Buck Winthrop Releases Racy New Thriller Ocean Drive.
Miami Herald Columnist Says, "Ocean Drive May Be 'the' Miami Novel We've Been Waiting For."
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Buck Winthrop has released his second novel, Ocean Drive worldwide on iTunes, Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. It is a "spinoff" of Delusions of Grandeur, and the second installment of the Shattered Delusions trilogy.
It is 2013 and L.A. screenwriter Toby Brent has received twenty-five cassette tapes from Elle Sampson, a woman at the center of a notorious Miami scandal in 1999. Suffering from writer's block, he accepts an invitation to return to Miami to attend the annual South Beach magazine party hosted by Kim Kardashian and Kayne West.
After a flash-forward, Ocean Drive tells two compelling stories: the modern day Elle, alternating chapter by chapter with the childhood "Gabrielle." The two tales merge dramatically in the final act towards what the author calls, "a shocking climax."
"Ocean Drive is pure narrative drive," says the author. "It is a book for the digital age where people are glued to their iPhones and iPads all day long. There is no fat. The chapters are short and fast-paced where (hopefully) you want to read just one more."
Ocean Drive had its origins in 2001 as a WET magazine serial, Gabrielle, Diary of a South Beach It Girl. Many incarnations followed over the years. The author put it aside to finish Delusions of Grandeur in 2010 and ultimately created a trilogy called Shattered Delusions. "The books are not sequels in the classic sense. They are "spinoffs," Winthrop says.
The author, who has resided in Los Angeles for four years, spent fifteen years in South Beach. "On many levels, writing Ocean Drive was the deepest, darkest, saddest most emotionally draining experience of my adult life. It was like a Catharsis."
Onwards, the author is finishing his third book, Somewhere in Hollywood, which he says, "Will be my biggest and best book." He is working with an entertainment attorney and agent to bring Ocean Drive to the screen. However, with a wry smile reveals a goal on his career bucket-list has always been, "To write for the CBS soap opera The Young & The Restless."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Buck Winthrop grew up in Stony Brook, Long Island. He has a twenty-five year career that spans the full spectrum of entertainment, public relations, and business. In 2010, his debut novel, Delusions of Grandeur was published. Ocean Drive is the second book in the Shattered Delusions trilogy. He is currently working on his third book in the series, Somewhere in Hollywood, due in 2015.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information on Ocean Drive contact:
Byron Hanolan Socialite Nation Media
(310) 283-1308 9663
Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 442 Beverly Hills, California 90210
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Author Website: www.buckwinthrop.com
Book Link: iTunes: https://itun.es/i6BD4XT Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/l9y9gbn
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