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Down the River

River City Book 2

by J. Scott Coatsworth

COMING SOON
Down the River - J. Scott Coatsworth - River City
Part of the River City series:
Editions:ePub - First: $ 5.99
Pages: 376
Paperback - First: $ 22.99
Size: 9.00 x 6.00 in
Pages: 376

IT'S NINE YEARS LATER, AND EVERYONE HAS A NEW SECRET. BUT SECRETS NEVER STAY BURIED FOR LONG

Nine years have passed since a group of strangers first met at a magical little restaurant in East Sacramento called Ragazzi. They have all been touched by its subtle magic, and have become a family.

With the tragic death of one of them, ripples spread through the entire group, exposing secrets and revealing truths that many of them would rather not face.

Dave and Marcos are each battling their own demons. Matteo is hunting an embezzler at Ragazzi, while Diego struggles to hold on to his son, Gio. Carmelina fears Daniele won’t take no for an answer. And both Ben and Sam are dealing with tragic losses that have turned their lives upside down. Into the mix come a few new characters—Ainsley, a Sac State student studying to be a doctor; a mysterious stranger who is stalking someone in the group; and a few new love interests who may have their own skeletons in the closet.

The cast of River City is back, along with some great new Italian recipes for you to try at home! What secrets will be revealed before the last page turns?

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Publisher: Other Worlds Ink
Cover Artists:
J. Scott Coatsworth, Lerri Peterson

Genres:
Comedy, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fantasy - Magical Realism, Inspirational, New Adult, People of Color, Young Adult

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Pairings: F-F, M-F, M-M
Heat Level: 1
Romantic Content: 2
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Bisexual, Demigender, Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Transgender
Tropes: Adopted Child, Bad Breakup, Coming Out / Closeted, Cultural Differences, Found Family, Hurt / Comfort, Love Can Heal / Redemption, Love Triangle, Meet Cute, Moral Failure, Queer Wedding, Single Again, True Love, Unrequited Love
Word Count: 111000
Setting: Sacramento, CA
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:

About the Author

Scott lives with his husband of more than 30 years in a leafy Sacramento, California suburb, in a little yellow house with a brick fireplace and a couple pink flamingoes out front. He has always inhabited the space between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine, he devoured her library. But as he grew up and read the golden age classics and more modern works as well, he began to wonder where all the people like him were.

After he came out at twenty three, he decided that it was time to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t many gay characters in his favorite genres, he would reimagine them himself, populating them with a diverse universe of characters. He would subvert them and remake them to his own ends. And if he was lucky enough, someone else would want to read the things he wrote.

His friends say Scott’s brain works a little differently – he sees relationships between things that others miss, and gets more done in a day than most folks manage in a week. Although he was born an introvert, he learned to reach outside himself and connect with others like him.

Scott writes stories that subvert expectations, that seek to transform traditional sci fi, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something new and unexpected. He also runs both Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring people like them together to promote and celebrate fiction that reflects their own reality.

His writing, whether romance or genre fiction (or a little bit of both) brings a queer energy to his stories, infusing them with love, beauty and power and making them soar. He imagines a world that could be, and in the process, maybe changes the world that is, just a little.

He was recognized as one of the top new gay authors in the 2017 Rainbow Awards, and his debut novel “Skythane” received two awards and an honorable mention.

He runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, and is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), where he ran the Indie Author Committee for almost three years.

You can find him at Goodreads here, on Amazon here, on QueeRomance Ink here, and on Facebook here.