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Evelyn turned toward the lights of the city. The view was breathtaking as she stood looking down on Las Vegas, lovingly wrapped in Tony’s arms. It was a moment she would keep deep in her heart, forever.
“Look at this—The City of Gold!” Evelyn exclaimed as Tony kissed her forehead.
“And it’s all ours, Eve!”
Thus begins a heartwarming and harrowing tale of life and forbidden love lost to one generation and found in the next. Caught between a turbulent love triangle that shook the very foundations of the Mafia’s Las Vegas Empire, and a deadly struggle for wealth and power, Mob Boss and “King of Las Vegas” Tony Torino, his mistress hustler and onetime showgirl Evelyn Rosenberg, and her husband top Chicago mobster Charlie “Gus” Rosenberg live and love in defiance of the violent and unforgiving laws of the Mafia. All that remains is Evelyn’s carefully preserved diary left by Gus to be discovered by his daughter Adriane and Tony’s son Victor as they pack up her late father’s belongings. Through the vivid and brilliant use of flashbacks, juxtaposed with current events, we witness one of the most beautiful and ill-fated love stories of the last century. As Victor, a forest ranger who fled his family’s Mob past, and Adriane, an attorney being pressured to work for the Mafia, read through the diary old hatreds and new alliances rise leaving us to wonder if history will repeat itsel
In this beautiful and moving story of love, growth, and redemption among the stunning red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, Sydney—a teenaged Army orphan—discovers that love knows no bounds and life has many twists and turns of fate. After she is forced to move in with her late mother’s sister Blanche and Blanche’s abusive alcoholic husband Dean, Sidney finds purpose and friendship in Lexy, the daughter of Max Heller the City’s most prominent widower and business magnate. Unknowingly, the girls’ antics awaken Blanche’s lost and suppressed passions and stirs Max’s long-thwarted drive to build a loving and complete family. What emerges is the wonderfully successful Epicurian Café, the brainchild of Blanche and Sydney actively encouraged by Max and Lexy. The Café quickly becomes a center of the community, the start of a new life for Blanche and Sydney, and a chance for Max and Lexy to discover true love and the meaning of commitment. An emotional roller-coaster with its exciting twists and turns, Wildflower is an exhilarating and satisfying rea!d
\Author Alexandra Forry's journey from adult romance to children's literature is a delightful exploration of an idyllic childhood in a small Oregon town, just outside Portland. In the best sense of word, innocence, Ms Forry, in Troop 470, paints a beautiful picture of a child's life, not often seen in this modern world of "stranger danger" and suspicion. The Chloe, Mia and Madison characters represent the rich international fabric of these United States. The two adults, Bill and Margaret Hanson, represent all that is good, generous and kind about our country. Margaret Hanson guides her little Girl Scout Troop 470 though our Native American heritage then our European cultural influences via the Portland Art Museum and the Portland Russian Ballet. And for a little drama, a local man comes to the rescue when their bus driver breaks his arm. If you are looking for a positive and fun filled book for children, I suggest that Troop 470 is as Goldilocks once said, "just right."