Title: Mystical Wonders Survival
Author: Karen Cino
Release date: April15th, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Book Description:
Shari's home is the center-point of the story, the only one, which isn't submerged under water. Madison and Dino are trapped in their crawl space as water has swept through home. Sophia is at work when a tidal wave hits and she is swept away, holding on to the chandelier for dear life. Cassie and Antonio are stuck in the police precinct, with the only way out is climbing through the metal grate in the ceiling up to the floor above. Fay gets from Italy to England where she is trying to get a flight home to make sure her daughter Heather and her friends are safe.
With no electricity, landlines or cell phones in service and the streets flooded out, the women have no way to contact each other or know if the other is in despair. The women turn into survival mode with each knowing their survival is necessary to help their friends
.
Guest Post
Survival - A Mystical Wonders Novel (Book 4)
Women’s Fiction-Contemporary Romance
Staten Island, New York, during Hurricane Sandy is the setting for Survival. Hurricane Sandy turned out to be the storm of the century with Staten Island, lower Manhattan, the Rockaways and the New Jersey Shore getting hit the worst. The day after the storm, I went out on foot. Blue police barriers and yellow rope surrounded much of the street and stores. The hurricane hit us hard, our local stores, school and libraries. To this day, houses still aren’t rebuilt, stores remain shut and libraries still don’t have a hundred percent supply of books.
In Circle of Friends, Second Chances and The Right Call, my characters live near the shoreline of Staten Island. Survival is my character’s own stories.
Ten Things that inspired me to write Survival
- Hearing the sound of the water and wind from my house, which is a mile away from the shoreline.
- Going out the next to see exactly what happened.
- Finding a boat washed up on shore.
- Seeing the boardwalk ripped apart.
- Going into my friend’s house in knee high water helping her save what personal belongings that weren’t under water.
- Not being able to drive down streets covered with sand.
- Hearing people’s stories of devastation and loss.
- Tears from the people who lost everything.
- Bringing old blankets, clothes and food down to a make-shift center.
- Seeing the devastation first hand.
About the author:
Karen Cino is an author, poet and former journalist. She’d been writing since she was fourteen years old. She started her career by writing poetry, short stories and articles for her high school newspaper and the Staten Island Register. After reading Jackie Collin’s “Lovers and Gamblers” she knew she found her niche, writing women’s fiction.
Her daily walk down at the boardwalk is what gets her muse going. It clears her mind and helps her find realistic plot ideas and characters, boosting her muse. She loves writing about local places that people can relate to.
Karen is a single mom living in Staten Island, New York with her two adult children, Michael and Nicole, and three cats.
No comments :
Post a Comment