Thursday, August 24, 2023

SMFS Member Publishing News: Stealing Paradise: A Grifter’s Song by Curtis Ippolito


SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s novella, Stealing Paradise was released earlier this month by Down & Out Books. This is the thirty-fourth installment of the A Grifter’s Song series. The read is available in eBook format from Amazon.

 

Publisher Description:

Sam and Rachel are taking a much-deserved break in America’s Finest City—San Diego. Staying at the legendary Hotel Del on Coronado Island, the couple hack their way into a free suite, swanky spas, and numerous other luxuries. But that’s where the scams cease.

Rachel has enacted a mantra of “observe but don’t act,” intended to allow Sam time to decompress and recover—and it’s working. But true to their nature, when a con too easy to pass up comes along, all other intentions are quickly discarded. Once a young businessman brags about increasing his net worth over the pandemic through the windfall of small business loans from the Federal government he had forgiven, the couple hatch a simple con to lighten his load some.

After some cozying up and planning an “investor presentation,” they seem poised to net an easy payday of six figures. The only hitch? A disgruntled former employer also has Sam and Rachel’s mark in his sights, unknown to them. Will his unwelcome presence not only kill the con but spell doom for them all?

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