THE GOAT WOMAN OF LARGO BAY – The first in the Shad Series
The location of the Shad Series is a fishing village on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. Bathed by ever-constant sea breezes and brushed by aquamarine waves, Largo Bay appears to the tourist as a picturesque little community on the main road to Kingston. In reality, it is a ferment of human dreams and fears, like any other place.
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay, the first in the amateur detective series, introduces the hero, Shadrack Myers. He’s a man who refuses to see his life as limited, despite his lack of options. Born to a father who abandoned his mother, and to a mother who abandoned him to his grandmother, Shad has few grudges. He is a joyful character, brimming with hope and compassion, and what he lacks in book learning, he makes up for in life experience and common sense.
The book starts when Shad and his disillusioned American boss, Eric Keller, notice a moving spot on the island offshore from the bar. Although he first thinks the spot is a goat, Shad discovers that it is a woman, a woman who wants to be alone. Simone refuses to leave the island and opts to rent
the island and live in the ruins that were once Eric’s small hotel. Needless to say, her presence on the island attracts attention, drama, and political intrigue.
This and the other books in the series are told from three perspectives, allowing the reader to enter the minds of locals and visitors who interact with Shad and his fellow Largoites.
SEXCESS: THE NEW GENDER RULES AT WORK
BRIDGING THE GAP
The war between the sexes started as far back as man -- and woman -- can remember. It has only been recently, since new medical technologies started opening up worlds within, that it has been proven that there are indeed basic biological and chemical differences between men and women. Although there are more similarities between the sexes overall, the differences are fundamental enough to affect attitudes and behaviors, even in the workplace.
Sexcess not only outlines the new scientific findings, but it approaches this intriguing subject with a set of Rules for workplace behavior. Resting on a foundation of respect for the opposite gender, the Rules prescribe recommended approaches for dealing with ticklish office situations. Subjects like handling venting or self-isolation, understanding competitive venom and passivity are all discussed with tact and wit, and lead to some eye-opening advice.
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- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., best-selling authors of Conscious Living, Conscious Loving, and The Corporate Mystic.
Sexcess is consistently engaging, concise, and to the point. It moves quickly. You expertly provide reasons for the "Rules" that would serve us all well to know and to follow, not only in our professional lives, but also in our personal lives.
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