Lover Girl
by Stephen Kronwith, MD
GENRE: Thriller
PUBLICATION DATE: 06/06/2021
DESCRIPTION:
Sammy, ‘Lover Boy’ Vivino, the retired legendary hitman, answers his doorbell to find a beautiful young woman at the threshold. However, her silenced pistol aimed at his heart quickly dashes any hopes for romance. For this woman is Angelica Fortuna, a conflicted, wisecracking assassin nicknamed L’angelo della Morte – The Angel of Death. Her father, Philadelphia’s Don Vito Fortuna, has sent her to New York with one simple order: kill Lover Boy!
Angelica, though, has her own agenda and soon joins Vivino in a daunting, desperate race to rescue a kidnapped child while simultaneously falling in love with another man she barely knows. Unfortunately, because of Angelica’s paternal defiance, she and Sammy will soon face another deadly obstacle – a Fortuna assassin known as Il Boa — a man who uses his powerful arms to squeeze the life from his victims. And this sadistic killer has equally straightforward orders: kill Lover Boy, L’angelo della Morte, and whoever stands in the way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I live in Floral Park, New York, and recently retired from a thirty-one-year career as a private/university-based pediatric ophthalmologist. I started writing my first novel, Lover Boy, six months before retiring. Though complicated and slowed by being among the many healthcare professionals working during the early months of the COVID crisis, I completed the manuscript about eight months later. Writing Lover Girl went a lot faster, with retirement and COVID restrictions allowing little else to do, as did Lover Child, my third entry in the Lover Boy series. The Serpent’s Teeth is my latest standalone novel.
REVIEWS:
"...the very entertaining caper plot folds in romance, suspense, action, family ties, and just deserts, often against the backdrop of Mafia culture with its codes of honor and brutality. A satisfying and potent Mafia tale." –– Kirkus Reviews.
"In this second book of the Lover Boy series, Kronwith snaps the reader to attention right off the bat in one of the most clever — and strangely charming — assassin scenes written." —— BestThrillers.com
"Okay, Kronwith has done it again. There, I said it!"
"... the opening pages of Stephen Kronwith’s Lover Girl reveal a stunning truth and trigger a series of events that make the author’s sequel to his debut, Lover Boy, another gem." –– BookTrib
COMPARATIVE FILM/BOOK:
Film: La Femme Nikita / Book: The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
CASTING:
Angelica Fortuna — Jennifer Lawrence Jane Rieger-Franklin — Charlize Theron Sammy Vivino — Pierce Brosnan
PRIMARY VENUES/LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOOK:
Long Island, New York Boca Raton, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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