Two new books:  Cafe Stories: relationships and The Best of Cafe Stories.

Cafe Stories: relationships is a collection of my best love stories, some quirky, some romantic, but all of them entertaining.  I put them in one book because I am still defining my genre style.  Many of my stories, along with my novel, The Da Vinci Diamond, use a love story as a primary or secondary plot.  Although I'm quite comfortable writing straight love stories, I prefer to have it become a secondary plot to a larger genre (e.g. mystery, comedy, science fiction, etc.).  Also, because I have dabbled in screenwriting, I see this as a logical way to define my voice.  It's unlikely that you'll find any of my stories without a love story subplot.

The Best of Cafe Stories is my collection of the best of the 81 stories I have had published so far.  It begins with a sequel to The Da Vinci Diamond (The 7 Hills Technology Group), has a couple new stories not previously published in my books along with the most critically acclaimed stories I have had.  Again, the reason for this volume is to further define my voice, work from the best stories I have done.  I feel like these two collections represent a plateau, a new level from which to start, as I reach for the next level of my writing.

I am currently working on "The Case of the Chinese Coins", the third story in my Detective Tony Mariani series (following The Da Vinci Diamond and The 7 Hills Technology Group).  I will also be adding new stories to be published by magazines in my primary markets (the U.S., Canada, Australia and Great Britain).

I always welcome feedback from my readers.  If you would like a book for free, please contact me (jguarino.author@gmail.com) and I'll be glad to send one along.