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Newest Nick Reagan Thriller Tackles Evil and Corruption Within US Borders 

GREENWICH, CT — Bestselling author Jeffrey Stephens delivers a nail-biting escape from reality — while exploring contemporary real-world problems — in his latest spy thriller, Enemies Among Us.

“You’ve got to keep the action going,” Stephens said during an interview. “This is not some kind of deep psychological treatise; this is a thriller, and if people aren’t turning the pages, then I’m not doing my job.”

Enemies Among Us is a sequel to Stephens’ first book in the series, The Handler, which an Authors.com reviewer called “a heart-pounding ride with great narratives … It’s got it all — spies, assassins, guns and terrorist cells … If you liked Vince Flynn novels, you would love Stephens’ super-cool CIA operative Nick Reagan.”

Enemies Among Us takes all that to another level, as Reagan and his partner, Carol Gellos, attempt to track down the terrorist responsible for the planned attacks in The Handler. While the good guys are easily identified in that story, it is a bit more difficult to tell the heroes from the villains in Enemies Among Us.

As Reagan assembles clues to the whereabouts of his prey, his superiors in the CIA inexplicably order him to stand down, and it becomes increasingly evident that the evil he faces could be corruption from within.   

Charting an unfamiliar course amidst the pervasive treachery and deadly secrets inside the nation’s capital, Reagan is not sure who he can trust as he works to expose the worst of America’s elite — those who believe in a New World Order.

Violent confrontations intensify with each new act of treason he unearths, leaving Reagan to rely on his patriotic instincts as he and his team risk their lives to bring down these traitors and restore safety and freedom.

“Many may have thought the continuing threat from terrorists was over,” Stephens said, “but as we have recently seen, it remains incredibly current and violent … while few would believe that corruption within our own intelligence services and the highest levels of corporate power are something we are dealing with in real time.” 

Jeffrey S. Stephens is a successful attorney in private practice, residing in Greenwich, CT. In additional to The Handler and Enemies Among Us, he is the author of the Jordan Sandor thrillers, Targets of Deception, Targets of Opportunity, Targets of Revenge and Rogue Mission, as well as the Anthony Walker murder mystery Crimes and Passion and the Pencraft first-place award-winning novel, Fool’s Errand. 

For more information about the author, visit https://jeffreystephens.com/.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Among-Us-Reagan-Thriller/dp/B0CD5YN968 

Enemies Among Us

Publisher: Post Hill Press 

Release Date: November 21, 2023

ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8888452998‎ 

Available from Amazon.com and anywhere books are sold. 

 
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Reviews, photos, links to previous interviews and Q&As are available upon request. 

Jeffrey Stephens was born in New York City and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science at the age of 16; he completed a B.A. in Creative Writing from Pennsylvania State University at 19. Jeffrey began his first novel in 1970, which would not be completed for several years as he entered the Fordham University School of Law. His private legal practice has included extensive civil and criminal courtroom experience, and he has represented a wide range of celebrity clients. Continuing to practice law while completing several novels, he only recently decided to pursue his career as a novelist in earnest, with the encouragement of his wife, Nancy.

Nancy and Jeffrey live in Greenwich, Connecticut, where they raised two sons, Graham and Trevor. All avid skiers, golfers and tennis players, they have traveled extensively as a family throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, including a fateful trip years ago to Portofino, Italy, the setting for the climax of TARGETS OF DECEPTION.

Big idea: Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins was born unwanted during the 1931 Yangtze River Flood, adopted by medical missionaries, brought to the US for a few years, then trapped in Communist China. She was neither American nor Chinese "enough," yearning for acceptance and home her whole life. Her memoir, finished by her son, is an eyewitness account of Chinese history and her own harrowing story. 

Why it matters: The Chinese immigrant experience, especially for women, is often overlooked and deserves to be told. Bridging two centuries, this story brings to life themes of displacement, hope, and a woman's coming of age, and brings history to life.

Key messages: Richard Perkins Hsung promised his mother he would complete her memoir. It took him more than ten years. He meticulously compiled and edited her writings, adding family photographs and historical details to create the 3-volume Spring Flower, spanning the 83 years of her life (1931–2014). 

The author can also discuss:

• How missionaries played a vital and misunderstood role in 20th century China.   

• Why his mother's US citizenship was blocked, despite her adoptive American parents.

• How the rise of Communism destroyed Chinese families for generations. 

• How language and displacement struggles triggered his mother's depression.

• How his mother achieved a successful career as an ophthalmologist despite the odds.

• Why he chose to set aside his own career as a professor to complete Spring Flowers.

• How he uncovered secrets and truths about his mother's and his own life.

The source: Richard Perkins Hsung was born in China in 1966 and was one of the first teens to leave China legally after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and became a professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, retiring in 2022. He spent ten years editing and completing Spring Flower (Earnshaw Books) by his mother, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins, MD. The three-volume memoir chronicles her life as an adopted child of American medical missionaries, survivor of China's brutal communist regime, ophthalmologist, immigrant, and mother. Hsung lives in Madison with his wife, where keeping squirrels from digging up his backyard has become a daily scientific obsession. Learn more at Yangtze River by the Hudson Bay. 

Richard Perkins Hsung was born in China in 1966 and was one of the first teens to leave China legally after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and became a professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, retiring in 2022. He spent ten years editing and completing Spring Flower (Earnshaw Books) by his mother, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins, MD. The three-volume memoir chronicles her life as an adopted child of American medical missionaries, survivor of China's brutal communist regime, ophthalmologist, immigrant, and mother. Hsung lives in Madison with his wife, where keeping squirrels from digging up his backyard has become a daily scientific obsession. Learn more at Yangtze River by the Hudson Bay. 

Winner for Human Relations Book award - Celi Ryker pens "Augusta" exemplifying how resilience is a mental attitude.

Celia, a silver and gold winner for Human Relations Indie Book Award, writes a human-interest novel based on the real-life struggles of her grandmother. Celia Ryker brings to life Augusta, highlighting the struggles of a young girl forced to grow up too fast.

Ryker shares with us in an interview the following:

Why Ryker’s grandmother inspired the writing of Augusta.

Who her grandmother was and why she is Ryker’s heroine.

The struggles women faced during the early part of 20th century America.

How Augusta survives two bad marriages: one at age 13, and one who abandons her.

The challenges of raising four children on her own during the Great Depression

Why Augusta is haunted by a decision she has to make due to poverty.

Author Celia Ryker has been a horse trainer, horti-culturalist, and hiker, and has been writing all
of her life.
Celia's first career was with horses. She trained horses and taught students on Southeast
Michigan's hunter jumper circuit for more than 30 years. Her second career sent her back to
school to study gardening fine arts and landscape design. They were not just careers -- they were passions and when life left room for a new passion she began to distance hike. Her husband, Don, said, "She got to H in the alphabet and stopped. She went from horses, to horticulture, to hiking."
She has also penned two books, Augusta, historical fiction based on her grandma’s life, and
Walking Home: Trail Stories, a memoir of her hiking a 300-mile trail in her 60’s.
Born in Detroit, she grew up in, Clarkston, a small town thirty miles northwest of Detroit. She
attended a small Catholic school, Our Lady of the Lakes, in Waterford Michigan. After high
school, at age 17, she wanted to learn how to train horses, teach riding and make a living in the
horse business. She was able to do what she loved, although the income was touch and go at
times.
She moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida as a young adult. A few years later she moved again, and
bought a farm in Ortonville, Michigan. Through this line of work, she met the man who would
become her husband. They have been together for 38 years. 

After injuring her back in a horse-riding accident, she was forced to switch to a new career.
She attended the Michigan School of Gardening and received their Gardening Fine Arts
certification followed by another in Landscape and Garden Design.
Throughout these years with horses and gardening, she took creative writing classes at Oakland University and Oakland Community College. Ryker attended writing seminars; kept journals, wrote poems and short stories. She wrote a gardening article for a local newspaper for a short time and became involved in writing groups: The League of Vermont Writers, Michigan Writers, Independent Publishers and Authors of New England, and The White River Junction Writers Group. She’s been featured on WCAX-TV, WDEV-Radio, New Pages, My Champlain Valley Local 22/44 News, and other local media outlets.
She and her husband split their time between Vermont and Michigan with their border collie,
Flurry. To learn more, please consult: celiaryker.com

Patients deep in a medically-induced coma may experience alternate lives spanning decades, ultra-real episodes of nightmare and chase, or a wide range of NDEs from the stunningly beautiful through to the depths of Hell. We have spent the past few years exploring these events, seeking parallels and possible mechanisms.

Alan Pearce is a journalist, broadcaster, former BBC correspondent, and author of several books. He has contributed to numerous publications, from Time Magazine to The Sunday Times of London. He lives in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France.

The Big Story: In a genre-bending memoir, Merrie Reagan weaves together her private recollections, family moments, and personal philosophies with snapshots of history, pop culture, and current events, acting as both a contemporary guide and time capsule for future readers.

The So What: Journaling from January 2007 to February 2021, the various personal recollections and musings of the author cover a wide range of topics, including relationships, current events, politics, religion, spirituality, psychology, and both western and alternative medicine. In addition to being insightful, readers are inspired to think about their own personal lives and ideologies.

Key Messages: Life Flashes: A Memoir invites readers to reexamine divine existence and at the same time to reassess numerous aspects of life, both past and current. Reagan is available to discuss, among many other things:

The Source: Former educational tutor, small business owner, and part-time freelance news and feature article writer, Merrie H. Reagan resides in America, in the state of Massachusetts. She savors reading, writing, ballroom dancing, singing, homemaking, and yard work. Merrie watches varied public and network television programs, including All Things Bright and Beautiful, Call the Midwife, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, CBS Sunday Morning, and Funny You Should Ask. Her new book is Life Flashes: A Memoir (Stillwater River Publications, February 2022). Learn more at merriehreagan.com.

 Former educational tutor, small business owner, and part-time freelance news and feature article writer, Merrie H. Reagan resides in America, in the state of Massachusetts. She savors reading, writing, ballroom dancing, singing, homemaking, and yard work. Merrie watches varied public and network television programs, including All Things Bright and Beautiful, Call the Midwife, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, CBS Sunday Morning, and Funny You Should Ask. Her new book is Life Flashes: A Memoir (Stillwater River Publications, February 2022). Learn more at merriehreagan.com.

Hi!

This is Lou Evans from the U.S. pop-rock band WORLD5.  We know Doug and Donald for many years , have our songs on BBS Radio (the link for our band page on BBS Radio) for years, and did an interview on BBS Radio in 2017 with Al Cole.  We have a brand new album coming May 10, 2024 (Release by Spectra Music Group) and I would love to do an interview on BBS Radio again! The band and me as the lead singer have very interesting stories (see more in our bio), I can promise it won´t be boring. I look very much forward to hearing from you! Best, Lou Evans / WORLD5

https://world5music.com/band 

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For upcoming stories, please consider Kataluna Enriquez, Miss International Queen USA 2024, Former Miss Nevada USA, and the first and only trans woman at Miss USA as of today.

A warrior for gender equality and championing mental health, Kataluna Enriquez is a multi-dimensional fashion designer and the owner of KatalunaKouture. As a Filipino American model, Kataluna is a survivor of physical and sexual abuse along with years of trauma, Kataluna made history by being the first Transgender woman to win Miss Nevada USA, and the first to compete in the 70 years History of Miss USA. 

She can comment on:

-The Miss Silver State Organization training young girls throughout the country on building a positive mindset, branding and self-confidence. 

-Being crowned Miss International Queen USA 2024 and set to compete in Pattaya, Thailand in the world’s biggest transgender pageant, Miss International Queen. 

-Her transition socially during freshman year in high school, modeling in college then pageantry and media presence around 23 

She says “I am currently reigning as Miss International Queen USA 2024, and hopes to win Miss International queen as the first Asian first generation American and 3rd crown for the USA. When I was young, I had no one to look up to since there was no one like me in the media. I then became the person I needed when I was younger.”

Social Media: IG - Mskataluna

Kataluna made history in 2021 as the first transgender woman to win Miss Nevada USA.

She is the reigning Miss International Queen USA 2024, set to compete in Miss International Queen in Thailand.

The Big Idea: Adoptees are an invisible community living in plain sight, but whose adopted status is unseen by others. They share a fundamental core experience of separation from their mother or primary caregiver that leaves a deep psychic wound, no matter how well they fare later in life. The powerful effects of this developmental trauma can last a lifetime. The So-What: Imaginally, there’s an orphan who lives within them. The orphan is homeless, restless, disconnected, and searching for something or someone it can’t find, including its very soul. For some, the orphan’s persistent presence may arise intermittently through feelings and behavior at any stage of life or circumstance. No orphan, however, is beyond redemption. The lost orphan can be found in the shadows and brought to the safety and security of light. Disconnection can be healed by loving reconnection. The Source: Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist practicing in Bainbridge Island, Washington. His professional past includes serving as an elementary school teacher and principal, and a school district superintendent in Washington and California. He has been a college professor at three universities, teaching courses in educational administration and organizational theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. His new book is: The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny (Chiron Publications, Sept. 2023). Learn more at stephenrowley108.com/memoir/. Key Messages: With his background as a psychotherapist and educator, his interest in Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism, Stephen Rowley can address: - What fundamental core experiences adoptees share - How the adopted child reckons with the paradox of a comfortable upbringing and a powerful emotional loss - How early childhood wounds result in “primitive agonies” that cause disproportionate emotional reactions - What relational complexities are especially inherent to most, if not all, adoptees - Where adopted children may find hidden blessings

Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist practicing in Bainbridge Island, Washington. His professional past includes serving as an elementary school teacher and principal, and a school district superintendent in Washington and California. He has been a college professor at three universities, teaching courses in educational administration and organizational theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. His new book is: The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny (Chiron Publications, Sept. 2023). Learn more at stephenrowley108.com/memoir/.