Kindle Edition Amazon Joe Cosentino, Author The Wild Rose Press All Romance Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: The Wild Rose Press ISBN-10:  9781509206032 Type: Fiction Pages: 260 Copyright: March 16, 2016 ISBN-13: 9781509206032 Price: $4.99 (eBook) Jana Lane, ex-child star, is doing a comeback film about murder. When real murders occurs on the set, she works with her handsome and muscular leading man to try to solve the crimes. Is art imitating life in 1982? Jana Lane, ex-child star, is doing a comeback film about murder. When a crew member is killed on the set, it looks like Jana could be next. Thickening the plot is Jana’s breathtakingly handsome and muscular leading man, Jason Apollo, whose boyish, southern charms have aroused Jana’s interest on screen and off. Will Jana and Jason stop the murderer before the final reel, or end up on the cutting room floor in this fast-paced whodunit with a shocking ending? Excerpt 1982. As Jana sat waiting for Jack to call for action, she looked up at Jason’s encouraging face. She again was taken aback by his incredible beauty. Reverend Charlton and Gloria reentered the study. Jack called for quiet and action. Jana and Jason played the scene, where the detective notifies her of her husband’s death. Jason delivered his lines with warmth, vulnerability, and obvious affection for Jana. In turn, Jana listened then reacted with deep emotions, conveying shock, loss, fear, and hysteria while being comforted by the man she trusted. Jana clutched onto Jason with such force, her fingernail accidently tore a hole in his jacket. “Cut!” Jack hollered. While the wardrobe woman repaired Jason’s jacket, Jana noticed Reverend Charlton step out of the study again, this time with Ryan O’Halloran. After the two men returned, and the jacket was mended, Jack called for slate and action for take two. Jana and Jason did the scene two more times. Each take was more realistic and heart-wrenching than the next, and each appeared as if it were the first time Jana was given the sad news. After the third take, Jack shouted, “Cut! It’s a wrap. Ryan, let’s move on to the next location.” Jana wiped the tears from her cheeks. Jason placed his hand on the side of her face. “You’re amazing.” “You’re not so bad yourself, partner.” “You make me better,” he said with adoration in his true-blue eyes. They shared a smile as again people hurried around the room like ants after a picnic. Suddenly, Jana heard a loud crash followed by a scream. Leaping from her chair, she followed the horrified gazes of the others in the room to Ryan O’Halloran lying motionless on the floor with a Fresnel tungsten shuttered light next to his head, and blood dripping from his scalp onto the hardwood floor.

BooksLaidBare Reviews
Beautifully written and intensely detailed, Porcelain Doll is one not to be missed. Flirtatiously decadent with a strong moral undertone, set in a decade of extraordinary social change this is a story of its period that is as poignant today as it was then. Joe Cosentino controlled the emotions that the book encouraged with a deft but delicate touch. Suspenseful and mysterious, Porcelain Doll is a masterful creation, one that was impossible not to be affected by.”

Divine Magazine
Porcelain Doll is Joe Cosentino at his finest. We are drawn back to the fashions and attitudes of the 1980's in a character-driven story full of intrigue and passion."