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.
Tour Schedule
Please link to the master tour schedule. If you want you can add the
Irresistible Reads Book Tours Banner to add the link.
Schedule: http://irresistiblereadstour.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/mystical-wonders-survival-by-karen-cino/
Fascinating post, yet at the same time, so sad.
ReplyDelete