Atlantic Ave Magazine October 2016 Issue

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Gotta Read
By LISA MARIE
Two by Two
by Nicholas Sparks
AVAilable October 4, 2016
#1 New York
Times bestselling
author Nicholas
Sparks returns with
an emotionally
powerful story of
unconditional love,
its challenges, its
risks and most of
all, its rewards.
At 32, Russell Green has it
all: a stunning wife, a lovable six-year-old
daughter, a successful career as an advertising
executive and an expansive home in
Charlotte. He is living the dream, and his
marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the
center of that. But underneath the shiny
surface of this perfect existence, fault
lines are beginning to appear...and no
one is more surprised than Russ when he
finds every aspect of the life he took for
granted turned upside down. In a matter
of months, Russ finds himself without a
job or wife, caring for his young daughter
while struggling to adapt to a new and
baffling reality. Throwing himself into the
wilderness of single parenting, Russ embarks
on a journey at once terrifying and
rewarding-one that will test his abilities
and his emotional resources beyond anything
he ever imagined.
Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
AVAilable October 11, 2016
Ruth Jefferson is
a labor and delivery
nurse at a Connecticut
hospital
with more than
twenty years’ experience.
During
her shift, Ruth
begins a routine
checkup on a
newborn, only to be told a few
minutes later that she’s been reassigned
to another patient. The parents are
white supremacists and don’t want Ruth,
who is African American, to touch their
child. The hospital complies with their
request, but the next day, the baby goes
into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone
in the nursery. Does she obey orders or
does she intervene?
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR
and, as a result, is charged with a serious
crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white
public defender, takes her case but gives
unexpected advice: Kennedy insists
that mentioning race in the courtroom
is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by
Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep
life as normal as possible for her family—especially
her teenage son—as the
case becomes a media sensation. As the
trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy
must gain each other’s trust, and come to
see that what they’ve been taught their
whole lives about others—and themselves—might
be wrong.
With incredible empathy, intelligence,
and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race,
privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and
doesn’t offer easy answers.
“Small Great Things” is a remarkable
achievement from a writer at the top of
her game.
Honor Bound
by B. J. Daniels
AVAilable October 18, 2016
Protecting her life
will mean betraying
her trust
Ainsley Hamilton
has always been the
responsible one of
the family. As the
oldest daughter of
presidential candidate
Buckmaster
Hamilton, she’s also a potential
target. For months she’s sensed someone
following her. When an expedition to
scout locations for a commercial takes a
terrifying turn, she’s rescued by a naturalborn
cowboy who tempts the good girl to
finally let loose.
Sawyer Nash knows just how reckless
it is to fall for someone he’s gone undercover
to protect. Yet masquerading as
an extra on set, he starts to see beneath
Ainsley’s controlled facade. And with the
election—and a killer—drawing closer,
Sawyer stands to lose not just his job and
his life but the woman for whom he’d
gladly risk both.
The Whistler
by John Grisham
AVAilable October 25, 2016
From John Grisham,
America’s #1 bestselling
author, comes
the most electrifying
novel of the year,
a high-stakes thrill
ride through the
darkest corners of
the Sunshine State.
We expect our
judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity
and impartiality are the bedrock
of the entire judicial system. We trust
them to ensure fair trials, to protect the
rights of all litigants, to punish those who
do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and
efficient flow of justice.
But what happens when a judge bends
the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it
happens.
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the
Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She
is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to
respond to complaints dealing with judicial
misconduct. After nine years with the
Board, she knows that most problems are
caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually
crosses her desk. A previously disbarred
lawyer is back in business with a new
identity. He now goes by the name Greg
Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida
judge who has stolen more money than
all other crooked judges combined. And
not just crooked judges in Florida. All
judges, from all states, and throughout
U.S. history.
What’s the source of the ill-gotten
gains? It seems the judge was secretly
involved with the construction of a large
casino on Native American land. The
Coast Mafia financed the casino and is
now helping itself to a sizable skim of
each month’s cash. The judge is getting
a cut and looking the other way. It’s a
sweet deal: Everyone is making money.
But now Greg wants to put a stop to
it. His only client is a person who knows
the truth and wants to blow the whistle
and collect millions under Florida law.
Greg files a complaint with the Board on
Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned
to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects
that this one could be dangerous.
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