A Thrilling Iron Horse Ride
The Story of Marcus and Arroya
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About the Book
The story of Marcus Stevens, a strikingly handsome, loveable street savvy black cop from a huge family out of the Harlem ghetto, who will operate on either side of the law to get justice done – meets and is drawn to Arroya Baleeno, a female from the Philippines. She is a woman born into a family of males and raised in a machismo-oriented environment. She is taught to believe in the absolute power and control of the male gender. This pair trying to find a common meeting ground is destined to right a deadly wrong. Using her God’s gift of brains, she becomes an excellent doctor but by not being accepted by her family in her homeland, she relocates to New York where she is instrumental in bringing this cop needed information that leads toward a solution for his dilemma. He has a dead body and needs clues to solve his case but before he can have success, he needs to put out the fire he and Arroya are generating. It threatens to burn out of control. Then there is another, Carmen Cartamonde, who had aspired to be Arroya’s stepmother at one time but found herself almost out on the corner, prostituting herself for food to feed her illegitimate children. Fleeing for her life and the safety of her small family she also meets her salvation in a man who knows little of her past, after she arrived in New York. Meeting significant others that will change their destiny, they each ride the delicious gravy train to honest fulfillment. Will all meet with success? Take a peek and see. You are guaranteed to discover love in all its hiding places. Watch up close and personal the sensual dance, the love play that intrigues all that comes in contact with those people who come to life between the pages of this book. Travel with author Jacquelyn McGloster as she journeys from the steamy back roads of the Philippine Barrios where life is cheap and the birth of boys are prized. Come up into the salaried community where middle class America exists, often carrying other needy family members into the bright light of day. Moving from paycheck to paycheck, keeping body and soul together. You’ll enjoy the ride. And you’ll come to admire those with whom you rub elbows along the bumpy way…
About the Author
Travel with author Jacquelyn McGloster as she journeys from the steamy back roads of the Philippine Barrios where life is cheap and the birth of boys are prized. Come up into the salaried community where middle class America exists, often carrying other needy family members into the bright light of day. Moving from paycheck to paycheck, keeping body and soul together. You’ll enjoy the ride. And you’ll come to admire those with whom you rub elbows along the bumpy way…