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Sylvia’s : Don Frankel

Sylvia's : Don FrankelSylvia’s: It Is Said, If You Meet Someone Here …

Just like a mysterious woman, Sylvia’s is a dark, alluring escape for many New York City locals and tourists seeking a quaint and secluded sanctuary in the brightest and busiest city in the world. But before her caretakers realize her true value, someone else sets their sights on Sylvia’s.

Confident, handsome and gifted businessmen and childhood friends, Jack Prince and Thomas Mason, are the owners of Sylvia’s, a popular Upper East Side Manhattan bar named after Mason’s late wife. It is said, if you meet someone at Sylvia’s you may fall in love. The atmosphere is magical. The staff includes a potpourri of NYC personalities. The patrons include gangsters to ex-athletes and first-time dates to long-time romances that were conceived under the amber glow.

In Sylvia’s, Frankel, a native of New York City, offers readers a gritty, voyeuristic look at life, love, loss, passion and reinvention in New York City. A former NYC Housing Agency employee, Frankel has seen every kind of ‘character’ NYC could possibly assemble—from call-girls to corrupt politicians. Frankel delivers a compelling cast from all walks of life that provide even more color to the beautiful Sylvia’s-setting.

A main ‘character’ in the book, Sylvia’s is loved and lusted after. She is many things to many people. Her owners and patrons are flawed and this landmark is their salvation. The book promises readers will experience intrigue, excitement, happiness, anger, sadness and laughter.

 

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Killing the Dream : Matt Ross

Killing the Dream : Matt RossKilling the Dream

When Jim Fisher finds himself in a Dubai prison accused of murder for the second time in eighteen months he contemplates how his once idyllic life has come to this.

The millionaire property executive had the perfect life and the perfect wife. Until the trust was broken.

Relocating to Dubai was supposed to be a fresh start but living the dream swiftly descends into a living nightmare of betrayal and violent recriminations.

How well do you know your partner?

 

 

 

 

 

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After the Fire : MJ Buck

After the Fire : MJ BuckAfter the Fire

Burnt out by years as a Kansas City detective Sam Gunne had accepted the job as Element, South Dakota’s new sheriff partly because, “nothing bad ever happens in Element”.

Murders, kidnappings, and an arsonist targeting the towns fire department have left him wondering just how the residents define the word bad. Now, with a serial killer on the loose, he needs to catch the perpetrator fast or lose the woman he loves.

 

 

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The Shoulders On Which I Stand : Karimah Grayson

The Shoulders On Which I Stand : Karimah GraysonThe Shoulders On Which I Stand

Daria Van is a US History teacher in Broward County, FL. She is trying to wrap her head around one of her students being attacked after leaving her class room. Believing that US History should include everyone, her principal at South City High School in Broward County, FL, attacks her daily accusing her of inciting race riots.

After her husband takes a second wife and her principal begins following her, Daria reaches back into her past to locate her brother whose been on the run for twenty years to help her to bring normalcy back into her life.

 

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The Gumshoe Diaries : Nicholas Sheridan Stanton

The Gumshoe Diaries : Nicholas Sheridan StantonThe Gumshoe Diaries: Fortune Cookies Always Lie

Whitey Roode, a shaggy former gold shield on the LAPD turned private investigator after being invited to retire by the brass is hired by a quirky gay Asian couple, Lu Rong and Jai Lai to find the killer or killers of Lu’s niece Mei Li Teng, a.k.a. Sally November.

Little Miss Sally turns out to be anything but the goody two shoes college student that her Uncle believes her to be. What ensues is a wheels within wheels scavenger hunt for whodunit and why.

 

 

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Alexandra: A Christian Novel : Paula Rae Wallace

Alexandra: A Christian Novel : Paula Rae Wallace

Alexandra A Christian Novel

Geologist Alexandra Faulkner loves Colorado!

And she loves her silver mine above Silverton!

She also loves Brad Maxwell! Or thinks she thinks she does, at any rate!

Following a disastrous relationship with him, she fights to restore broken relationships: with her Lord, with her family, and with close friends! All this amidst danger and threats from local anarchists! Will she be arrested for theft of her dynamite? Even though she’s the victim?

Although she’s considered suspect by locals, Forestry Law Enforcement Agent, Doug Hunter, believes in her and comes to her rescue! Can she emerge to rebuild broken trust? With her dignity and Christian testimony intact?

And what about Doug?

 

 

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U Got to Have U Some Fun : Andrew Harkless

U Got to Have U Some Fun : Andrew HarklessU Got to Have U Some Fun

A mysterious ticket sends everyman John Smith on a life changing cruise ship vacation. The note with the ticket simply says: It’s time.

Having existed within a comfort zone of ordinary and mundane his entire life, John is forced to honor a promise made to his only child—an Army Sgt. killed in Afghanistan six months prior. During seven days in a variety of Caribbean ports and days at sea, John meets a diverse blend of passengers and crew who influence his life in monumental ways. His story will have you crying, laughing, crying while laughing, angry, rooting, and ultimately saying yes to one question…would I do anything for my children?

One reviewer said, “Perhaps the most important person on board is the spirit of John Smith’s dead son.” The affect his son’s life and sacrifice had on others is a revelation the grieving father did not expect.

Will John find out where the ticket came from? What will John’s life be like when he returns to port?

Rivaling the spirit of Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump and Herman Wouk’s Don’t Stop the Carnival, U Got to Have U Some Fun is the caterpillar metamorphosis of Good Intent, Kansas’ John Smith into his “butterfly” potential. He experiences a diverse supporting cast of ship employees, passengers, and island natives interesting enough to make the most steadfast homebodies dream of adventure. This group comes together in many ways and, in the end, one shines above the rest when who sent John’s ticket and why is revealed; although all intertwine in a satisfying conclusion…or new beginning?

Secondarily, the curtain is pulled back on the working conditions and often unethical business practices of the world’s largest cruise lines. Whether you are one of the 20 million people who cruise each year or someone who rarely even takes a vacation, this vivid work of fiction feels like the real thing.

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Ben Hur II – Exile : Joseph D. Shellim

Ben Hur II - Exile : Joseph D. ShellimBen Hur II – Exile

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* “No Library is complete without this book, every page astounds. I never wanted it to end.” – Stanley Joseph – Director, Producer, Composer).

* “I could not ‘put it down’ to take a breath!” (K. Solo, Literary Advocate).

* “The war between Rome and Jerusalem deserves to be called one of the most important events in world history. If the Temple might still be standing today, the history of the world would be inconceivably different.” – (Moses Hess; “Rome and Jerusalem.”)

…Ten years in the making and a long awaited historical account of history’s most impacting century. A new appraisal based on firsthand witness accounts is of awe and wonder, honor and Roman decadence, the great clash of beliefs, and the holiest war of all. There is victory shrouded in defeat, seen via the triumph of a forbidden love of a Roman and a Nazerite maiden amidst history’s greatest destruction. Alexander the Great’s request to the Jews for the first translation of the Hebrew Bible [‘The Septuagint’] became a greater feat than all his wars – it changed history.

Bernice: “What did you imagine this war was all about, my brave Roman warrior?”

Vespasian: “Gods are Gods – what difference which one!?”

Presented in a mode for today’s readers, with 50 images, new art works and a vast index for keeps, the tedious historical archives unfold with real dialogue to take you into this history-turning arena presented in 3 acts:

* AN ANCIENT SCROLLI * A FORBIDDEN LOVE   * HOLY WAR.

Also includes supplementary Preview highlights of 3 historical books.

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No Perfect Fate : Jackie Weger

No Perfect Fate : Jackie WegerNo Perfect Fate

Cleo Anderson’s people skills are hesitant and her life broken, yet she is determined to leave her past behind. Alone is good and she is finding her way. On a whim, she parks her Play-mor in a fish camp in the wilds of the Okefenokee Swamp, where gators yawn, bears slumber, and snakes slither.

The camp pace is slow, the owner kind, and the people friendly. Cleo encounters Fletcher Freemont Maitland and his goddaughter, eleven year-old Katie. Cleo didn’t know her life was about to unravel yet again, her heart would shatter, and that Fletcher Maitland would help her mend. But Cleo is about to find these things out the hard way.

Fletcher and Katie will change her life and if Cleo does not learn to accept that life is bountiful and fate imperfect, she will lose both forever.

 

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Celluloid : Holly Curtis

Celluloid : Holly CurtisCelluloid

Jimmy Clifford is a thirty-year-old movie addict and film memorabilia shop owner.  He is also very fed up. He is fed up with his best friend Oswald’s stupid, made-up card games, his drug dealer Pluto’s novelty drugs are losing their novelty and his anti-depressants don’t appear to be working anymore.

But when he discovers that the Crypt – a local, independent cinema that he regards as his ‘spiritual home’ – is to be demolished, he feels compelled to act.  Getting together with his friends and a fellow shop owner they decide upon an idea – there will be a ‘Save the Crypt’ cabaret night (featuring local performers) to highlight the situation and raise money in the process.

All Jimmy has to do for his part is get out and find seven acts in two months – not so easy when you’re an agoraphobic and you’re up against giant egos and a psychotic property developer.

 

 

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