A new weight loss clinic in New York City has an offer for you — given them $5,000 and they’ll make you as thin as a supermodel. You can eat whatever you want and you’ll never gain an ounce. Tempted? Fledgling journalist Karen Sumner would be — if only she had $5,000.

When Karen finally walks through the blue and gold doors of The Program, she’s on the trail of the hottest story of her career. If she and her friends are right, The Program is doing something even worse than creating an army of unnaturally thin women.

Will they be able to stop The Program before it’s too late?

“Brilliant! I recommend The Program to every woman who feels insecure about her body because she thinks she weighs too much. In fact, I recommend The Program to every woman! Charlie Lovett has managed to weave romance, intrigue, suspense and mystery into this story while clearly depicting the insecurities of women who don’t like their bodies and how far they will go to become what they think (or society tells them) is the ‘perfect woman.'”

Pat Ballard, author of The Best Man, Abigail’s Revenge, Nobody’s Perfect & Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories.