I Was Told There'd Be Cocktails

By Yvonna Russell

My short story collection is all dramatically different tales, a hunky opera singer on the come-up, young Broadway performers in love, a suspenseful costume mystery party, and a model who wants payback.

"The Bari Tenor Hunk"

Since I saw Placido on PBS in Pirates of Penzance when I was a teenager, this was what I all ever wanted, and now it looked like my dreams were coming true. I'm a rogue who started singing in the choir at St. Paul when I was an altar boy, and here I am. I will make it to the big show, the Met Opera.

"Murder Mystery Weekend"

Actress Jacqueline Bonaparte agreed to perform in "Murder Mystery Weekend" at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. If she only had followed her first instinct and stayed home with her cocker spaniel, Douglas. To quote Shakespeare" Something wicked this way comes".

My short story, Murder Mystery Weekend made the Top 25 of Josephson Entertainment + Roadmap Writers Short Story Competition.

"Backstage Romance Christmas"

The showmance must go on. Broadway gypsy Robin Lea hopes her boyfriend Tony Award-winning Broadway star Jefferson James wants to get engaged. Christmas on Broadway is full of miracles.

"If Looks Could Kill"

If looks could kill he'd be dead now. Why had I become a New York City model wannabe who earned nothing but financed by a sugar daddy?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9XPM4BX
• ISBN13: 9798333748072
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"