Reality Bytes

Book excerpt: Emma is not having a very good start to her vacation. She's lost in love, lost her job and quickly feels like she's lost her mind as she finds herself getting caught up in the world of Internet chat sites. Toni isn't having the best week either. She's split up with her girlfriend, her cat has had a bad accident, and now she's caught a nasty virus that's left her housebound. Daily visits from a colleague have kept her in touch with the real world, but it's the Internet and Kayisha, the new chat site participant, who has really grabbed her attention. Then there's Cathy, Toni's employer. She's on cloud nine because her girlfriend Lisa has just officially moved in, and they're going to Italy for a month to celebrate their first anniversary. But will Toni's illness cut their plans short? And how will Lisa react to the news of Cathy's desire to have a child? Follow the lives of these four friends in a romantic tale that spans the globe and proves that one can cross the whole of cyberspace only to find love a few suburbs away.