Trisha Ventker - Author of Internet Dates from Hell, 8/28/09

Internet Dates from Hell is not only a guide; it is also a six-year journey through author Trisha Ventker's dating life as a single kindergarten teacher who relocated from the suburbs to New York City to find her soul mate. Fielding as many as four hundred responses in one day, and receiving more than fifty two thousand hits on her personal ad in an eight-month span, she shares her frightening but true encounters in the world of online dating.

Follow Ventker through the trials and tribulations of her quest to find "Mr. Right." Along the path, Trisha Ventker endures hundreds of first dates. Encounters include a conspiracy theorist from the United Kingdom, a religious fanatic from Texas, a sadomasochistic psychiatrist, and even a pre-op transsexual, to name a few. Ventker's brutally honest memoir lets you step inside her shoes and experience her exciting journey firsthand.