Nine Romantic Stories brings together nine well-crafted and original tales of contemporary women seeking love.  Most of the stories were published in literary magazines, but a few are brand new.  From the mysteries of early love to the oddities of online deception, Sarett aims to capture the charm and wit of older Hollywood romance, but tinged with the metaphysical.

This is romance de-constructed, and turned on its head -- with characters who will enter your daily life.  In Sarett's world, love often disappoints, but not without surprise.  Character move, often as not, away from one another:  a physicist and a violinist are bound, not by a kiss, but by the memory of dead boy; in a reverse take on Hitchcock's Vertigo, a scorned art historican takes revenge by creating a new online persona; and a chance encounter leaves a man searching for a "mirage in hot sand."  

These are balanced with tales of marital friction, awkward wedding proposals, and even more internet dates gone awry.  Plus for readers who have enjoyed "Career Girl" and "Skinny Girl," there's another installment of this woebegone heroine's search for true happiness.