Here's to a Healthy Hip-Hip Hooray

Last Updated on October 30, 2022 by ADMIN-TOM

There is little to be cheerful for if you’re in some pain on a regular basis, and you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. In my case, I don’t appreciate what I’ve got until it goes wrong. As you may know, dear reader, I have cancer. It’s treatable and is being treated, so I’m hopeful of a good outcome and a few extra years in which to ply my writing trade.

However, there’s always a but and as I’m being treated with Chemotherapy my but is the soreness of my butt. If that makes sense. You see, chemotherapy can be a bit of a doozy with the side effects. So far, I’ve been receiving my chemo doses since June, and only now are some of the more painful side effects kicking in. Hips, back, bum and lots of sharp little stabbing pains in my legs are an everyday occurrence with me. The hips are taking a hammering from the chemo. So much so my oncologist arranged an MRI scan for last week… more on that in another post as I collect the results late this afternoon.

As it stands, my right hip joint is sore and the X-Ray, yes that’s me at the top of the page, has shown up soft bones, bones liable to breaking if I’m not careful.

To top it all the chemo is now affecting my stomach. Lots of rumblings, wafts of windiness and air sniffing with furrowed brow is the order of the day.

It never rains but it pours… or in my case, burps, and farts.

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Synopsis

A young Magda Asparov travels alone from her home in Ukraine to America, to marry Matthew Turner, an unscrupulous American businessman. It’s an arranged marriage and part of the dowry is land in America the Asparovs own. But this parcel of land holds a secret only Turner is aware of. It has a huge reservoir of oil beneath it.
Magda’s journey is cut-short when her ship, the Titanic, hits an iceberg & sinks.
Magda is rescued by another ship, captained by Richard Blackmore.

In the ship’s sickbay, it’s discovered the survivor has lost her memory. The crew of the rescue ship give the survivor a name, Maggie, to use until her memory returns. But as the ship sails to New York a new personality in Maggie takes hold, stifling Magda in the process.
On reaching New York, Maggie accepts Captain Blackmore’s offer of help and occupies Blackmore’s guest room in his apartment. But over time, the couple fall in love.

Meanwhile, Matthew Turner feels Magda is still alive and has unleashed his henchman, William Harker, a crook, con artist, money shark and murderer. Turner hates to feel his investment has slipped through his fingers and is keen to track Magda down and keep alive his hopes of cashing in on her oil field. Harker is told to find any trace of Magda among the survivors arriving in New York.

Harker discovers Magda is alive but is unaware of who she is. Harker makes his plans to snatch Magda away from Blackmore. Leaving Blackmore as collateral damage and his life in ruins.

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“This one has it all – mystery, corruption, murder, kidnapping, love, revenge. Don’t plan to read it as a stand alone. You’ll definitely want the next books in the trilogy because the ending of book one is a cliff hanger. I couldn’t put this book down although I became so worried about the fate of Blackmore I had to regroup myself. Tom Kane did one helluva job writing this set.”

“This book has everything Romance, Murder, Mystery which automatically hooks you to the story.”

“Set against the backdrop of early 20th century America, an incredible story of love, loss, injustice, perseverance, mental illness & heartbreak.”

“A fictional romp through history, full of well-written twists & turns.
An arranged marriage, tragic love story & a bad guy you’ll love to hate.”