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It’s 1944, and the Birmingham Miners and the Memphis Blues are duking it out in the Negro League World Series!
Martha Jones,a fairer than fair-skinned beauty straight out of the Red Light District of Atlanta, returns to her Birmingham home after an Atlanta tycoon leaves her a sizable fortune., Along with the fortune, she brings with her a secret that must be protected at all cost.
She begins a scandalous love affair with Walter Banks, Sr., another tycoon many years her senior and owner of the Birmingham Miners. The affair seems doomed, but Walter pledges to protect Martha with his life when dangers start to multiply.
In spite of the trials that befall them, Martha and Walter band together to navigate their way through a web of intrigue, blackmail, murder, and baseball.
Shadows from the Past is Jake Corner’s debut novel. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Sharon, and is currently working on his next book, The Snatchings.
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Erin Edmundson
/ February 13, 2010W! Can’t wait to read.. I never knew you were a writer… Wishing you prosperity !!
Rich Kraft
/ February 13, 2010What was Martha up to all those years?
Who was Freddy … I don’t think I like him already?
Oh, and there’s nothing like the drama of an inside the park homerun.
Where do I get it Jake? Is it at Amazon yet? Barnes and Noble? This goes without saying but I want mine autographed.
Rich
Bernard & Linda Beed
/ February 16, 2010Congratulations on your upcoming release. We are sure that once the reader steps into the setting you have created, they will hunger for more.
Bernard & Linda!
Rhonda Berry
/ March 19, 2010WOW!. Congratulations, Jake. Now I see where Jahmal got his skills . . .
Bob DelBianco
/ April 2, 2010Congratulations Jake on your first Novel! I’m anxious to get a copy and get it on my wife’s book club list.