“Speak Easy, Anne” tells the story of a young woman who struggles with family, love, and loss in New York City. The U.S. prohibition has been underway for a year and Anne just had her heart broken by her longtime boyfriend, Chris, benevolent leader of the Manhattan bootlegging syndicate. She is surprised when Chris’ volatile friend, and Brooklyn bootlegging competitor, Dante, begins to pursue her. This causes a rift between the two friends and prompts Chris to question whether his dismissal of Anne was a mistake. Amid the romantic chaos, she must help her sister deal with an abusive husband. “Speak Easy, Anne” is about finding, and keeping, your heart and soul even when the world seems to challenge you at every turn.
Goodreads Review: “Gotta say, I wasn’t expecting this to be such a great story when I first stumbled across it! Loved it! But ohmygosh this story was just AWESOME! I could NOT stop reading it I was completely caught up in it for the whole thing. It was so unbelievably good! It really was I LOVED Anne she was fabulous! I absolutely thought she was awesome. And Dante oh god he is freaking hot. He really is though and I loved the way you did him. He was totally perfect! Well actually I’d say he has kind of a lot of flaws but that’s how people really are so the writer wrote him so darn awesome. The whole story was so darn awesome! It is so much fun to read! and the writer did such a great job with all the detail, the characters, and just the wording of the story! Glad to hear there’s a sequel, can’t wait!”
