Title:
Mystical Wonders Survival
Author:
Karen Cino
Release
date: April15th, 2014
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Book
Description:
Shari's home is the center-point of
the story, the only one, which isn't submerged under water. Madison and Dino
are trapped in their crawl space as water has swept through home. Sophia is at
work when a tidal wave hits and she is swept away, holding on to the chandelier
for dear life. Cassie and Antonio are stuck in the police precinct, with the
only way out is climbing through the metal grate in the ceiling up to the floor
above. Fay gets from Italy to England where she is trying to get a flight home
to make sure her daughter Heather and her friends are safe.
With no electricity, landlines or
cell phones in service and the streets flooded out, the women have no way to
contact each other or know if the other is in despair. The women turn into
survival mode with each knowing their survival is necessary to help their
friends.
Book Excerpt
Sophia cleaned up
her desk. The past hour she did more work than she had done all week. In her
office closet, she finally had time to straighten up the bins filled with her
centerpiece supplies. This time, she hand wrote a list of everything in the
bins, before proceeding to make a spreadsheet. She always seemed to buy the
same supplies multiple times.
From what she had
seen, all she needed to buy were small and large organza bags. Her clients all
loved the small goody bags she made. She sat down behind her laptop. Just as
she started to place her order, she heard a loud crash followed by the sound of
glass breaking. A chill rushed through her. She flew out of her seat, opened
her door and walked down the hallway. The howling wind came from the room
overlooking the ocean. Noticing her feet were wet, she stopped dead in her
tracks. Looking behind her, the floor remained dry. Could it be someone
overflowed the toilet in the main lobby? Yuck.
Continuing down
the hall, she heard another crash along with more shattering of glass. For
certain, something wasn’t right. The closer she got to the room, the higher the
water rose on her calves. She unbolted the two wooden doors. The moment she
turned the handle and opened the door, water hurried at her.
Sophia held onto
the door handle tightly as the entire lobby was engulfed. When the surge
started to recede, she stepped cautiously into the hall. To her left, the glass
French doors leading to the boardwalk were floating toward the entrance door.
When the wind
slowed down, she stared out the doorway. The waves were breaking feet away from
the boardwalk, pushing the sand up onto the wooden walkway and into the hall.
Pieces of wood and garbage floated past with some pieces drifting into the
hall. As the wind began to pick up again, so did the tide, which started to
break again even closer to the boardwalk.
In the distance,
she spotted a person in a bright orange jacket trudging toward her, waving.
Sophia returned the gesture as she watched him fight the wind and rain. By now
she had become completely wet. Licking her lips, it wasn’t rainwater on her
tongue, but ocean water. The taste of salt
evident.
“Lady, get out of
here,” screamed the man as he approached her. “Go home while you can. The ocean
is getting fierce. The streets are filling up with water.”
“I can’t. The
doors are gone. Anyone could come in,” Sophia yelled above the howling wind.
“Look at the sky,
lady. Those are funnel clouds. Get out of here. I’m heading home to my family.”
Sophia pushed her
wet hair behind her ears. “Okay. I will go. Come with me. We will go out the
front doors.”
The short stocky
man followed her through the catering hall. Sophia heard him yelling something
else, but couldn’t understand his words. As she walked through the opening into
the lobby, something hit her from behind sending her across the room. Oh my God. What the hell is happening?
About the author:
Karen Cino is an author, poet and former
journalist. She’d been writing since she was fourteen years old. She started
her career by writing poetry, short stories and articles for her high school
newspaper and the Staten Island Register. After reading Jackie Collin’s “Lovers
and Gamblers” she knew she found her niche, writing women’s fiction.
Her daily walk
down at the boardwalk is what gets her muse going. It clears her mind and helps
her find realistic plot ideas and characters, boosting her muse. She loves
writing about local places that people can relate to.
Karen is a single mom living in
Staten Island, New York with her two adult children, Michael and Nicole, and
three cats.
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