Nikki Silva feels like she’s blown up her life even as her brothers tease her about blowing up a boat called the Mona Lisa. Divorced, funding for her shark research cut off, she’s moved back to Provincetown to live with her father in her childhood home. Nikki hopes to regain herself. She’s written a grant proposal for the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Commission to fund a study that will get her back to the sort of research she loves. The commission is run by her ex-husband Ned, who would rather have a migraine than give money to his ex-wife.

            Marco Tornetti wants to turn a hole-in-the-wall Newark spaghetti joint into a trendy bistro. His silent partner, Fat Phil Lagosa, wants to use the place to meet questionable people for questionable business deals.  When Fat Phil accuses Marco of a double cross and has him taken for a ride by one of his hit men, Marco knows he’s in too deep.

            Marco escapes the hit man and takes the first bus out of the Tri-state area, a bus chartered by the Greater Teaneck Gay Men’s Choir and headed for Provincetown. Marco figures that Phil would never look for him in Provincetown‘s gay community. But when he meets Nikki and falls hard for her, he finds that pretending to be gay isn’t as easy as it would seem.

Want to know about blowing up a dead whale? I'm at The Writer's Vineyard on May 27 blogging about it.

Dawn’s Reading Nook: May 23
Writer’s Vineyard: May 27
Roses of Prose: May 28
Brinda Berry: June 8
Elin Gregory: June 11
Raine Delight: June 12
Eveli Acosti: June 14
Katie O’Connor:  June 15
Long and Short Reviews: June 19
Writer’s Vineyard:  June 24

In the months of June, July and August, I'll be participating in the Summer Reading Trail. See the Summer Reading Trail page for details!

Check out my interview with Lena Toporikova at Colors of my Soul on May 1!

I'm excited to be joining a group of great writers blogging over at The Writer's Vineyard. My first post is Sunday, April 29. Stop by and say hello!

Blueberry got Five Stars from
Kick Back and Review!

Here's what Laura McQuillan had to say:

"This inspirational little gem is written in the tradition of great stories like My Posse Don't Do Homework (the book that inspired the movie Dangerous Minds) and The Freedom Writers Diary, without thesame level of violence. This book left me feeling inspired to go out into the world and do something good....something that matters or that makes a difference. It is one of those feel-good stories that will leave you feeling good for a while after reading it. "

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My trilogy of short stories is coming to Turquoise Morning Press in July of 2013. Stay tuned for details!