Dinner With Howard

Our book is dedicated to the beautiful people of Freeport, Bahamas ... Cliff Sandalwood, a former firefighter who left the states to escape the hurt of finding out on his wedding day that his fiancé cheated on him and went on their honeymoon alone to the Bahamas where he decided to stay and went to work as Howard Hughes right hand man and head of security for the famous Xanadu hotel. Julia St. Ives is an up and coming actress looking for her breakout role that will earn her the Oscar she dreamed of as a child. When she finds out that Mr. Hughes is producing a new movie she knew she needed to go to Xanadu. Lloyd, the bellhop, who looks out for Cliff thinks it's time for him to find love again and when he meets Ms. St. Ives and knows she would need to get pasted Cliff to meet Mr. Hughes, Lloyd thinks this would be the perfect opportunity for Cliff to find happiness with Julia ..

Our novella was inspired while on holiday in Freeport, Bahamas, when we found out that the abandoned hotel that was in view from the condo we were renting was the famous Xanadu hotel that was once owned by Howard Hughes back in the 70's and was a playground for Hollywood's royalty, we both let our imagination run wild thinking about all the great actors & actresses that passed thru the hotel and the fun they had. It was easy to create this sweet love story since Chris & I based the main characters, Julia & Cliff personalities on ours as a couple who have been together for over 30 years. It was at that moment our novella came to life.
Chris & I have been together for over 30 years and married for 25, We share a son Christopher Jr. We love staying fit, drinking a great Bordeaux & each other's company.
Chris was born and raised in Yonkers, NY and has been a Yonkers Firefighter for 19 year, he's due to retire Nov 2020. He is also a personal trainer.
I was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. I tried my hand at many occupations, I tend to get bored very easily. I acquired my beauticians license after high school, I briefly held a real estate license, I've worked in the travel industry and my last occupation I was a personal trainer but my greatest accomplishment was being a mom to our beautiful son ..
We currently reside in Brookfield, CT until Chris retires, then our plan is to sell our home, pack up the car with essentials and travel our great country, who knows, maybe we'll write about our adventure or a sequel to Dinner With Howard ..