Autumn Breeze - Rw Richard - Bog

Listed by AMAZON in best books of the year.>SEPTEMBER 11, 2001On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius's mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She's now without her parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl's fault. She had predicted the terrorist attack to her BFF. Her BFF, in turn, won't give up her source, which makes the spy investigating her consider the detective as the possible predictor. Unbeknownst to the girl, a terrorist is also trying to find out who the predictor was, so he can silence him or her forever. Now, the girl is fighting to stay in the country, trying to make two people who hardly know each other fall in love, get married, and adopt her, while she is playing a most dangerous game of hide and seek with the terrorist to protect not only her life but also the life of her best friend.The story, as it progresses, delves into how the City of New York responded to 9/11 by establishing an anti-terrorism taskforce in which the girl's BFF and the spy play important roles.On the journey, the girl learns that love is earned, sometimes with a heavy price.Autumn Breeze is book 1 in the Carlos series.2 - Angel's Eyes3 - A More Perfect Union4 - The Chess MasterOther: The Meet-Cute (my latest)Cinnamon & Sugar published by The Wild Rose PressDouble HappinessThe Wolves of SherwoodNeanderthals and the Garden of EdenNon-fiction: >Key Words: Regarding the girl's, detective's and spy's internal stories we have literary romance, teenage love stories and angst, coming of age, young adult, family life, dating, relationships, sisterhood, parenthood, friendship, college, school, scholarship, multicultural, multiracial, interracial, immigration, Caribbean, travel, marriage, wedding, adoption. Regarding the external plot we have 9/11, mystery, thriller, intrigue, suspense, action, adventure, spy, assassins, police procedural, terrorists, terrorism, military, war, cloak and dagger, mass murder, politics, religion, anti-terrorism taskforce, CIA, NSA, NCS, Homeland Security, and martial arts, death and grief. And as catch alls for various plot twists, we have contemporary romance, literature and fiction, literary, wealthy, American, ghosts, paranormal. And then, United States, New York City, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Trinidad. Let's not forget Rudy Giuliani and the ever-popular historical 21st century.