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In this loose parody of Dante's "Inferno," four Irish traditional musicians get lost in the backwoods of upstate New York the week before St. Patrick's Day. On the journey, the band descends through nine hellish circles of American-style 3/17 revelry: Step-dancing princesses. Bobbing shamrock headbangers. Green beer bacchanals. Shillelagh-wavin' geezers.
A band of four traditional Irish musicans come to America for a pre-St. Patrick's Day tour. When their car breaks down on a back road in the wilds of upstate New York, the group begins their descent, a la Dante's i>Inferno/i>, through nine levels of hellish American St. Patrick's Day revelry.
a href="http://www.amazon.com/3-17-ebook/dp/B004NIFSIY">i>3/17/b>/i>/a> is a parody that examines the bizarre ways in which Americans celebrate the feast day of Ireland's most famous saint. Best enjoyed with a pint of plain and the music of The Chieftains or Altan in the background./ | |  | | A Sudden Gift of Fate: Book 2 Maeve Kenny Series
An Irish couple are gifted with an unusual wedding present: managing a rundown winery in upstate new York's Finger Lakes.
Irish newlyweds Fergal and Brídgeen Griffin receive an intriguing proposal for a wedding gift. Fergal’s cousin, Colm O’Brien, asks them to manage a Finger Lakes winery that he bought as an investment. They accept his gift of fate, but when they move upstate from Queens, see the run-down Keuka Lake property and meet its surly winemaker, they realize it will be quite a challenge getting from grapevine to bottle. Meanwhile, their best friends Maeve Kenny and Andy Krall face a challenge of their own — separation while he gets experimental cell therapy in | |  | | A Wisdom of Owls: Book 3 Maeve Kenny Series
An Irish couple struggle to keep their Finger Lakes winery funded after the collapse of the Celtic Tiger back home. The gift of a barn owl box with a webcam brings unexpected connections and a wisdom to endure life's challenges.
Young Irish couple Fergal and Brídgeen Griffin didn't think that their cousin Colm O'Brien's wedding gift-managing a winery in New York's Finger Lakes for him-was charity. When the demise of the Celtic Tiger-Ireland's economic generator-threatens Colm's funding of Loughmare Winery, the Griffins realize suddenly how dependent their future is on his generosity. Colm sets a deadline for them to increase the winery's profit; it collides with the June wedding date of the Griffins' best friends, Maeve Kenny and Andy Krall. Unaware of the coming conflict, Maeve and Andy give the Gri | |  | | In the Shadows of the Onion Domes
A collection of eighteen short stories of varying lengths set in the Triple Cities of the Southern Tier of Upstate New York.
By the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers in New York's Southern Tier lies a verdant valley called the Triple Cities. The shoe factories that originally drew thousands of immigrants from across Europe have long moved on. What remains are the distinct ethnic flavors of a gritty community determined to overcome economic woes, adapt to the rapid changes in society and find true meaning in life. Consider these stories as pages ripped from a sketchbook. Some are quick studies; others are more detailed portraits inspired by observed characters, whispered gossip, overheard | |  | | The Curse of the Strawberry Moon
Three sisters become entangled unwittingly in solving the murder of an aging rock star at a winery in New York's Finger Lakes.
A full red moon rises over a wedding at a Finger Lakes winery as fireworks explode unexpectedly above the celebration. Was it a timing accident, or were they set off early on purpose to cover up the murder of ’80s rock star Jeremiah Redfern nearby? br />
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Across Keuka Lake, the Caviston sisters watch the show from their deck on a warm June evening, unaware of how their lives will soon become entwined in the unfolding mystery. Curiosity about a Seneca Indian curse draws them deep into the investigation before they realize their own lives may be endangered as they help | |  | | The Cyber Miracles: Book 1 Maeve Kenny Series
What happens when faith and digital technology collide?
Maeve Kenny's life was going exactly as she'd planned. At 30 she was dating a soap opera star and had an exciting public relations career with an Irish-owned firm in Manhattan. Then three sudden events turned everything upside down, and Maeve found herself fleeing her Queens apartment for sanctuary back home upstate in Binghamton. br />
As she tries to readjust to the dramatic changes in her life, Maeve says she needs a miracle to turn her life around. Who would have thought the whole world would be watching when it happens?
| |  | | The House With the Wraparound Porch
When Mame McGrath's family moves in across the street from a magnificent Queen Anne-style house, she notices a catatonic young man rocking on its wraparound porch. Mame proclaims boldly that she will restore his psyche—devastated by a drowning in Keuka Lake—but what she doesn't anticipate is that he and this house will become the heart of her existence.
Along an elm-canopied boulevard rising from a quaint Finger Lakes village stands a magnificent Queen Anne-style house. In the summer of 1920, when Mame McGrath and her family move in across the street, she notices a catatonic young man rocking on its wraparound porch. Mame, a newly hired elementary school teacher, proclaims boldly that she can, and will, restore this man’s psyche—devastated by a drowning in Keuka Lake. What she doesn't anticipate is that he and this house will become the center of her life.
a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-Wraparound-Porch-eb | |  | | The Terminal Diner
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 ripple into Elaina Brady's life, changing her perspective from that of a diner's pie maker to a woman taking charge of her life.
"Men like pie." Who would know the truth behind those words better than Elaina Brady's mother Maria? Months after she showed her teenage daughter how to bake perfect pie and hours after offering that culinary wisdom, Maria abandons Elaina, her sister Dee Dee and their father Walt. All it took was a lingering, lusty look from a Missoula trucker who stopped by their family's diner and ordered a slice of lemon meringue. Maria hitches a ride west with him, and with that impulsive decision, sixteen-year-old Elaina loses her mother and gains a job baking pies at the diner. br / |
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