Carlsbad resident Karen Truesdell Riehl has published her latest novel as an eBook titled Saturday Night Dance Club, scheduled for release November 1. It's based on a true story, taken from the author's family history, following four couples from the early 1900s to the 1930's. Touched by the horrors of the Great War, the growing threat of organized crime, the misery of the Depression and the threat of another war, they find solace and escape by gathering monthly to dance their cares away.
For a limited time the book will be made available for $0.99 in downloads from Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, iBooks, Kobo and Smashwords.com. See the pre-order notice and download a free sample at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/359873
Karen Truesdell Riehl began writing for publication 12 years ago. Her writing achievements are remarkable, given her lifelong battle with dyslexia. She couldn't read until the age of ten.
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Her published works include a memoir, Love & Madness: My Private Years with George C. Scott, recounting her 30-year liaison with the international film star and the birth of their out-of-wedlock love child. Her honesty and willingness to reveal her clandestine affair makes for a compelling page turner, providing insight into the plight of unwed mothers in the 1950s.
Karen's novel, The Ghosts of Fort Ord was inspired by living next door to the abandoned military base for a month while her husband served as a consultant at California State University Monterey.
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Her novel, Freedom's Sins, is the story of scandal in a fictional Indiana town, the Peyton Place of the Midwest.
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