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I'm a Korea Veteran. I Retired from the FDNY and I Grew up in Queens, New York. I started writing late in life hoping to help my grandchildren pay for their college education. I found to my surprise that I could tell a good story which resulted in my writing 30 books, garnering 19 awards and becoming a 4 time top 100 best selling author. Go figure... If I would have known I could tell a good story. I would have started writing a half century ago.

The Starlight Club-A World Full Of Movie Stars, Gentlemen and Killers. . . ". . He draped the kid's legs carefully over the curb, got back into the car, put it into gear, and slowly pulled forward until the car bounced once, then a second time. Trenchie could feel the crunch of bone against rubber, of joints separating, of tendons stretching and snapping, legs turning to mush. . . "Welcome to the mob world, a world where cold-hearted killers treat murder as if it's "just business" but at the same time, women are treated like ladies. Meet Trenchie, who is just released from his ten year prison sentence for manslaughter. A new life is waiting – complete with envelopes of money and a steak house to call his own. Everything And hit man "Jimmy The Hat", who finds unexpected fame in the most unlikely of places, yet he always stays true to "the boys”, especially Big Red. “Crazy Joey Gallo” and his brothers break away from the Profaci family and go rogue, on their own now. Just remember: don't mess with "the boys". It could be hazardous to your health. "The Colt 45 caliber bullet did its deed, taking with it a sizable portion of brain, forming a pink mist, mixed with bone and grey matter. " It is real. It is true. I should know. Set in 1960's, this tale of NYC mobsters will have you captivated from start to finish. Based on true events. Buy "The Starlight Club" today and get a chance to go back in time and experience what it's like to be a mobster in 1960's New York and hang with "the boys".

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Category: Literature & Fiction; Biographies & Memoirs

Because of his skills, the CIA coerced Lucky Campo, jewel thief extraordinaire into joining the agency. Time passed, and one morning he awakened to find himself handcuffed to a bed without any recollection of how he got there. After being drugged and questioned, he discovered that his kidnappers had received stolen top-secret CIA information that Campo is a time traveler. His captives eager to learn if the information they have received is true use a new type of truth serum in an attempt to get him to divulge his secret, the secret of how he can travel in time. While Lucky languishes in the hospital prison, his thoughts drift to when he was captured during a robbery and given a choice. It was either jail or join the CIA, so with no other option he joined… but with the proviso that his pal Mickey was a part of the deal. He thought of how his boss Dirk Sommerville tried to assassinate him by rigging the building with explosives and timing it to explode when he entered the building. The explosion almost killed him. His brain and eyesight were severely injured. Upon recovering he discovered that when the doctors operated on his brain they inadvertently did something during the operation, which allowed him to see the curtains of light, the gateways that cut a wormhole through time itself. He remembered how the gateways took him from the CIA to the Crusades, from the Gladiators in ancient Rome, from nuclear weapons to safe houses, until he found himself in the situation he was now in. How Lucky escapes is only the beginning of his adventures.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

* Won GOLD in 2015 eLit contest in HISTORICAL FICTION. * Won BRONZE 2014 CIPA contest in HISTORICAL FICTION* WON HORABLE MENTION in Readers favorite in HISTORICAL FICTION* 5 Star review by Readers Favorite. The British offered Jean Lafitte a Captaincy in the British navy along with extensive lands, titles and $30,000 in gold if he agrees to join with them to fight against the United States. So why does Lafitte refuse their generous offer? In the approaching War of 1812 General Andrew Jackson doesn't have any weapons, ammunition or money to fight the British with and no one to turn to for help but the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte. Jackson hates pirates, but he agrees to meet with Lafitte, and he forms an unlikely alliance with the dashing pirate. What changed Jackson’s mind about attending the meeting? Before the war begins, Lafitte buries an unusual treasure, one that is sought in the 21st century by two men and a beautiful woman. Julianna Montaigne a direct descendant of Pierre Lafitte has found his diary in her grandfathers old sea man’s trunk. The diary has a clue to the treasure. Eddie Calto a New York City firefighter has a second clue left to him by his great great grandfather, The two join forces in an attempt to find Lafitte's Treasure. But there are dangerous men who want the treasure for themselves and for 200 years they have waited patiently for anyone seeking Lafitte’s Treasure. Borrow this book for free with your prime subscription or subscribe to kindle lending library!

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Category: Teen & Young Adult; History

Joe Corso is a storyteller in the tradition of Louis L'Amour. If you're looking for an exciting yarn, with well-drawn characters and believable and interesting plot, you can't go wrong reading any of his stories. ” . . . R. W. Peake, author of the Marching with Caesar series. Cal Rymes left the Civil War and his time with the infamous butcher Colonel William Clarke Quantrill. He left Quantrill’s Raiders with a particular set of talents and a desire to get as far away from his past as possible. All he wanted was a quiet life, a small ranch to breed horses and raise cattle. A lofty goal for a man who knows nothing but how to take a life. A marksmanship contest in Dodge City gives him a chance at a new start, where he wins a prized Winchester “Golden Boy” rifle and the moniker of the Calico Kid. Striking out for Cheyenne with his newfound friends to make a grub stake hunting buffalo, Cal finally gets a glimpse of the life he’s been fighting for. All that stands between him and the sweet life is the Sutter Gang and brutal leader Neil Sutter. With the railway inching ever closer, Cheyenne is a boom town on the verge of going boom. A town in need of heroes and finding only outlaws. These are violent times for violent men. And Neil Sutter and his men are about to find out they bit off more than they can chew when they decided to cross the Calico Kid. "

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Category: Romance

THE OLD MAN AND THE KINGRoyal protocol dictated that the King exit the car last, but as the important man was about to emerge, a hail of gunfire erupted, spraying the royal Hummer. “The Talvanian King watched in shock as, one by one, his car’s occupants fell limp to the ground. ” Alone, in a foreign city, he seeks temporary refuge in the Good Burger diner. Here he meets Lom, a crazy old Korean War vet, who misses his old life of danger and intrigue and who embraces the idea of hunting those who are hunting the King. Lom does so by, first, kicking ass and taking names, and second, by teaching the baby-faced King the ways of the street, battlefield style. His written message is clear: “I HEARD YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME. NOW I’M LOOKING FOR YOU! ” This action packed hunt for the assassins begins with the United Nations and takes us from Charlie’s New York City pawn shop, deep into secret underground passageways, into hidden train stations and desolate warehouses, and ultimately to carefully orchestrated deals with jewel thieves and gun runners. Things move along well until the heart-wrenching kidnapping. With the clock ticking against him, Lom must think quickly in order to save the life of the one he loves. Will the old man make it in time? Will the King live? Only time and his survival skills . . . will tell.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense