NEW RELEASE (Coming Friday, March 1st)
Naming a character in a novel has always been one of the more difficult parts of writing a book for me. You want realistic sounding names, yet ones that have a certain “ping” or memorability to them. So I went to my friends and readers for some help. The result was the naming contest for the two villains in my upcoming novel, The Untold Tale of Shady Badesso. They did not disappoint. After sorting through the entries, I decided on a combination of two entries. Casey Hutchinson came up with two great nicknames for the villains, “Bones” and “Bates”, while a former student of mine, Stephen Smith, entered his name, along with his classmate and another former student of mine, John Carideo. The combination of which was too good to pass up. Sometimes art does imitate life!
Look for Stephen “Bones” Smith & John “Bates” Carideo, along with Casey Hutchinson as the female love interest in Shady Badesso, which is set to bow Friday, March 1st.
Shady Badesso arrived in Niantic, Connecticut from nowhere. With arms as thick and sturdy as PVC pipe, a back broader than a drive-in movie screen, and legs the size of a 75 year old oak tree, he looked like he was built from leftover parts at a hardware store. He was friendly, but had very few friends. If you Googled him, you would find absolutely nothing. It was as if he had been dropped into the small northern coastal town from thin air. But when two men escape from a nearby prison and kidnap one of the locals–a mysterious and confident young woman that Shady has feelings for, the prisoners find themselves utterly unprepared for the unexpected variable thrown in their path. A variable named Shady Badesso.
At its core, Shady Badesso is a story of redemption, as a man attempts to come to terms with the worst thing he has ever done, a split second, impulsive decision with the best of intentions, gone horribly wrong. Will he ever forgive himself? And does he even need forgiveness? That is his inner battle as he spends his life in a never-ending effort to make amends.
Pre-order for a Kindle copy of the book on Amazon starting today, with paperback and Kindle versions available on March 1st.
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