SOFIA, a new novel by Joseph Sciuto, available June 27th

Why do we strive to survive… if not to help each other?

 

 

Why do we exist? Joe thought he knew…

Despite being the successful screenwriter behind a series of blockbuster movies, Joe’s personal life is in shambles.

 

He hasn’t had a date in over eighteen years, and his relationship with the daughter, Sofia, has gone off the rails.

 

Once a sweet and affectionate child for whom Joe was the sole parent, Sofia’s personality changed dramatically in her early teens.

 

Sofia’s increasingly explosive, irrational behavior has wreaked havoc on Joe’s family back home in the Bronx.

 

During a visit with a specialist after experiencing neck pain, Joe meets Kentucky-born beauty, Jennifer.

 

Jennifer is a pediatric oncology nurse, and over lunch, she and Joe hit it off. Joe soon learns how affable, charming, intelligent and compassionate Jennifer is, and quickly moves to make room for her in his life.

 

For the first time in decades, Joe can see the possibility of a real romantic relationship, but it’s not long before Sofia’s behavior begins to interfere with his one chance at love.

 

As the relationships between the daughter, the nurse, and the screenwriter intertwine, Joe discovers what it means to be a family.

 

He learns just how dark life can be for those whose families are torn apart by illness and loss.

 

Joe’s grasp of what’s really important shifts from the make-believe world of the movies to the everlasting hope that we can all make a positive difference for those fighting just to live.

 

SOFIA, a new novel by Joseph Sciuto, author of HOLLYWOOD RIPTIDE,

TARGETED DEMOGRAPHICS and PER VERSE VENGEANCE,

on sale on June 27th on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and at fine bookstores everywhere.

Available in paperback and for all mobile devices.

PER VERSE VENGEANCE — A Novel by Joseph Sciuto

PER VERSE VENGEANCE

A Novel by Joseph Sciuto

 

Hollywood. Las Vegas. Beverly Hills. A world of corrupt movie moguls, heartless kidnappers, and innocent girls sold into slavery by their own families.

A clever play on words, “Per Verse” refers to a love of poetry shared by Nicole Tyler and Nicholas Righetti.

When wounded Kentucky-born beauty, Nicole, ditches her handlers in Las Vegas and sets out to avenge the death of her best friend, her bloody rampage threatens a powerful network of kidnappers and shady businessmen who will stop at nothing to protect their own interests.

Bent on toppling their illegal enterprise and determined to save her sister from becoming its latest victim, Nicole has no time for a handsome movie producer and returning soldier, Nick Righetti, whose attentions threaten to distract her from her mission.

A gripping tale about love, family, and the poetics of revenge, Per Verse Vengeance moves briskly between Las Vegas, Kentucky, Beverly Hills and Hollywood on the trail of a young woman who must decide between getting even and opening her heart.

 

Joseph Sciuto returns to the tawdry side of Hollywood where the rich and famous rub shoulders with the criminal and unprincipled.  Occasionally, those four traits belong to the same people.

Following the success of HOLLYWOOD RIPTIDE and TARGETED DEMOGRAPHICS, Sciuto explores the hidden side of Hollywood in PER VERSE VENGEANCE, a play on words about the poetry verses mixed with murder.

A longtime Hollywood resident, Sciuto’s career provides him with inside information on the workings and players of the entertainment industry.

PER VERSE VENGEANCE is available online and at fine bookstores.  See more at http://perversevengeance.com  , https://amzn.to/2zANT4d  

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