Fourteen years after Black Monday in October 1987, beautiful and detached thirty-something Tara Morgan, divorced mother of a little girl named Jamie, is still haunted by her banker father's unexplained suicide. Tara strives to regain the happiness of an innocence long lost, a journey that she finds fraught with divorce, despair, doom, deceit, destruction, and even death. Unbeknownst to Tara though, her father's grim past overshadows her every move, and doggedly derails all of her personal accomplishments. Set against a post-9/11 backdrop, Meet Me in Red Bank is a story of love and betrayal in the tony Jersey Shore, where great wealth and privilege do not always bestow high moral and ethical values. Sometimes to her aid, but most often to her detraction, comes a cast of characters that includes her own mother Isabella, a very married attorney Ramon DiCastro, his vivacious daughter Zipper, the brother-and-sister team of Venky and Jaya Telluri, and handsome, dashing Red Bank Police Officer Toby Roland. Please also check out the companion book 'Fear' - with moving verse by Bhaskara Rao Achyuthuni and unique watercolor art by Zack Spakowski - it is a very powerful illustrated book that has a solid tie-in to 'Meet Me in Red Bank' 'Fear' is available on Amazon.com.

'Fear' is NOT a kid's book, but is an illustrated book that is a delicious amalgamation of extremely powerful art by a terrific, young artist with a very unique style - Zack Spakowski - and moving verse by published author Bhaskara Rao Achyuthuni. 'Fear' will also make a great gift for your friends. Zack & Rao are collaborating on an exciting new illustrated book - stay tuned 'Fear' and Rao's new romance novel 'Meet Me in Red Bank' have a special bond. Read them both to find out how;-)

In the rugged woods of Tohickon Valley, a Cinnamon bear cub yields a grisly secret. Set in Bucks County, Sea Bright and Bass River, Living out of a Tin Cup is a poignant journey into the world of FBI agent Rachel Sarnoff that culminates in an unexpected, ultimate revelation of profound love and loss. This book - 'Living out of a Tin Cup' and my other one - 'Winterburg' go very well together. What some Readers have said: "The Beauty of Nature, The Beauty of the Nation, The Beauty of Those who Protect it." "If you ever felt lost, if you have ever been found, if you ever felt troubled, if you have ever been blessed, then this is the book for you " "I read the back about love and loss and all the while was thinking - love? - how is there love in a murder mystery? What a great job you did weaving it all together " "My 14-year old son read it, and said - It's as if Rao was talking to me "