Successful fifty-something, Susan Anderson owns and operates a hip hair salon on the Las Vegas strip, decorated with her collection of disco memorabilia accumulated decades ago when she was one of the beautiful people on New York's disco scene.

Now happily married, Susan is known for her business savvy, her fabulous vintage ensembles, her faith, her big heart - and the impromptu disco dance numbers salon staff and clients join in when the spirit moves. If life is a dance, Susan's mastered all the loves.

But an exciting business opportunity and her husband's impending retirement rock her world, shaking Susan's foundation and revealing regrets and painful memories she thought she'd dealt with. Will Susan be able to face her past, reinvent her marriage, build her dream... and keep on dancing?

This summer, Allison launched her new Va-Va-Va Boom series, published by David C. Cook, where vibrant, successful fifty-somethings share laughter, tears, and advise as they pop into each others' lives via the Internet - and the airlines! Brought together in an online community known as Boomer Babes Rock, Susan, Patricia, and Mary form a fast friendship, even though they live in different parts of the country and lead completely different lives.

For Ursula Rhoades, her ONE LITTLE SECRET is about to become her one big problem! ONE LITTLE SECRET fits seamlessly into a culture obsessed with reality TV and celebrity lives (think American Idol and E! channel). Delving into the life of a fictional rock star, ONE LITTLE SECRET grabs readers from the start and takes them on a fun-loving ride through Hollywood and the famous GRAMMY awards.

In a land of glitz and glamour, Ursula Rhoades isn't fazed in the least by the constant parade of Prada and Tiffany's or the high-profile celebrity sightings.

A beautiful home, a loving family, and fulfilling volunteer opportunities leave this fashionable and loving Bel-Air housewife completely content, even if she did have to give up her dreams. Nikolai Prevelakis, or Nik Prevel to his fans, is the hottest young music star in the country. But it isn't enough. Handsome, famous, and living the life of a rock star, Nik isn't content. When his path crosses Ursula's, he sees the opportunity he's been waiting for, but what seems like a harmless little secret changes their lives forever-and becomes one big secret everyone's trying to figure out!

Ursula is a fun and hip main character - a baby boomer quite different from most heroines you see in today's inspirational fiction. Offset by a male protagonist who is capitavating and gets more likable and "deeper" as the story goes on, it's just plain fun to watch these characters interact. A Hollywood fairy tale with all the pleasures of escapist literature mixed with gentle lessons of using the talents God has given you, the power of sacrifice, self-esteem, and the value of being "just a housewife."

Allison loves to hear your thoughts about Susan and her dreams! Please send her an email today at AB@AllisonBottke.com.

MORE INTERVIEWS

• Allison tells about One Little Secret and stumbling into writing. Read Allison's interview in INFUZE magazine. (read the interview)
  


• Allison is interviewed by Cindy Swanson (Notes in the Key of Life) during her international blog tour. (listen to the interview)
  


• Allison was interviewed by Jill Hart of Christian Work At Home Moments about her second novel, One Little Secret. (listen to the interview)

Debut novelist Allison Bottke introduces Boomer Babe Dee Decker, a successful fundraising executive in Southern California, who is out to prove that a middle-aged Christian woman can be faithful, fashionable, and fabulous! Dee works in a world populated by highly competitive, impossibly thin, perfectly coiffed, and designer outfitted women. Dee has never felt like she fits in, but nonetheless enjoys a well-earned reputation as being cool, calm, collected, and in control. When she discovers that her husband is having an affair, Dee embarks on a journey of self-discovery (and plastic surgery) that will transform her inside and out. But it is Dee’s spiritual transformation that will bring real change to her life and the lives of her family.

In the course of one year Dee Decker

• has gastric bypass surgery and loses 150 pounds
• separates from her husband
• flourishes in her glamorous fundraiser job
• has plastic surgery
• buys a whole new wardrobe
• and becomes a Christian.

This dynamic Boomer Babe is a new person inside and out, and the future looks bright. But then a job offer sends her life in a direction she hadn't expected. Her past and present are about to collide in a major way. Will Dee discover how to balance the fast-paced Southern California lifestyle with her new values?

Allison Bottke is primarily known as the official God Allows U-Turns Poster Girl, after a dramatic u-turn in her own life at the age of 35. She is the author/editor of 18 non-fiction books including the acclaimed true story anthology series called: God Allows U-Turns. An inspirational speaker at conferences nationwide, she is frequently a guest on radio and television programs around the country. She is the co-author of I Can't Do It All! with Tracie Peterson and Dianne O'Brian, released in February 2006.