Hilde Aardal, a Nowegian woman has just finished her first book in English, The Mind's Eye. Based on personal experience, she decided to write a different story about falling in love over the Internet. "There are many horror stories published already about people being tricked on the Internet. I wanted to write something different. A story about two normal people, living normal lives. At the same time, I wanted to point out how easy it is to use little white lies to make ourselves more interesting," Aardal says.

The Mind's Eye is about Hedda, a young woman who runs a web-based company from home. She was raised to believe that men's primary concern is sex. Aside from occasionally meeting her two best friends, she spends most of her time alone.

Tired of being lonely and depressed, she places an ad on a Dating Site.

Michael G. Henderson is a teacher who was raised to believe that women are supposed to serve men. Aside from teaching children and walking his dog, Michael spends most of his time alone.

Tired of being depressed and lonely, he answers Hedda's ad, with surprising results for both of them.

Find out how easy it is to write what we think others want to read, how tempting it is to make ourselves more interesting than we really are and how all of this can lead to two people falling in love.

"The Mind's Eye" is sure to appeal to anyone who's ever "exaggerated slightly" while trying to impress someone else.

"It happens every day. We start communicating with strangers and it doesn't take long before we believe ourselves in love," Aardal says.

Hilde Aardal spends 4-5 months a year in Norway. The rest of her time is spent in a very small village on the south coast of Iceland. Here, she finds inspiration for new characters every day.

"Many of the characters in The Mind's Eye were found in the little village. I have lived in a big city all my life and the shock of entering a small community, left me with only two choices. One was to withdraw and hide behind closed doors, the other was to open up and communicate. I chose the latter and it proved to be the best option. There are so many things to be seen in a small village. I am against all gossip but I have used strong personalities for the book.

The woman with the binoculars is one example, the cashier at the supermarket is another.

What could have been a bad experience of falling in love over the Internet has instead turned into a positive one," Aardal concludes.