Available for the first time as an ebook, THOUGHTS WHILE HAVING SEX is the debut novel by Stephanie Lehmann, author of ASTOR PLACE VINTAGE.

Jennifer Ward, a 25-year-old aspiring playwright living in New York City, has the hardest time allowing herself to feel pleasure. The challenge might arise while she’s watching a performance of her own play, eating a dessert, or, god-forbid, trying to have an orgasm. The conflicting thoughts swirling around in her head keep Jennifer from not only enjoying the moment, but also going after what she wants.

Though Jennifer tends to view life — and her own flaws — with a wry sense of humor, her newest play is quite serious. The drama tackles the love/hate relationship she had with her tortured and beautiful older sister who committed suicide. When a director offers to stage a small, Off-Off Broadway production, Jennifer is thrilled (and terrified) by the opportunity — as well as her attraction to the director. Auditions begin, and a gorgeous, charismatic actress is cast as the older sister. During rehearsals, life imitates art as tangled emotions grow in a triangle between writer, director and actress. The huge, crazy challenges involved in mounting a low-budget play add fuel to the fire, until the dramas taking place in Jennifer’s mind, in her bed, and on the stage all come to a head on opening night.

“…a poignant look at the troubled relationship of two sisters and the surviving sister’s guilt… tremendous…” — theromancereadersconnection.com

“…full of drama and shows a great deal of character insight…” — thebestreviews.com

“You’ll be scouring the bookshelves in the hopes of finding that Lehmann has published another novel to follow this debut.” — womenwriters.net

“might well be what you’d get if you asked Woody Allen to pen an episode of “Sex and the City”. — aromancereview.com