SUNSTRUCK
by Mayra Calvani
A fun,
quirky, beach summer read by Twilight Times Books!
Daniella is an architecture student living with her narcissistic artist
boyfriend in San Juan. Abandoned by her father at an early age,
Daniella always falls for the ‘wrong’ type of man. Her most
enduring male relationship so far has been with her cat.
Several strange mysteries are threaded through Daniella’s everyday life: her
ex-husband, Ismael, has just opened an outlandish hotel for animal lovers that
has her distraught; Ismael’s wife, a rich woman Daniella fondly refers to as
‘Lady Dracula’, has some gruesome ways to keep her skin looking young;
Daniella’s mother is founding a revolutionary, feminist society called The
Praying Mantises; the island’s national forest is being depleted of
hallucinogenic mushrooms; meanwhile, young girls are disappearing and there’s a
nut loose dressed as Zorro slashing the rear ends of women who wear
miniskirts.
Oppressed by all these eccentric characters, Daniella feels herself falling into an abyss. Then something terrible happens, making Daniella wake from her stupor and take charge of her life.
Oppressed by all these eccentric characters, Daniella feels herself falling into an abyss. Then something terrible happens, making Daniella wake from her stupor and take charge of her life.
Read an excerpt: http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Sunstruck_ch1.html
Reviews:
“Dark and quirky humor coupled
with quixotic characters adds to the surprising mix found in Sunstruck… I've never read a book
remotely like it. Everything from the humorously weird to the acutely macabre
can be found between these covers, and then some.” –Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review.
“Highly entertaining!”—Romance Junkies.
"Calvani has taken human nature and
put it under a microscope--a warped and slightly cracked microscope. Proving
once again that she is a master storyteller in multiple genres,
"Sunstruck" by Mayra Calvani is both witty and brilliant." — The Book Connection
"Sunstruck is like a nutty Whodunit with a little twist. Who really
is in the Zorro costume? With all the crazy characters I caught myself pointing
fingers again and again. A great read that will make you forget where you are,
while you giggle yourself to complete oblivion from all the silliness." --Autumn Blues Reviews
"This
book was so crazy it was fantastic. Talk about a nutty twisty book this is it
and all in good fun." --Babs Book
Bistro
"...[A]
funny satire that reaches into the realms of paranormal and horror as well as
mystery and women's issues." -- Anne K. Edwards, mystery author
"Salvador Dali meets Terry Gilliam...Monty Python's Flying Circus would be proud." -- The Blue Iris Journal
"Salvador Dali meets Terry Gilliam...Monty Python's Flying Circus would be proud." -- The Blue Iris Journal
About the author: Award-winning author Mayra Calvani has penned over ten books for children and
adults in genres ranging from picture books to satire to paranormal fantasy
novels. She’s had over 300 articles, short stories, interviews and reviews published in magazines such as The
Writer, Writer’s Journal and Bloomsbury
Review, among others. She has lived in America, Asia, the Middle East, and
now lives in Brussels, Belgium. Find here here:
Website: www.MayraCalvani.com
Latino Books Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/latino-books-in-national/mayra-calvani
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SPECIAL OFFER: Sunstruck will have a special reduced price of $2.99 instead of the regular price of $5.95 on August 15th. Also purchase Sunstruck to receive FREE download e-Book of Dark Lullaby. Visit http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94529."
