Time for Romance is a woman's guide dating and energizing your love life Lauren Amanda Shepherd takes you by the hand and pulls you up a 12-step journey toward self-knowledge, empowerment, love and romance. Sometimes she points you to warm and cozy comfortable places you know well, and sometimes she points out signposts warning you of what could happen if you don't carefully skip around those big puddles of icky gooey stuff you don't want to step into Some of the steps walk you right through self-esteem issues that occasionally pop up. Lauren shows you fun ways to develop your personal power using worksheets, checklists, and self-tests, that help you identify and appreciate your personal assets and values, and will head you toward a sense of control over your own life. You'll read real-life stories from women and men who have some words to the wise, some gloating, and yeah, some snarky comments and whining, too. After you've climbed all the "you-go-get-'em-girl" steps to the top on your journey toward empowerment, you'll feel energized and excited to be a charismatic 21st Century woman out there dating with confidence and pizzazz