A sweeping tale of love and redemption, honor and war, Robert Girardi’s Gorgeous East follows three French For eign legionnaires of very different backgrounds from the cliffs of Mont Saint-Michel to Istanbul’s ancient alley ways, from raucous Parisian bars to the desolate Sahara. Gorgeous East takes us on an epic and unfor get table ad ven ture with the wonderful John Smith, a lost Brooklynite they call the Handsome American Cowboy; Colonel de Noyer, the elder statesman slowly going mad; and Cap tain Pinard, whose past is so hideous he can’t find love outside the Legion’s walls. When a mission in the Sahara goes horribly wrong, one legionnaire must wage battle against a rogue terrorist group and rescue his brothers-in-arms. In this tremendous return to form, Girardi show cases his sheer love of language and lumi n ous sense of place to deliver a masterful novel of the hearts and minds of soldiers of fortune.

Returning home from Paris to take over his recently deceased uncle's broken-down golf course and bar, Tim Doyle decides to put off selling the property long enough to search for buried pirate gold on the premises.

A treasury of short fiction by the author of Madeleine's Ghost explores the moral uncertainties of human life in seven stories in which human souls are won or lost based on the result of everyday decisions, including such works as 'The Dinner Party' and 'The Primordial Face.'

During his nocturnal walks through Venice, a sleepless businessman meets a mysterious woman who hides a portentous secret from her past, a secret that will forever change his life. By the author of Madeleine's Ghost. Reprint. NYT.

A depressed man finds himself drawn to a wanton female sailor named Cricket and agrees to follow her on a boat trip, a journey that imperils his very soul. By the author of Madeleine's Ghost. Reprint. PW.

The author of the acclaimed novel, Madeleine's Ghost, presents an atmospheric romance set in Venice, where a young American man falls in love with a strange, wayward woman whose past comes back to haunt his present. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: Modern day pirates inhabit this thrilling adventure novel from the author of Madeleine's Ghost . A work of vibrant imagination and sheer storytelling genius, The Pirate's Daughter will haunt you long after its poignant climax. Simultaneous hardcover release from Delacorte...read more

When a feisty poltergeist invades his Brooklyn apartment, Ned Conti begins a journey from the back streets of New York to New Orleans, along which he seeks to turn a long-dead nun into Brooklyn's first saint. Reprint.

Follows a restless ghost as she yearns for the touch that will release her from her purgatory, while a young historian searches for true love in New Orleans

An atmospheric, sensual, and original first novel follows a restless ghost as she yearns for the touch that will release her from her purgatory, while a young historian searches for true love in New Orleans. 35,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo. Tour.