Kiel's unconventional ideas on how to achieve a perfect romance are put to the test after he is introduced to Alexsia.
Shy, deep-thinking Kiel has just one goal for his romantic Forever Love . To that end, he has formulated the Theory of 'Us' , which encompasses his ponderings on how to insulate relationships from the struggles, issues, and drama often experienced as two individuals become a couple.
Popular, pretty, and underachieving Alexsia, tired of attracting all the wrong guys for all the wrong reasons, is drawn to Kiel. After learning that he can only be interested in a girl who knows who she is and what she wants out of life, Alexsia undertakes to find herself, enlisting Kiel's help.
Despite knowing that she is out of his league, Kiel's feelings towards her bloom as he guides Alexsia in her struggles to let go of accustomed dating practices and embrace the Theory of 'Us' that he gradually reveals to her. An impetuous blunder jeopardizes his envisioned perfect romance.
This entertaining college-age boy-meets-girl story is suffused with a reasoned, yet nontraditional, approach to realizing true love. The 'how to' along with the 'what' and 'why' of its principles are illustrated, adding an element of practicality to the story.
* * * An Intimacy Innovation contains descriptive love scenes and a few expletives.
Although an avid reader growing up, Dan not once imagined himself as an author, nevertheless he has written two novels to date. His first work, Us: An Intimacy Innovation, came from the heart, an ambitious effort blending romance and relationship advice in a harmony he termed 'practical fiction'.
His second work, a thriller titled The Superior Arsenal came from the head and derives directly from his computer programming experience. Yet to be published, at its core it deals with the privacy risks of Big Data.
Dan was born and raised in Green Bay Wisconsin, and this background is woven into his tales. Despite a love of skiing, Wisconsin winters became an anathema to him and he headed south, currently residing in Tallahassee Florida. Along the way he picked up a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Georgia State University.
Not one who was ever perplexed by the 'what do I want to be when I grow up' question, it didn't take long before he achieved his ambition, first identified in eighth grade, of becoming a consulting computer programmer.