Amazon Karla Brandenburg Home Page Category:  Romance ISBN-10:  1430324481 Type: Fiction Pages: 221 Copyright: 2007 ISBN-13: 9781430324485 The high profile ad campaign Jack and Julianne develop together propels them into the spotlight as the industry’s hottest couple. But can they withstand the glare? JULIANNE DEANGELO’s life is on track: working toward a degree in marketing, she is also juggling a full-time job and planning her wedding. In spite of her full schedule, there is something missing in Julianne’s life. Driven to succeed, she joins an on-line marketing group where a mentor, JACK GUILDER, becomes her confidante. Their on-line relationship grows, adding to Julianne’s second thoughts when her fiancé comes home smelling of perfume. Adding insult to injury, Julianne spies her fiancé in a cozy tête-à-tête with her disloyal sister. Julianne cancels the wedding and throws herself into a marketing career with Jack, getting caught up in a web of deception. With their futures on the line, Julianne and Jack struggle to maintain the image they’ve created as a couple, but Julianne’s former fiancé isn’t giving up without a fight. Julianne hadn’t anticipated this obsession. Online afforded a false sense of intimacy; she recognized the feeling and consciously made an effort to avoid falling into that trap. It had to be pre-marriage jitters. Why else would she feel closer to a man she had met in person only twice?

Front Street Reviews
"Karla Brandenburg definitely keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. She throws in some nice twists to make it the not-so-average romance book. This story was made to feel as though this scenario could happen to any person - it felt very real-life. Julianne has a mom who favors her sister and seems a little unstable and unfair. Her sister, Suzanne, is a typical sister who isn’t perfect and who uses her looks to get what she wants. Families aren’t always perfect . . . but we still love them and do our best to get through life. Julianne has very real problems with her family and grits her teeth and pushes through the difficulties.

I would definitely recommend this romance novel. It is a quick read, filled with just enough adventure and excitement to keep you turning the pages . . . Karla Brandenburg does a great job at keeping the reader interested." Reviewed by Ashley Denis for Front Street Reviews


Road to Romance
"... At a time when computers and the Internet shorten actual distances even as they increase figurative ones, Karla Brandenburg's "An Intimate Distance" perfectly describes the effects of the pressures of life in the rat race . . . Julianne, with the typical dysfunctional family background is a couple of weeks from her wedding, when fate, her online buddy and sister conspire to change the course of her life. . .

I really liked "An Intimate Distance" as I could relate to most of what was going on. Karla's take on the influence of family on one's self-perception is brilliant. Equally incise is the manner in which she has condensed what can be really any workingwoman's life and choices. Networking, sexual harassment, emotional baggage, difficulties in letting go, and the need for life-work balance are all issues and experiences real enough to add to the romance."
Reviewed by Raakhee Suryaprakash for The Road to Romance