Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 7/17 - Valentines

Last night I received a care package from my literary angel, Victoria Valentine, who has adopted the pen-name January. She sent copies of her latest two books Head over Wheels and the recently released Beautiful Experiment, plus a whole bunch of swag: pens, key chains, magnets and bookmarks. Unlike me, she is not reluctant to spend to promote her work, and it's working. Each of her four novels has a sales' ranking of 600,000 or better. There are nine million books listed at Amazon. I am green with envy. Today, for the first time, all of our books were available at the floating book shop. Here's the blurb for her latest:
"Six unruly teens are abducted on their way to a juvie home. Dumped onto an uncharted island. Could things get any worse? Hell, yeah. Hostility and envy run rampant. Throw in some alphas, divas and demons, and what do you have? Beautiful Experiment. Book One of the Island of Defiance Trilogy.
The teens are referred to as waywards, informed their parents have sent them to the island for rehabilitation. While they struggle with their predicament, and each other, they come to a shocking realization ... for once in their lives, they have to follow rules.
Brook has lived on the Island of Defiance his entire life, with no choice but to believe everything he has been taught. As he approaches eighteen, the secret of who he is, and the ultimate fate he must face, begins to unfold. To complicate matters even more, Brook grows to experience something he has never known ... love.
How do you convince a stranger a dreadful mistake has been made? Gabriella Winslow is an honors student who has always helped others, but now has to fight for herself. Something unimaginable wants her as much as the beautiful island boy with whom she is falling in love.
Beautiful Experiment is Book One of The Island Of Defiance Trilogy (paranormal - fantasy - romance - for teens and adults) Mature 17+ for adult language, drugs & alcohol, mild sexual situations & violence."
And the cover:

The picture doesn't do it justice. Order it here: http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Experiment-Paranormal-Defiance-ebook/dp/B00DIQU1KW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374095238&sr=1-1&keywords=beautiful+experiment+january+valentine Also available in Kindle.

I saw some interesting things today on the street. During my morning work, I noticed a personal license plate: Kal-El, the Kryptonian name of Superman/Clark Kent. Has Jerry Seinfeld or George Costanza moved to Sheepshead Bay? While operating the book shop, I spotted a family of five across the street, waiting for the change of light at Avenue Z. The three sons had red hair like their dad. The oldest was at least 13. As they stood there, the parents pecked like new lovers, not once but twice. I was impressed - after all this time. Kudos. I was also impressed with the woman who bought the last three of my stock of thrillers in Russian, the gentleman who bought three DVDs, two featuring Steven Seagal; the woman who bought the DVD on Gacy, a serial killer who entertained children while dressed as a clown; and the young man who bought the huge, handsome pictorial on the history of the Tour de France. My thanks for braving the intense heat. Unlike yesterday, there was no stiff breeze to mitigate the temperature.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx