
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 3, 1995                   TAG: 9502030039
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: NANCY GLEINER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

REALLY TRUE ROMANCE

You've settled down to read yet another romance novel, and suddenly, right on the page, it's you in that passionate embrace. And whose body is intertwined with yours but (insert name here).

Sweet Savage Bliss!

At last, you can stop simply fantasizing that you and your sweetheart - or other object of your desires - are starring in a naughty narrative.

Swan Publishing's Evelyn Brown offers four choices of personalized romance novels, each with two sensuality levels.

The hard-bound, 100-page torrid tome can include hair and eye color, nicknames, favorite song, friends' names - even your pet's name or a custom-written epilogue based on real life (assuming you don't want to escape reality completely).

``Paradise Dream,'' the best-seller of the four, is an Indiana Jones-type story about an adventurous archaeologist, his beautiful blond/brunette/red-headed assistant and his untrustworthy best friend.

For approximately the cost of a dozen roses (which, unlike the love in your fantasies, will fade and die) you can get the G-rated version ($45); for $60 you can turn up the heat. Gift certificates also are available, for those who want to let someone else fill in the blanks.

To order, call (800) 535-7926.

Now, if you could just get Fabio or Sharon Stone to pose with (or as) you for the cover ...

by CNB