What's New in 2023
FALLING STAR - The final book in the Dani Truehart trilogy is NOW AVAILABLE!
When scandal threatens to destroy the dazzling career of the world’s most beloved pop star, sixteen-year-old Dani Truehart must choose between accepting responsibility for her disastrous choices, possibly destroying her fame and fortune, or sacrificing those who made her famous and everyone she loves to preserve the stardom she has spent her entire life working to achieve. REVIEWS "Michele Kwasniewski brings to life the glamour and pressure of being a star" - George Brown, musician, songwriter, producer, and author of TOO HOT! KOOL & THE GANG & ME "Pop sensation Dani Truehart's star is dimmed after a life-changing event jeopardizes her career and relationships with the few people she can still trust. FALLING STAR gives an honest portrayal of the sacrifices made for life in the spotlight - and what one must do to stay there. Your heart will break, but you'll also root for Dani as she picks up the pieces of her shattered life and aspires to even greater heights. A 5-star read." - Nicole Gabor, award-winning author of CATWALK |
THE STAR DRESSING ROOM - The autobiographical sequel to THE RAIN MAY PASS will be released on June 13, 2023!
Alan Shayne documents his theater career as an acclaimed actor before becoming a casting director, producer, and President of Warner Bros. Television. Set in 1950s and '60s, Alan maneuvers the ups and downs of an actor's life, crossing paths with Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Lena Horne, and Maureen Stapleton. PRAISE THE STAR DRESSING ROOM is a personal, honest, moving journey of hope, passion, as well as confusion. But It is finally the evolution of a struggling young actor as he becomes a remarkable man. It is truly an American story of how a dream can transform our lives. -- Linda Lavin, actor, singer, and star of the TV series ALICE Alan Shayne's latest book is a page turning and delicious tale of his years as an actor In the theater. Filled with marvelous anecdotes of his encounters with legendary figures of stage and screen, THE STAR DRESSING ROOM also movingly tells of his journey towards self-acceptance and, ultimately, true love. -- Charles Busch, actor, screenwriter, and playwright A smart book about a smart man with feelings, knowledge and a razor-sharp memory, THE STAR DRESSING ROOM chronicles a period in show business flooded with great people, historical values, and memories worth sharing. It's a biographical memoir that reads like a novel and plays like a movie... I couldn't put it down, and when it ended. I wanted more. -- Rex Reed, American film critic, journalist, and media personality |
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The Long Way Home
Winning the 1,000 Mile Iditarod Footrace with Persistence, Patience, and Passion by Pete Ripmaster I had grown up reading books like Hatchet, Endurance, and The Call of the Wild, so “the last frontier” stories always held a special place in my heart. When I heard about the prestigious but notoriously brutal 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska, I knew I had to give it a try. It took many attempts and wore me down physically and mentally, but I never gave up and finally won first place in 2018. This is my story. |
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Rendezvous at the Altar
From Vietnam to Virginia by Thuan Le Elston 
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Beyond Absolute Love is a YA version of Eat, Pray, Love meets The English Patient with a twist of Gossip Girl thrown in. The story builds on its predecessor Absolute Cornelia but can stand on its own as well.
This fast-paced romantic drama veers from the modeling world of NYC to the misty hinterlands of Switzerland and India. Teenage Cornelia Woodstock supports both herself and her mother as a successful but unfulfilled model. Then she faces betrayal from her first lover after she travels to India to be with him. Painful decisions about life, love and death follow. Will she abandon the cult in which she grew up? Will she find happiness as a super model or will she follow love’s call? Cornelia learns about the beautiful heritage and traditions of India where she experiences first love and tragic loss of her father and her unborn child. It’s a difficult journey where she learns that no matter where she may travel or who she may meet, her ultimate responsibility is to be true to herself, first and foremost. Genre
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Burning Bright is the second installment in the YA series about Dani Truehart and her rise to stardom in the unpredictable world of show business.
"A warm, salty breeze stirs my senses. I gaze about my room bathed in early morning sunlight and take in the enormous television and piles of designer clothes oozing out of my overstuffed closet. Today is the first day in months that I have nowhere to be. I lazily stretch, enjoying a peaceful moment while I reflect on the past few months." |
