando confident he has met the leading lady for the movie he is writing, and for his life. But when she vanishes, he is left without either, as he desperately tries to track down his femme fatale and find a way to achieve the cinematic dreams and the real-life love that eludes him.Lost in Translation meets La La Land in To Meghan, a page-turning, dazzling piece of femme fatale fiction filled with humor, heartfelt romance, and movie references galore, from James J. Caterino, the author of Miami Noir 1987 and The Geek Girl and the Quarterback.