Fifth Ave 02.5 - From Manhattan With Love (13 page)
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Authors: Christopher Smith
Ever since she’d known him, the one thing he’d never given up was helping those less fortunate than himself.
He’d taught her plenty about that.
There wasn’t a soup kitchen in New York that hadn’t benefitted because of his efforts.
“Actually, if you don’t mind, I think I’ll go to work,” she said.
He sprinkled cheese into the bowl with some peppers and onions and she could sense that he was suppressing a smile.
“Work, huh?
You ready for that?”
“I’m ready,” she said.
“In fact, I think I’m beyond ready.
I’ve been pretty self-indulgent lately.
It’s time for that to end.”
Just hearing the words spoken aloud thrilled her as much as it unnerved her.
She was no fool.
She knew what she was facing.
She knew the expectations and the burden that would come her way when the press found out she was back on site and working to turn her hotel into something unforgettable.
She also knew the comparisons that would be made between her and her father, and her and Celina.
Was this Redman as talented as that Redman?
Did Leana have what her sister had?
What her father had?
She didn’t know.
But in spite of all the pitfalls and all the things that could go wrong over the next year, there was one thing she couldn’t deny, and that was the rush of excitement and adrenalin that shot through her senses now and made her feel as alive as the first time she met and fell in love with Mario.
She could do this.
She could feel Harold in her heart, Mario at her back and even Celina, on some ethereal level, cheering her on.
It was time for her to make a name for herself--and not just by writing a check.
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About the Series
Want more of Carmen Gragera and Leana Redman?
If you haven’t read the Fifth Avenue series, what you’ve read in “From Manhattan with Love” is only a taste of two complex characters who have much more to reveal in two currently available full-length novels.
For Carmen, that novel is the thriller “Running of the Bulls,” the Top 100 international best-selling sequel to the seven-month Top 100 international best-seller, “Fifth Avenue,” which features Leana Redman and the Redman family.
You can purchase “Fifth Avenue” for
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And for
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You can purchase “Runnning of the Bulls” for
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And for
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“From Manhattan with Love” is a stand-alone novella that can be enjoyed on its own.
But for those unfamiliar with Leana and Carmen, below is an excerpt from each novel in The Fifth Avenue series.
Leana and Carmen will be seen again in “Park Avenue,” the third novel in the series, which is due early in 2012.
Other best-selling books by Christopher Smith:
The Bullied series:
Bullied: (
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Revenge: (
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Witch: (
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About “RUNNING OF THE BULLS”
Review
"Put me down as an enthusiastic Christopher Smith fan. Smith is a cultural genius." - Stephen King
Description
TWELVE PEOPLE TARGETED FOR DEATH...
Five years ago, each person sold out to the SEC and took the stand against Maxmilian Wolfhagen, the infamous arbitrageur who robbed the world of billions. Now, with Wolfhagen out of prison, each is dying a grisly death.
TWO ASSASSINS WITH ONLY 48 HOURS TO CUT A SWATH OF MURDER AND REVENGE THROUGH NEW YORK...
With the time restrains so tight, the challenges are massive--but so are their ruthless skills.
MARTY SPELLMAN IS ON THE CASE...
Hired by the writer Maggie Cain to investigate Wolfhagen for a biography she's writing about him, private investigator Marty Spellman soon learns that all isn't what it seems as the twists pile up along with sheer number of the dead.
His life is put on the line.
His family is threatened.
No one is who they appear to be.
Who can he trust as the bulls of Wall Street start to run while the two assassins fully ignite their killing spree?
"Running of the Bulls" is approximately 93,000 words or about 310 pages.
About “FIFTH AVENUE”
Description:
Look beneath all the power and all the wealth that represents New York City's Fifth Avenue, and you'll find greed, blood, revenge.
In the international best-selling thriller "Fifth Avenue," each intermingles within a revered society that is unprepared for what's in store for it when one man finally strikes in an effort to destroy another man for murdering his wife thirty-one years ago.
Louis Ryan is that man. George Redman, his wife, two daughters and their close friends are his targets. Both men are self-made billionaires who came from nothing to stake their claim to Fifth Avenue. But when Louis Ryan hires an international assassin to literally rip the Redman family apart, a series of events that can't be stopped catapults them all through a fast-paced, hard-edged thriller in which nobody is safe.
Secrets are revealed. Sex lives are exposed. The Mafia get involved. And George's two daughters, Celina and Leana Redman, come to the forefront. More than anyone, it's they who are caught in the throes of their father's past as Louis Ryan's blind desire to kill them all takes surprising turns in his all-out effort to see them dead.
“Fifth Avenue” is 145,000 words, or about 450 printed pages.
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EXCERPT:
A WALL STREET THRILLER
BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH
CHAPTER FOUR
Carmen Gragera paused outside the building on Wall Street and looked through the tinted wall of glass.
The uniformed security guard was there, seated at the circular front desk, his face glowing blue in the flickering light of a television she couldn’t see.