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Gathering Storm by Sherilyn Decter

Publication Date: February 29, 2020

Paperback & eBook; 433 Pages

Series: Rum Runners' Chronicles, Book One

Genre: Historical Fiction

She left criminal life behind. Will her new business venture send her to sleep with the fishes? Florida Coast, 1932. Edith Duffy might be grieving her gangster husband’s death, but she’s no damsel in distress. Leaving the sordid world of Philadelphia bootlegging, she settles in a small town outside Miami and buys a speakeasy. But when she launches a lucrative rum-running operation, indignant locals conspire to destroy her. Edith lands squarely back in gangland culture, with a Bible-thumping preacher campaigning to shut her down and smugglers resentful of her skill. And now she must forge alliances and make unlikely allies just to survive. Luckily, her mentor is none other than the wife of the notorious Al Capone… Will Edith’s fondness for underworld profits lead her to a dead end? Gathering Storm is the first book in the Rum Runners’ Chronicles, a fast-paced historical women’s fiction trilogy. If you like atmospheric settings, mob stories, and independent heroines, then you’ll love Sherilyn Decter’s Prohibition-era adventure.

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“The run-in with Brother Silas is a jarring note in what appears to be an idyllic, sleepy little town. Close enough to the big city that you can be tempted, but far enough away if you’re not. Quiet streets are lined with simple clapboard houses bordered by flowers and picket fences. Polished store windows on the charming main street invite customers inside. A steepled church with a broad lawn is the picture of faith and fellowship. All in all, it’s a sunny, charming bit of tropical America.

And the bright sun casts deep shadows. There’s a mysterious smell under the porch. A rustling sound in the bushes. The longer grass out back ripples as something unseen moves through it—secrets behind those front doors.

While strolling along the sidewalks, a suspicious sideways glance slides over newcomers. Narrowed eyes follow them. Conversations can stop suddenly when that newcomer or certain locals pass by. A welcoming hug in greeting tightens. An open palm clenches. A comforting closeness becomes smothering. In a small town, not every smile reaches the eyes.

And there was that incident with the preacher.”

About The Author

Sherilyn Decter is a writer, researcher, and lover of historical fiction. Her work is set in the Roaring Twenties and if you like feisty and determined heroines, complex cover-ups, Prohibition stories about criminal underworlds, police and political corruption, then you’re going to love Sherilyn’s grand gangster tales.

For more information, please visit Sherilyn Decter's website.

You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads and Pinterest.

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