Author: Simone Beaudelaire
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When a place of safety becomes a deadly trap, how can you escape? Part I: Sisterhood of Fear: For roommates Olivia and Taylor, college dreams are quickly becoming a nightmare of missing memories and mysterious disappearances... and the sorority pledges are next. For, Olivia, on the run from a troubled marriage, St. Aggie University’s Phi Omicron sorority seems like the perfect escape. But when her husband Ryan turns up to finalize their divorce, they are engulfed in a murderous plot. Can they save their marriage? Can they even save themselves? Part II: Echoes of the Grave: A year after the dark events that took place at St. Aggie’s, Taylor's life is returning to normal. She has a loving family and a job she likes. She even dares fall in love with Ronnie, the paramedic who saved her life. But as winter tightens its grip, a new danger arises. This time, Taylor finds herself alone against monsters that stalk her dreams, stealing her sleep and her sanity. With no one to save her, will these nightmares even steal her life? This pair of dark, new adult romances contains graphic sex scenes.
Sisterhood of Fear
Author: Simone Beaudelaire
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When a place of safety becomes a deadly trap, how can you escape? Part I: Sisterhood of Fear: For roommates Olivia and Taylor, college dreams are quickly becoming a nightmare of missing memories and mysterious disappearances... and the sorority pledges are next. For, Olivia, on the run from a troubled marriage, St. Aggie University’s Phi Omicron sorority seems like the perfect escape. But when her husband Ryan turns up to finalize their divorce, they are engulfed in a murderous plot. Can they save their marriage? Can they even save themselves? Part II: Echoes of the Grave: A year after the dark events that took place at St. Aggie’s, Taylor's life is returning to normal. She has a loving family and a job she likes. She even dares fall in love with Ronnie, the paramedic who saved her life. But as winter tightens its grip, a new danger arises. This time, Taylor finds herself alone against monsters that stalk her dreams, stealing her sleep and her sanity. With no one to save her, will these nightmares even steal her life? This pair of dark, new adult romances contains graphic sex scenes.
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When a place of safety becomes a deadly trap, how can you escape? Part I: Sisterhood of Fear: For roommates Olivia and Taylor, college dreams are quickly becoming a nightmare of missing memories and mysterious disappearances... and the sorority pledges are next. For, Olivia, on the run from a troubled marriage, St. Aggie University’s Phi Omicron sorority seems like the perfect escape. But when her husband Ryan turns up to finalize their divorce, they are engulfed in a murderous plot. Can they save their marriage? Can they even save themselves? Part II: Echoes of the Grave: A year after the dark events that took place at St. Aggie’s, Taylor's life is returning to normal. She has a loving family and a job she likes. She even dares fall in love with Ronnie, the paramedic who saved her life. But as winter tightens its grip, a new danger arises. This time, Taylor finds herself alone against monsters that stalk her dreams, stealing her sleep and her sanity. With no one to save her, will these nightmares even steal her life? This pair of dark, new adult romances contains graphic sex scenes.
The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest
Author: Naomi Moriyama
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 164313647X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
What would happen if you built one of the world’s most advanced societies inside a forest—and strove to make made women full partners in power? After living for twenty-five years in New York, Naomi Moriyama moved with her husband and co-author William Doyle and their seven-year-old child to the vast forest of Finland's Karelia, a mysterious region on the Russian border that helped inspire J.R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth fantasies. She entered a life-altering zone of tranquility, peace, and beauty, the spiritual heart of the nation ranked as the happiest nation on Earth, with among the world's most empowered women. Finland is also the country with cleanest air and water and the best schools, a country where motherhood and fatherhood are championed by law, childhood is revered, schoolchildren are required to play outdoors multiple times a day, and trains contain mini-libraries and mini-playgrounds for children to enjoy. It was here in the Karelian forest that Naomi found a culinary symphony of succulent wild edibles, herbs, berries, mushrooms and fish, all freshly plucked from the moss-carpeted forest and sparkling clear streams. She also found something that changed her life—a tribe of invincible women who became her soul-sisters. As an idyllic summer and fall gave way to a sub-Arctic winter of mind-bending darkness and cold, Naomi faced her fears and her future. Over the course of six unforgettable months with her family and her new “sisters”, she found her life transformed, and discovered the power that lay within her all along. Then she tried to leave. But she kept coming back. Come, take a journey deep into Europe's most distant, magical wilderness, and join the sisterhood of the enchanted forest.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 164313647X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
What would happen if you built one of the world’s most advanced societies inside a forest—and strove to make made women full partners in power? After living for twenty-five years in New York, Naomi Moriyama moved with her husband and co-author William Doyle and their seven-year-old child to the vast forest of Finland's Karelia, a mysterious region on the Russian border that helped inspire J.R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth fantasies. She entered a life-altering zone of tranquility, peace, and beauty, the spiritual heart of the nation ranked as the happiest nation on Earth, with among the world's most empowered women. Finland is also the country with cleanest air and water and the best schools, a country where motherhood and fatherhood are championed by law, childhood is revered, schoolchildren are required to play outdoors multiple times a day, and trains contain mini-libraries and mini-playgrounds for children to enjoy. It was here in the Karelian forest that Naomi found a culinary symphony of succulent wild edibles, herbs, berries, mushrooms and fish, all freshly plucked from the moss-carpeted forest and sparkling clear streams. She also found something that changed her life—a tribe of invincible women who became her soul-sisters. As an idyllic summer and fall gave way to a sub-Arctic winter of mind-bending darkness and cold, Naomi faced her fears and her future. Over the course of six unforgettable months with her family and her new “sisters”, she found her life transformed, and discovered the power that lay within her all along. Then she tried to leave. But she kept coming back. Come, take a journey deep into Europe's most distant, magical wilderness, and join the sisterhood of the enchanted forest.
Sisterhood Everlasting
Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 0385521227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Despite having jobs and men that they love, Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget know something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn't take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can't seem to shed her old restlessness. When Tibby sends the others plane tickets for a reunion they all breathlessly await, it will change their lives forever, but in ways none of them ever expected. The traveling pants are gone, but the sisterhood lasts forever.
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 0385521227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Despite having jobs and men that they love, Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget know something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn't take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can't seem to shed her old restlessness. When Tibby sends the others plane tickets for a reunion they all breathlessly await, it will change their lives forever, but in ways none of them ever expected. The traveling pants are gone, but the sisterhood lasts forever.
The Anxiety Sisters' Survival Guide
Author: Abbe Greenberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593329481
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A warm and practical guide to coping with anxiety—and finding ways to laugh anyway. Got anxiety? Join the club. More specifically, join the Anxiety Sisterhood. Abs and Mags, aka the Anxiety Sisters, have spent the past thirty years figuring out how to outsmart their anxiety-ridden brains, and the last five years sharing what they’ve learned with a growing online community of like-minded sufferers who are looking for ways to cope better every day. Whether you’re looking to better understand and manage panic, worry, grief, stress, or phobias, or just want to pause the endless spin cycle in your head, you’ll find real-world, research-based techniques, exercises, and insights—without the clinical, confusing, one-size-fits-all approach that isn’t so helpful when your mind is racing, your triggers are in overdrive, and you just want to get back to feeling normal . . . ish. Most of all, this is a handbook for fighting Shrinking World Syndrome—that isolating, lonely feeling that comes from letting your anxiety run the show. The stories and suggestions in this book will remind you that you’re not alone. You don’t have to eliminate anxiety from your life in order to feel okay . . . and, yes, even happy.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593329481
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A warm and practical guide to coping with anxiety—and finding ways to laugh anyway. Got anxiety? Join the club. More specifically, join the Anxiety Sisterhood. Abs and Mags, aka the Anxiety Sisters, have spent the past thirty years figuring out how to outsmart their anxiety-ridden brains, and the last five years sharing what they’ve learned with a growing online community of like-minded sufferers who are looking for ways to cope better every day. Whether you’re looking to better understand and manage panic, worry, grief, stress, or phobias, or just want to pause the endless spin cycle in your head, you’ll find real-world, research-based techniques, exercises, and insights—without the clinical, confusing, one-size-fits-all approach that isn’t so helpful when your mind is racing, your triggers are in overdrive, and you just want to get back to feeling normal . . . ish. Most of all, this is a handbook for fighting Shrinking World Syndrome—that isolating, lonely feeling that comes from letting your anxiety run the show. The stories and suggestions in this book will remind you that you’re not alone. You don’t have to eliminate anxiety from your life in order to feel okay . . . and, yes, even happy.
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
Author: Hope Nicholson
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594749493
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women’s roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they’ve always been there.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594749493
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women’s roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they’ve always been there.
Sisterhood of Jade: Part One
Author: Billi Jean
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1839433922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE, BILLI JEAN Sisterhood of Jade: Part One &– a box set 1 - Silver's Chance Within Derrick's hot embrace, Samantha discovers being the hunted just might not be as bad as she thought. 2 - A Spartan's Kiss After enduring centuries of life, Aeros the captain of the immortal Spartans, discovers his grey existence may end—in the arms of Tabithia. Only Tabithia is a witch guilty of crossing Ares, the god responsible for Areos' existence. 3 - Midnight Star Love can be tricky, but so can a Lykae determined to capture his reluctant mate's heart. The Sisterhood of Jade stories introduce a world filled with immortals living side by side with mortals, but undiscovered—at least in the beginning. As the tensions between the Death Stalkers—a brotherhood of immortals working to dominate the world—and the loosely banded together Immortal Council grow, so do the battles and bonds between the fractions. If you like passionate erotic romance colored with witches, vampires, werewolves and the Faye, then this is a series you'll enjoy. Each story is filled with fast paced adventures with unexpected twists and turns right alongside deeply passionate love stories that are sure to burn the sheets up.
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1839433922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE, BILLI JEAN Sisterhood of Jade: Part One &– a box set 1 - Silver's Chance Within Derrick's hot embrace, Samantha discovers being the hunted just might not be as bad as she thought. 2 - A Spartan's Kiss After enduring centuries of life, Aeros the captain of the immortal Spartans, discovers his grey existence may end—in the arms of Tabithia. Only Tabithia is a witch guilty of crossing Ares, the god responsible for Areos' existence. 3 - Midnight Star Love can be tricky, but so can a Lykae determined to capture his reluctant mate's heart. The Sisterhood of Jade stories introduce a world filled with immortals living side by side with mortals, but undiscovered—at least in the beginning. As the tensions between the Death Stalkers—a brotherhood of immortals working to dominate the world—and the loosely banded together Immortal Council grow, so do the battles and bonds between the fractions. If you like passionate erotic romance colored with witches, vampires, werewolves and the Faye, then this is a series you'll enjoy. Each story is filled with fast paced adventures with unexpected twists and turns right alongside deeply passionate love stories that are sure to burn the sheets up.
The Sisterhood of Diabetes
Author: Judith Ambrosini
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1935826379
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Sisterhood of Diabetes engages the reader with 38 true-life stories of women with diabetes—the challenges they faced and the adventures they took. These accomplished women, of all ages and from around the world, are athletes, scholars, and champions in many ways, who will motivate and inspire others, whether diabetic or not, in redefining abilities and venturing beyond self-imposed limits. The message here is to live your dreams with diabetes, or any other challenges, with a positive attitude and inspired determination. While many books offer the “do’s and don’ts” of diabetes care, this book bypasses the humdrum and the confusing fuselage of medical terminology and treatment to bring the reader face to face with the real struggles of diabetes, and how to live a rich life in the midst of our challenges. Judith Jones-Ambrosini has lived under the influence of Type 1 diabetes for over fifty years. She knows the importance of exercise, sports and leading an active life as a major component of excellent diabetes care. There are currently over 26 million men, women and children with diabetes in the USA, and 286 million cases worldwide. This book sheds bright light on what can sometimes be a devastating prognosis, by telling true and encouraging stories of successful individuals. Living with diabetes is a challenge, but as Judith so beautifully captures here it doesn’t have to keep you from achieving your dreams. Each of these uplifting stories shares a common “golden thread” – the importance of maintaining a positive attitude and the will to dream big. Whether they have diabetes or not, readers of this inspirational book will be encouraged to find their own golden thread. – Chris Dudley, National Basketball Association player for 16 years; founder: Chris Dudley Foundation for youth with diabetes; Type 1 diabetes since 1981 I have known of Judith’s commitment to movement and sport for years, and how it has helped her manage her diabetes. Her clear, compelling voice brings us stories of women who discovered that moving is one of our greatest salvations, and tools, to live proudly, strongly and joyfully with diabetes. – Riva Greenberg, author, Diabetes Do’s & How-To’s and 50 Diabetes Myths...50 Diabetes Truths...; and columnist, The
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1935826379
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Sisterhood of Diabetes engages the reader with 38 true-life stories of women with diabetes—the challenges they faced and the adventures they took. These accomplished women, of all ages and from around the world, are athletes, scholars, and champions in many ways, who will motivate and inspire others, whether diabetic or not, in redefining abilities and venturing beyond self-imposed limits. The message here is to live your dreams with diabetes, or any other challenges, with a positive attitude and inspired determination. While many books offer the “do’s and don’ts” of diabetes care, this book bypasses the humdrum and the confusing fuselage of medical terminology and treatment to bring the reader face to face with the real struggles of diabetes, and how to live a rich life in the midst of our challenges. Judith Jones-Ambrosini has lived under the influence of Type 1 diabetes for over fifty years. She knows the importance of exercise, sports and leading an active life as a major component of excellent diabetes care. There are currently over 26 million men, women and children with diabetes in the USA, and 286 million cases worldwide. This book sheds bright light on what can sometimes be a devastating prognosis, by telling true and encouraging stories of successful individuals. Living with diabetes is a challenge, but as Judith so beautifully captures here it doesn’t have to keep you from achieving your dreams. Each of these uplifting stories shares a common “golden thread” – the importance of maintaining a positive attitude and the will to dream big. Whether they have diabetes or not, readers of this inspirational book will be encouraged to find their own golden thread. – Chris Dudley, National Basketball Association player for 16 years; founder: Chris Dudley Foundation for youth with diabetes; Type 1 diabetes since 1981 I have known of Judith’s commitment to movement and sport for years, and how it has helped her manage her diabetes. Her clear, compelling voice brings us stories of women who discovered that moving is one of our greatest salvations, and tools, to live proudly, strongly and joyfully with diabetes. – Riva Greenberg, author, Diabetes Do’s & How-To’s and 50 Diabetes Myths...50 Diabetes Truths...; and columnist, The
Fear Thy Neighbor
Author: Fern Michaels
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496737172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers in this exciting page-turner… At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. She’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it. The small, close-knit island community seems to have everything Alison needs. On a hunch, she contacts the island’s only realtor, and learns that an old beach house is on the market. At first, home is everything she hoped it would be. But as days turn into weeks, she uncovers a dark side to this supposedly peaceful haven. The locals have a secret, and once Alison discovers what it is, she faces a stark choice. She can stay and join them—or escape. But leaving brings its own risks, and Alison is starting to wonder if coming to Palmetto Island is the last mistake she’ll ever make . . . Praise for Fern Michaels “Michaels’s highly developed skills as a storyteller are evident in the affable characters [and] suspenseful plot.” —Publishers Weekly on Deep Harbor
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496737172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers in this exciting page-turner… At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. She’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it. The small, close-knit island community seems to have everything Alison needs. On a hunch, she contacts the island’s only realtor, and learns that an old beach house is on the market. At first, home is everything she hoped it would be. But as days turn into weeks, she uncovers a dark side to this supposedly peaceful haven. The locals have a secret, and once Alison discovers what it is, she faces a stark choice. She can stay and join them—or escape. But leaving brings its own risks, and Alison is starting to wonder if coming to Palmetto Island is the last mistake she’ll ever make . . . Praise for Fern Michaels “Michaels’s highly developed skills as a storyteller are evident in the affable characters [and] suspenseful plot.” —Publishers Weekly on Deep Harbor
Be Safe, Love Mom
Author: Elaine Lowry Brye
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610395220
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This essential guide for all military families provides helpful advice and reassurance on topics ranging from boot camp, to deployment, to PTSD, from a former "Army brat" turned mother of four military kids. When you enlist in the United States military, you don't just sign up for duty; you also commit your loved ones to lives of service all their own. No one knows this better than Elaine Brye, an "Army brat" turned military wife and the mother of four officers-one each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. For more than a decade she's endured countless teary goodbyes, empty chairs at Thanksgiving dinners, and sleepless hours waiting for phone calls in the night. She's navigated the complicated tangle of emotions that are part and parcel of life as a military mother. Be Safe, Love Mom braids together Elaine's own personal experiences with those of fellow parents she's met along the way. She offers gentle guidance and hard-earned wisdom on topics ranging from that first anxious goodbye to surrendering all control of your child, from finding comfort in the support of the military community and the healing power of faith to coping with the enormous sacrifices life as a military mother requires. With hard-to-come-by information and encouragement that is like advice from a wise and trusted friend, Be Safe, Love Mom is an essential handbook to membership in a strong and special sisterhood.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610395220
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This essential guide for all military families provides helpful advice and reassurance on topics ranging from boot camp, to deployment, to PTSD, from a former "Army brat" turned mother of four military kids. When you enlist in the United States military, you don't just sign up for duty; you also commit your loved ones to lives of service all their own. No one knows this better than Elaine Brye, an "Army brat" turned military wife and the mother of four officers-one each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. For more than a decade she's endured countless teary goodbyes, empty chairs at Thanksgiving dinners, and sleepless hours waiting for phone calls in the night. She's navigated the complicated tangle of emotions that are part and parcel of life as a military mother. Be Safe, Love Mom braids together Elaine's own personal experiences with those of fellow parents she's met along the way. She offers gentle guidance and hard-earned wisdom on topics ranging from that first anxious goodbye to surrendering all control of your child, from finding comfort in the support of the military community and the healing power of faith to coping with the enormous sacrifices life as a military mother requires. With hard-to-come-by information and encouragement that is like advice from a wise and trusted friend, Be Safe, Love Mom is an essential handbook to membership in a strong and special sisterhood.
Escape from Castro's Cuba
Author: Tim Wendel
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149622292X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Named a 2021 Top Thriller by Alta Journal 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in Action/Adventure Fiction 2021 Professional Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins University faculty Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year In this visionary sequel to Castro’s Curveball, the former Washington Senators Minor League catcher has returned to Havana with a small role in a movie being filmed on location. Billy Bryan soon realizes that this place and his past remain as star-crossed as when he played winter ball in the Cuban capital decades before. Against his better judgment, Billy becomes entangled in a scheme to spirit a top baseball prospect off the island. This pits him against his old friend Fidel Castro. Despite being in his final days, the dictator remains a dangerous adversary, as does the Cuban sports machine and the Mexican crime syndicates that now direct baseball talent toward the U.S. Major Leagues. In Escape from Castro’s Cuba, Billy must once again navigate the crosscurrents of the so-called City of Columns: a place where the sunsets from the Hotel Nacional along the Malecón breakwater are as beautiful as ever, but where the alleyways in Old Havana still fan out, crooked and broken, like an old catcher’s fingers.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149622292X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Named a 2021 Top Thriller by Alta Journal 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in Action/Adventure Fiction 2021 Professional Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins University faculty Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year In this visionary sequel to Castro’s Curveball, the former Washington Senators Minor League catcher has returned to Havana with a small role in a movie being filmed on location. Billy Bryan soon realizes that this place and his past remain as star-crossed as when he played winter ball in the Cuban capital decades before. Against his better judgment, Billy becomes entangled in a scheme to spirit a top baseball prospect off the island. This pits him against his old friend Fidel Castro. Despite being in his final days, the dictator remains a dangerous adversary, as does the Cuban sports machine and the Mexican crime syndicates that now direct baseball talent toward the U.S. Major Leagues. In Escape from Castro’s Cuba, Billy must once again navigate the crosscurrents of the so-called City of Columns: a place where the sunsets from the Hotel Nacional along the Malecón breakwater are as beautiful as ever, but where the alleyways in Old Havana still fan out, crooked and broken, like an old catcher’s fingers.