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Summer Heat, Scott Fields steamy, erotic novel

Excerpt from the steamy novel, Summer Heat

Soon to be a major motion picture!

Summer Heat by Scott Fields has been optioned by Forbidden Tears Production Studios to be a major motion picture. Watch for details. Here is a sample chapter published earlier.

From Chapter 3 of Summer Heat

Earl glanced at her chest. Her firm, ample breasts strained the buttons on her blouse. He slightly lowered his head to peek through the openings at the soft skin. Earl swirled his finger down her arm to the soft skin on the inside of her elbow. She was panting now. Her eyes were closed and sweat trickled down her neck and disappeared behind her blouse. He could see the outline of her hard nipples. His finger was only inches away. So far, it had all been innocent play. He had not crossed any line, but that was about to change. His head throbbed. He could feel the blood pounding through his veins.

 

It was near closing. The last of the patrons were walking out the door. Jessie was wiping down the bar when Earl Summer Heat, Scott Fields steamy, erotic novelleaned back in his chair.

“Hey, there, Lil’ Darlin’, bring me a bottle of the good stuff,” he said. “And bring two glasses.”

Jessie knew what the good stuff was. Earl loved Crown Royal and kept cases of it in the backroom. She carried the bottle and two glasses across the room and set it on his table.

“Sit down, girl,” he said. “I don’t want to drink alone.”

“It’s late, Earl,” she said.

“What are you talking about? We still got a half hour before closing.” He poured two drinks. “Here, this will get you where you need to go.”

“I don’t think I ever had any Crown Royal before.” She sipped the drink. “Damn, that’s good stuff.”

“How come that old man of yours never got you any?”

“Frank doesn’t drink.”

“He doesn’t? Hell, that don’t sound American.”

“He ain’t never even tried it.”

Earl gulped his drink. “Don’t know what he’s missin’, does he?”

Jessie took another sip. “This stuff is so smooth.”

“Drink up, girl,” said Earl filling the glasses. “We got this whole bottle here to kill off.”

“Must be terribly expensive.”

“Are you enjoying it?”

“Yes.”

“Then don’t worry about it,” he said. “It wouldn’t hurt you none if you untied a few of them knots.”

Jessie gulped her drink. “What are you talking about?”

“You just look like you might need to unwind,” said Earl. “You seem tense or upset about something.”

“You might be right.”

Earl filled her glass again. “Must be hard on you with Frank gone.”

She leaned back in her chair. “Yeah, I miss him a lot.”

“Pretty young thing like you must miss havin’ a man carry you off to bed.”

“Oh, Frank isn’t that kind of guy,” she said, her words slurring already. “He loves me. I got no doubt about that, but in his own way.”

“In other words, you ain’t getting any.”

Jessie filled her glass and took another drink. “Why? You applying for the job?”

Earl reached out and placed his hand on top of hers. “That I am, darlin’,” he said with a sober voice.

Jessie set her drink on the table and leaned back. Her head was spinning from the alcohol. It had all been light-hearted banter until now. Even in her drunken stupor, she could see that he was serious.

“Think you’re man enough?” she asked with a smile.

Earl tightly gripped her hand. His smile disappeared. “I know I’m man enough.”

It was about that time that the other waitress started towards the front door. Earl bolted across the room to let her out. He said his good nights, let her out and latched the door behind her.

“We’re all alone,” he announced with a smile.

Jessie pointed at a chair next to hers. “Come and sit down next to me.”

Earl slowly swaggered across the room. Beads of sweat erupted on his forehead. He had thought about this moment ever since he met her. Fantasies of her swirled in his mind.  His head throbbed with excitement. He pulled up a chair and sat next to her.

“Now where were we?” he asked, his voice raspy.

“You were telling me how much of a man you are.”

With one hand, Earl began rubbing her back and shoulders. Jessie moaned in approval.

“Tell me something,” said Earl. “How married are you?”

“What do you mean?”

“You know what I mean.”

She held up her hand. “I have a ring.”

Earl sneered. “That don’t mean anything.”

He ran his hand over her shoulders and lightly caressed her bare arm.

“I didn’t think that would make much of an impression,” she said closing her eyes. “Damn, that feels good.”

He ran one finger lightly over her cheek. “I know something else that would feel even better.”

Jessie said nothing. She groaned as he lightly swirled his finger over her bare skin.

“Relax,” he said. “You seem tense.”

“It’s been a long time.”

“A long time for what?”

“Since…since a man has touched me.”

“How does it feel?”

“Incredible,” she said with a slur. “Simply incredible.”

Earl glanced at her chest. Her firm, ample breasts strained the buttons on her blouse. He slightly lowered his head to peek through the openings at the soft skin. Earl swirled his finger down her arm to the soft skin on the inside of her elbow. She was panting now. Her eyes were closed and sweat trickled down her neck and disappeared behind her blouse. He could see the outline of her hard nipples. His finger was only inches away. So far, it had all been innocent play. He had not crossed any line, but that was about to change. His head throbbed. He could feel the blood pounding through his veins.

Earl reached over and lightly touched the side of her breast. It was firm and yet soft to the touch. Jessie jerked. She moaned and arched her back. Earl withdrew his finger. He wasn’t sure. Was that a cold reaction? Was she pulling away? Then, Jessie moved her chair closer and turned in his direction. “Please,” she uttered softly.

Her breasts were right in front of him, heaving now from her heavy breathing. Earl could see her nipples through the sweat-soaked blouse. He could feel his manhood throbbing in his pants. He reached over and gently unbuttoned the top button of her blouse. He glanced at her face for a reaction.

“Faster,” she muttered.

His hands trembled as he fumbled with the remaining buttons. When he finished with the last one, he slowly pulled her blouse open. Cool air from a slow-turning ceiling fan washed over her exposed breasts making her nipples even harder and leaving small bumps on her skin.

In spite of his gruff exterior, Earl knew women and he knew what pleased them. He reached over with both hands and lightly touched the sides of her bare breasts. She jumped slightly but moved even closer. He slowly moved his fingers to the underside of her breasts, caressing the soft skin, coming close to her nipples but never touching them. He then formed circles around the breasts even closer to her nipples, occasionally, brushing them as if by accident.

By then, Jessie’s chest was rising and falling as she gasped for air. Earl firmly grasped her ribcage and leaned towards her. He lightly touched her lips with his. As she moved closer to kiss him, he pulled away, then lightly, hovered his lips over hers.

Crazed with lust, Jessie pulled him close to her, savagely kissing his lips. The taunting and teasing was over. Earl wrapped his arms around her and kissed her long and hard. Still locked in a tight embrace, Jessie slid her cotton blouse over her shoulders and let it fall to the floor. Earl fumbled with his belt sending his pants sliding down his legs. He stepped out of them just as she did hers.

“Take me now,” she said with a raspy voice. “I don’t care where, just do it.”

Earl picked her up and sat her on the edge of the table. He grabbed her ankles and slid her closer to the edge. Jessie lay back on the table. She wanted to scream. Her whole body was on fire. He had to do, and he had to do it now. What was he waiting on? She could feel hot liquid as it dripped from the tender folds of her skin and onto the floor. He wasn’t going to tease her again. He wouldn’t do that. He couldn’t.

Then it happened. She felt his strong, hard manhood as it slid, effortlessly, into her. She screamed with pleasure. Her whole body screamed with pleasure. It was obvious that the teasing and taunting of foreplay was over. He was at the right height and could easily slam it deep into her. She screamed with pleasure at every thrust that he made.

Her first orgasm came within seconds, the second and third minutes later. He picked up speed, slamming home even faster. Jessie was delirious with pleasure. Her orgasms seemed to be coming with every thrust. It went on for what seemed like an eternity. She had never experienced anything like this before. He was man enough. That was for sure.

Just as she was about to pass out, he slowed his movement. He leaned his head back and emitted a guttural, almost primal growl. She felt him pulsating inside her, then, slowed to a stop.

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Summer Heat is available in print from The Outer Banks Publishing Group Bookstore at $10.99 and on Amazon, the Kindle, and bookstores everywhere.

Paperback: 212 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0982993110
ISBN-13: 978-0982993118
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces

 

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Is In-store customer location tracking similar to digital website analytics?

By Anthony S. Policastro

My wife and I were shopping in a one of our favorite department stores when I noticed a small nondescript sign between the racks that read, “Free WiFi – sign in to get discounts.”

(BTW: that’s not my wife on the left; that’s our dog, Nickie in case you were wondering.)

So I pulled out my iPhone and logged in. A coupon popped up on the screen, “15% off your entire order – today only!”

I was thrilled. My wife was looking at several blouses she liked but she thought the price was too high so I told her to pick one out.

What just happened is a harbinger of in-store interactive, personalized marketing in its infancy. I say infancy because logging into a WiFi network will soon be paramount to taking a horse-drawn wagon cross the country rather than a commercial jet.

What is currently happening in some retaiI stores and what I envision will be in all stores eventually in the not too distant future is the following scenario:

My wife and I walk into a department store. The store’s WiFi detects our presence from the store’s app or MAC addresses on our phones or smartwatches. We had agreed when we loaded the app to allow detection because the feature would provide discounts. We wander over to the men’s jeans department.

A text arrives, “Hello Anthony. Interested in jeans today? Buy two pair and get the third pair half off. I decided not to buy the jeans as good as the deal was at the moment.

We head over to the women’s section and my wife is looking at dresses. She picks one off the rack.

“Do you like it?” she asks holding it up to her shoulders.

“Yeah, the color accents your hair. You should get it,” I said.

“Maybe, it’s a bit expensive.”

My wife’s phone chimes. She takes it out her pocket and reads the text, “Look at that!”

She shows me the text; it was from the store, “Hello Joann. Looking for a new dress? Take 15% off for being a loyal customer.”

She buys two dresses.

At home, I grab my tablet and check ESPN for the latest basketball scores for my favorite teams. A display ad from the store we had just visited pops up with the message, “Just for you. Buy two pair of jeans, get the third on us. Today and tomorrow only.”

Spooky, but we had agreed to allow the store to access our devices and to receive messages.

What transpired is just one future scenario in marketing. The WiFi in the store detected when we walked into the store and Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth technology or iBeacons detected when we were near specific clothing racks.

It was like having a virtual digital sales person standing near us with the power to give discounts to close a sale except the sales person is an algorithm. I purchase all my jeans at this particular store and my purchase history is in the store’s database as a frequent buyer of jeans. The algorithm detected my profile and pushed out the text message discount to my phone.

This is tracking of customer behavior similar to website analytics only in the physical realm.

My wife, Joann, has made many more purchases at this store than I have over the years, so her profile is that of a high value, loyal customer hence the 15% discount on the dresses.

All sorts of retailers — including national chains, like Macy’s, Nordstrom, American Eagle, Family Dollar, and Cabela’s among others — have been testing these technologies as early as 2013 and using them to optimize store layouts or offer customized coupons, according to The New York Times.

Screenshot of Nomi Technology’s In-Store Customer Analytics Dashboard

One company, Nomi Technologies, which provides the technology to track customers in store, recently settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly lying about tracking customers in stores, according to a report by the International Business Times.

“Nomi previously defended its use of phone-tracking tech, telling the New York Times in July 2013 that offering retailers the ability to keep track of a shoppers’ habits is similar to the way Amazon and other online retailers use cookies to keep track of their customers,” reported the website, circa.

According to a video on Nomi’s website, their technology can track the number of customers walking into the store, track where they browse and push relevant messages out to their smart phones.

This is tracking of customer behavior similar to digital website analytics only in the physical realm.

While most consumers are Ok with being tracked online with cookies, database profiles of their buying habits and cookie matching used by most e-commerce retailers, there are those who bristle with anger and fear over being tracked physically.

In a March 2014 survey by Chicago-based Opinion Lab and reported by AdWeek, consumers feel this way about in-store tracking:

  • Eight out of 10 consumers don’t want to be tracked without giving their explicit consent
  • 64 percent said they should only be tracked if they opt-in or sign up to participate in a program
  • 24 percent believe retailers shouldn’t do any in-store tracking at all
  • Promises of a better shopping experience didn’t change consumers’ minds with 88 percent saying it wouldn’t make any difference
  • Discounts or free products would sway consumers towards acceptance of tracking
  • 81 percent do not trust retailers to keep their data private and secure

The study was based on feedback from 1,042 consumers.

In-store tracking won’t go away and what will foster its widespread acceptance are the incentives retailers offer to convince consumers to buy in and reap the fruits of a great discount or free merchandise in exchange for a little less privacy.

 What’s your take on in-store tracking? Do you feel it is a violation of your privacy or are you Ok with in-store tracking? Feel free to leave a comment.

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Within the past few years there has been a lot of talk about the Cloud and the Internet Cloud. Store all your stuff on the Cloud, free-up your devices, access your stuff from anywhere, anytime. You’ve heard the hype.

Well, the hype doesn’t mention that you need power and an internet connection to get to all your stuff, and when you have neither, all your devices aren’t even good paperweights anymore. But most people know that’s a given or do they?

We recently experienced one of those memorable summer thunderstorms that you only see in horror movies…you know, rain falling sideways defying the laws of physics, downed trees, wind damage and no power, no Internet.

Fortunately, there were no zombies or vampires lurking around. At least I didn’t see any.

We had to suffer through a few days with no Internet. OK, not the end of the world, but close enough. I would open a browser window and then sigh and oh yeah, it doesn’t work. Ok, I’ll figure out something else to do, like clearing out all those unused files on my computer or typing all my passwords in an Excel sheet…boring.

As the internet-less days progressed other thorns stuck me in the side and some right in my eye.

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  • Getting online email – nope
  • Viewing photos from Google+, Pinterest or Instagram – I might as well be blindfolded.
  • Music from Pandora or Spotify – I’m going tone deaf now.
  • Dropbox, ShareFile and all those nifty apps where I squirreled away my life’s work – a thief might as well break into my house and steal all my stuff.
  • Seeing what my friends were doing on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn – they probably think I fell off the earth or became a snob.
  • The weather report – I’ll probably get struck by lightning when I leave the office or soaked in a downpour.
  • Webinars – I’ll forever be ignorant of the knowledge in the world.

Lucky for me, everything I have on the Cloud is backed up on my computer, flash drives and my iPhone.

I have books and magazines in print form to read.

The telephone still works so I can call any of my friends.

I did buy a TV, so I can get the news and weather and whatever else I don’t want to hear about.

So the Cloud is useful to an extent, but don’t totally rely on the Internet. Make sure all your stuff is backed up somewhere so you can get to it without the Internet. Otherwise, you’ll wish you had.

Bill Clinton and James Patterson to write a thriller novel

James Patterson and Bill Clinton

Author James Patterson, former President Clinton (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times; Diedre Laird / Charlotte Observer)

Have you heard…former President Bill Clinton and iconic author James Patterson have teamed up to write a novel, The President is Missing, that will be published June 2018.

Alfred A. Knopf and Little, Brown and Company will jointly publish the novel, which represents a rare foray into fiction for a former president, according to the report published in The New York Times.

You can read the rest of the story in the Times here.

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    The Mansfield Killings soon to be a major motion picture

    Outer Banks Publishing Group author Scott Fields’ novel, The Mansfield Killings, based on the true story of the horrific murders of the Niebel family in 1948, will be made into a major motion picture in 2018.

    Outer Banks Publishing Group, OBX PublishersProduced by Forbidden Tears Productions of Waldron, Arkansas, the movie will be filmed in Waldron and on location in Mansfield, Ohio and at the historic Ohio State Reformatory (OSR) also in Mansfield, where the story started. The Shawshank Redemption and Air Force One were also filmed at the reformatory.

    Jennifer Anderson-Bounds, owner and producer Forbidden Tears Productions, was chosen as Female Producer of the Year 2016 and won the Humanitarian Award from WIND International Film Festival 2016. She was also awarded 2nd Place in Indie Film Festival 2015, along with a nomination for Best woman filmmaker 2015 in Barcelona.

    Scott Field’s literary agency, Gilbert Literary & Film Agency International of New Zealand, secured the movie contract.

    Scott, who was three years old when the killing spree occurred, said he had dreamed all his life of writing a story that would become a movie. When he heard about the murders, he became obsessed with writing the story into a novel and completed the manuscript in four months.

    When asked about his reaction to the movie deal, Scott said,

    “Without doubt this is probably the most fascinating and exciting thing to ever happen to me! When I was just a little boy, my parents took me to a movie, and instead of wishing that I could be an actor, I wanted to be the guy who wrote the screenplay. It was the beginning of a dream that has been with me for about 60 years. I am not talking about an occasional dream…it was with me practically everyday.”

    “My mother wOuter Banks Publishing Group Author Scott Fieldsas a great writer, but she never pursued her talent. I inherited it but being a Kmart manager and raising a family of three kids, I had no time to write even a short story. Then after 30 years in management, I became a common worker and began to write. After having a few short stories published, I decided that it was time to try writing a novel. Since then I have had 16 novels published, but the dream was still there.”

    He said at times it was difficult to write the novel because the killings were so atrocious and brutal.

    The Mansfield murders was the worst two-week killing spree in Ohio’s history. On the night of July 21, 1948, Robert Daniels and John West, former inmates at the Ohio State Reformatory, entered John and Nolena Niebel’s house with loaded guns. They forced the family including the Niebel’s 21-year-old daughter, Phyllis, into their car and drove them to a cornfield just off Fleming Falls Road in Mansfield. The two men instructed the Niebels to remove all of their clothing, and then Robert Daniels shot each of them in the head.

    The brutal murders caught national attention in the media, but the killing spree didn’t stop there. Three more innocent people would lose their lives at the hands of Daniels and West in the coming week.

    The two parolees were captured after a 14-day manhunt in Ohio when West attempted to shoot it out with police and sheriff’s deputies at a road blockade north of Van Wert, Ohio. West was killed by police and Daniels was captured, tried and convicted.  He was executed in the electric chair on January 3, 1949.

    The Mansfield Killings where the murderers were captured

    The scene at the Van Wert roadblock, where West was killed and Daniels captured while sleeping in the car on the front top rack – July 22, 1948

    Scott Fields tirelessly researched the killings, the capture and trial of Daniels and even interviewed a surviving member of the Niebel family to weave this tragic story bringing the reader back to those dark days in the summer of 1948. What led to these brutal killings, and why was the Niebel family singled-out to be savagely murdered? It has been more than sixty years since the tragedy, and, yet, this question still remains unanswered. The killing spree is not only remembered to this day, but is an important and dark part of Mansfield lore.

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    The Ohio State Reformatory

    If you are ever in Mansfield, Ohio, be sure to tour the historic Ohio State Reformatory, the most haunted location in Ohio and one of the shooting locations of The Mansfield Killings.

    Hauntings have been documented over the years by professional paranormal investigators and TV shows on the paranormal, including Syfy’s Ghost Hunters and the Travel Channel’s popular, Ghost Adventures.

    Ohio State Reformatory

    View the informative video about the OSR and its rich history.

    Order a copy of The Mansfield Killings at our bookstore.

    Ron Rhody, Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw

    State Journal interviews Ron Rhody and his King of Craw

    “It was a difficult book to write,” Ron Rhody said. “The stuff about Fallis has never been pulled together in a story. There are all these anecdotes, conversations and suspicions out there about the guy and the sort of things he did. My concern was that, in the writing, that I’m fair to the record that exists and fair to the man.”

    Author Ron Rhody

    Author Ron Rhody

    Outer Banks Publishing Group author Ron Rhody interview was recently published on the front page of Frankfort, KY State Journal newspaper in anticipation of the launch of his new novel, Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw Nov. 5 at the Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort, KY.

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    Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw

    He brooked no insult, would not be cheated, would not be pushed around. He bent a knee to no man. He was the King of Craw and the powers-that-be wanted him gone.

    Concerning The Matter of The King of CrawList Price: $16.99
    6″ x 9″ (15.24 x 22.86 cm)
    Black & White on Cream paper
    288 pages
    Outer Banks Publishing Group
    ISBN-13: 978-0990679042
    ISBN-10: 0990679047
    BISAC: Fiction / Historical / General

    Now $11.99 – Order here

     

     

    John Fallis, main character of Concerning the Matter of The King of Craw by Ron Rhody

    Meet the baddest of the bad on Nov. 5 in Frankfort, KY

    One of Kentucky’s baddest bad men is being resurrected at the Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort Saturday, November 5 —baddest of the bad if you believed the press of the day, but a hero to the downtrodden if you listened to the poor and the powerless.

    John Fallis is his name.  He was the King of Craw—the notorious red-light district in Kentucky’s capital city that flourished during the Roaring Twenties and was famous all the way down to New Orleans for its wild and licentious ways. He was a political power, a gambler, a bootlegger, a legitimate merchant, and a charismatic Lothario who brooked no insult, would not be pushed around, who bent a knee to no man.

    Concerning The Matter of The King of CrawThe men who ran the town thought him Lucifer unleashed. The common folk thought him their protector and benefactor. His rise and fall is the stuff of which legends are made. Which the new book Concerning The Matter Of The King Of Craw attempts, for the first time, to draw out and illuminate. Its formal release is set for the opening of the Kentucky Book Fair at Frankfort’s Convention Center, Saturday, November 5. Ron Rhody, a Pinehurst, NC resident, who wrote it, grew up in the Capital City where stories about John Fallis are still being told.

    Concerning The Matter Of The King Of Craw is a work of fiction, for no formal biography exits, but it is based on fact and hews as close to the actual record as such a record exists The book begins with the night of the Big Shoot-Out when he takes on the entire city police force and ends with him dead on a craps table in Craw in what the newspapers deemed the aftermath of an argument over a game of dice, but which many believe was a hit ordered by powerful members of the city’s elite.

    The Kentucky Book Fair, operated by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the Kentucky Book Fair Board, is one of the biggest in the Southeast. It regularly attracts a crowd of 3,000 or more and this year will host 170 regional and national authors. It is set for the Frankfort Convention Center, hours nine to four-thirty, Saturday, November 5, 2016.

    CONCERNING THE MATTER OF THE KING OF CRAW can be ordered from our bookstore for $11.99.

    He brooked no insult, would not be cheated, would not be pushed around. He bent a knee to no man. He was the King of Craw and the powers-that-be wanted him gone.

    Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw

    List Price: $16.99

    6″ x 9″ (15.24 x 22.86 cm)
    Black & White on Cream paper
    288 pages
    Outer Banks Publishing Group
    ISBN-13: 978-0990679042
    ISBN-10: 0990679047
    BISAC: Fiction / Historical / General

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    Discuss secrets of writing with novelist Ron Rhody

    Want to know what it takes to write a novel? Talk with Outer Banks Publishing Group author Ron Rhody, who will be one of 170 prominent authors featured at the Kentucky Book Fair (KBF) on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, KY.

    Ron has written four novels, including the bestselling THEO trilogy, all taking place in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he grew up and was exposed to local lore, legends and its rich history.

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    Author Ron Rhody

    The Kentucky Book Fair attracts writers of all genres and patrons of all walks of life in a celebration of shared passion and mutual interest — the importance and promotion of writing and reading.

    In its 35th year, the book fair attracts approximately 4.000 patrons from Kentucky and surrounding states. Each author has a booth where they sell signed copies of their books and talk with patrons about their work.

    Net proceeds from the KBF fund goes to Kentucky schools and public libraries for local book purchasing and other literacy-related causes.

    The KBF makes every attempt to invite writers of all genres, current events, fiction, children’s books, poetry, cookbooks, mysteries and other genres.

    In recent years, KFB celebrated the attendance of authors Sue Grafton, Rick Pitino, Christy Jordan, Eleanor Clift, Laurien Berenson, Duffy Brown, Ann Ross, Mark Kurlansky, Mary McDonough, among others.

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    Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw

    He brooked no insult, would not be cheated, would not be pushed around. He bent a knee to no man. He was the King of Craw and the powers-that-be wanted him gone.

    Concerning The Matter of The King of CrawList Price: $16.99
    6″ x 9″ (15.24 x 22.86 cm)
    Black & White on Cream paper
    288 pages
    Outer Banks Publishing Group
    ISBN-13: 978-0990679042
    ISBN-10: 0990679047
    BISAC: Fiction / Historical / General

    Now $11.99 – Order here

    Kentucky’s Premiere Literary Event is this weekend

    The Kentucky Humanities Council presents the
    35th Annual Kentucky Book Fair
    November 5, 2016
    9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
    Frankfort Convention Center
    405 Mero Street, Frankfort, Kentucky
    Sixth Annual KBF Kids Day, Friday, November 4th

    Each year, more than 170 local and national authors participate in the event, signing their latest books and meeting readers from Kentucky and surrounding states. On average, nearly 4,000 readers flock to downtown Frankfort to meet their favorite writers and learn about new authors.

    Since its inception in 1981, the Kentucky Book Fair has been connecting readers and authors in a celebration of shared passion and mutual interest: the importance and promotion of writing and reading.

    Kentucky Book Fair logoIn addition to the 35th anniversary of the Kentucky Book Fair, the organizers are celebrating the 6th Annual KBF Kids Day, on Nov. 4, where hundreds of Kentucky students are given the opportunity to interact with authors in a series of engaging presentations.

    In addition, Pulitzer Prize winners Maria Henson and Joel Pett will be featured at the fair.

    Contact Brooke Raby, Kentucky Book Fair Manager for more information.
    brooke.raby@uky.edu or by phone at 859/257-5932.

    Featured photo of the book fair courtesy of Hannah Reel/hreel@state-journal.com, the Kentucky State Journal

    Ron Rhody at Buffalo Trace

    King of Craw launches at Paul Sawyier Public Library

    Frankfort native Ron Rhody’s newest novel, Concerning the Matter of the King of Craw launches Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Paul Sawyier Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky.

    Rhody, a resident of Pinehurst, NC, will be on hand to read from and discuss his new historical fiction release, with a book signing to follow.

    Set in the Roaring Twenties in Kentucky’s capital city, the story spins around John Fallis, a handsome, charismatic grocer, gPaul Sawyier Public Libraryambler, bootlegger, and political boss, and the two boys who fell into his orbit.

    Also featured will be Jim Wallace, well known oral historian of Frankfort’s Crawfish Bottom. Copies of the book will be available for purchase from Poor Richard’s Books.

    Rhody was born and raised in Frankfort and attended both Georgetown College and the University of Kentucky. He worked as a reporter, a sportswriter, a broadcast newsman, and covered the Kentucky legislature before moving on to a career as a corporate public relations executive in New York and San Francisco, and later as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies on communications and public relations issues.

    He is the author of The Theo Trilogy which includes Theo’s Story, Theo & The Mouthful of Ashes, and When Theo Came Home. Rhody currently resides in Pinehurst, North Carolina with his wife, Patsy.

    This free event will take place in the Library Community Room. No registration is necessary. For more information, contact Diane Dehoney at 352-2665 x108 or by email at diane@pspl.org.

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    CONCERNING THE MATTER OF THE KING OF CRAW can be pre-ordered from our bookstore for $11.99.

    He brooked no insult, would not be cheated, would not be pushed around. He bent a knee to no man. He was the King of Craw and the powers-that-be wanted him gone.

     

    Ron Rhody, Concerning The Matter of The King of Craw

     

    List Price: $16.99

    6″ x 9″ (15.24 x 22.86 cm)
    Black & White on Cream paper
    288 pages
    Outer Banks Publishing Group
    ISBN-13: 978-0990679042
    ISBN-10: 0990679047
    BISAC: Fiction / Historical / General

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