Could love be a nip/tuck away?

Having endured her mother’s fourth wedding, hypnotized by reruns of Extreme Makeover®, and tempted by Zvengali-esque image consultant Kennedy J, über bridesmaid Dot Lindell launches into an odyssey of self improvement, plastic surgery and therapy.

What price will she pay?

Beauty and the Bridesmaid is a darkly comic tale of transformation and choices, frenemies and friendship, the heroic saga of a nice woman who just wants to look in a mirror and feel beautiful.

Lisa Souza lives an often damp existence in Western Washington. She is a former Microsoft employee, a registered hypnotist and a terrible multi-tasker.

She’s also a joiner: the National Guild of Hypnotists, the HypnoChicks, the fine folks at Stage32.com, the Skagit Valley Writers League, the Northwest Women Writers and the Wet Coast Writers. Which is a lot of joining.

The staff at the Fairgrounds continues to inspire her while providing much needed material (oh the stories they tell!) and her G-Prep buddies keep her honest.

She lives with her engineer/author husband Mark Souza,(of “Robyn’s Egg” fame), her two creative daughters and perhaps the world’s goofiest looking dog.