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Book Details:

Book Title: Corporate Citizen by Gabriel Valjan
Category:  Adult Fiction,  pages
Genre: Thriller / suspense
Publisher:  Winter Goose Publishing
Published: Oct 5, 2016
Available in:  Print, ebook (mobi for Kindle) 
Will send books: USA & Canada
Tour dates:  Oct 3 to Dec 9, 2016
Content Rating:  PG-13 + M


Book Description:

A phone call for help.

A mysterious new ally.
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Murder, designer drugs, and a hacker who doesn't take ‘No’ for an answer.

‘On a break’ from Dante after the tragedy in Naples, the former Rendition analyst Alabaster Black/Bianca Nerini is back in Boston, trying to solve the murder of a call girl. The murder appears to be connected to designer drugs, a horrifying deal between a covert U.S. organization and a Russian real estate mogul. However, there’s a power shift within Rendition that would put a brilliant but unscrupulous figure called Magician in charge.

Bianca finds help from a new friend, someone who has suffered more than enough trauma to understand hers. But is he to be trusted, or is he a tool for Rendition? A battle will redefine the past for everyone and create a new uncertain future.
A breathtakingly fast-paced fifth installment in the Roma Series, Corporate Citizen will start a new chapter for those who mange to survive the Magician’s spell.


​Buy the book:  Amazon  ~  Barnes & Noble

​You are welcome to also sign up to read the first four books in the series. Just choose this option on the sign-up form. All the books are stand-alone novels.

ROMA, UNDERGROUND (Book #1)

​An impossibly smart forensic accountant.

An amateur archaeologist.

Stolen Italian beauty that brings them together.

All former analyst Alabaster Black wanted was to run away from her employer, a covert U.S. organization called Rendition, and immerse herself in the beauty and wondrous culture of Rome, Italy. But when she meets a handsome investigator and passionate amateur archaeologist, Dante, and learns that he is looking for thieves of priceless Italian artifacts, she can’t resist. She has to help.

With the assistance of Roma Underground – Dante’s band of friends and colleagues dedicated to mapping the city beneath Rome – the trap is set. However, they’re up against men who are far from common criminals: they’re the proof that Alabaster’s past isn’t going to stay secret, and even her new love and the strong bonds of friendship in Rome may not be enough.

Action-packed, filled with mystery, romance, friendships, and rich Italian flavors, Roma, Underground will keep you reading well into the night, until you read the last sentence – and grab the next book in the Roma Series.

“A provocative thriller with a riveting and surprising plot.” 
—M.J. Rose, International bestseller

“...the strong, captivating heroine and an allure of conspiracy and organized crime make this novel an undoubted success.” 
—Kirkus Book Reviews

“Conspiracy, double identities, car chases and espionage, all against the backdrop of magical Rome, with its great food and marvelous art history, make this an entertaining, intriguing read.” 
—Blogcritics Book Reviews in Brief


WASP’S NEST (Book #2)

A new case from her old employer.

A contract on her head.

A scientific breakthrough that could save countless lives... If she can save the genius first.

The last thing that former Rendition analyst Alabaster Black, now Bianca Nerini, wanted to do was to leave Italy, and return to the U.S. to investigate a case, but she couldn’t turn down the request for assistance from her online contact – code name: Loki – who already helped her so much. She returns to the U.S. to investigate Cyril Sargent and Nasonia Pharmaceutical. However, when she realizes the implications of wasp genetics as a far superior cancer treatment, she knows she must help Sargent and protect his research from falling into the wrong hands.

Even a brilliant analyst like Bianca can’t accomplish everything on her own, though. Her friends from Roma Underground soon join her in Boston to try and stop an assassin, a cold-blooded murderer who will stop at nothing to fulfill the contract on her head...An assassin who has already caused heartbreak and grief in the past to her friends in Rome.

Fast-paced and filled with intrigue, treason, loyalty, and good Italian food, the exciting sequel to Roma, Underground will leave you breathless with anticipation and eager for the next book in the Roma Series…For nothing is certain once you enter the wasp’s nest.

“Again, Valjan successfully conflates multiple sophisticated narratives that bring the past and present together, which the archaeological theme of the last novel also helps accomplish . . . Black is back and just as entertaining as ever.”
—Kirkus Book Reviews

“…a compelling reading, action-packed and with intriguing characters. The plot had plenty of twists and turns, some surprising secrets, and it kept me on the edge of my seat, guessing until the very end.”
—The Book Junkie


THREADING THE NEEDLE (Book #3)

A secret file.

A murdered student.

A repeat of a dark chapter of Italian history.

The brilliant analyst Alabaster Black, alias Bianca Nerini, is happy to be back in Italy, back with her love, Dante, but then her curiosity gets the better of her and leads to a meeting in a café in Milan…a meeting that results in the death of young university student Charlie Brooks, who leaves her with a secret file detailing the development of a new weapon that violates international law. Burdened by guilt, she seeks justice for Charlie.

Things go from bad to worse: Dante is angry at her because she told him nothing about the meeting, a scandal-mongering journalist is trying to crucify her friend Farrugia, blaming him for Charlie’s death, and even her contact Loki is warning her to stay away from the case, because it involves not just a secret weapon, but political intrigues and powerful corporate alliances, too, as well as the organization Bianca is desperately trying to escape: Rendition. The stakes are higher than ever, and Bianca and her trusted friends will have to find their way through these murky waters, or watch Italy return to the decades of daily terrorism known as the Years of Lead.

The third book in the Roma Series will take you on the darkest journey so far, the journey where, if you can’t thread the needle...Everything and everyone you care about will be lost.

“It is even more to Gabriel Valjan’s credit that with Threading the Needle he, as an American, was nonetheless capable of unusual insight into the Misteri Italiani, the Italian Mysteries, without taking any prejudicial standpoint, one way or the other, or putting the blame on anyone, but rather inviting readers to judge for themselves.”
—Claudio Ferrara, Italian journalist and translator

“But after the first few pages, I knew I was committed to the end of the book ... and would be reading the two earlier books…Characters, plot, ideas, background: In Threading the Needle, Valjan weaves it all into an international crime novel worth the read.”
—Beth Kannell of Kingdom Books, a specialty mystery bookshop in northeastern Vermont.

TURNING TO STONE (Book #4)

An anti-mafia judge is assassinated.

The Camorra and the Sicilian mafia might be working together.

A brilliant young sociologist holds the answers... And hides a secret.

After the assassination of an anti-mafia judge on the streets of Naples, ex-Rendition analyst Alabaster Black/Bianca Nerini faces a mystery: why did women on motorcycles carry out a typical Camorra ambush?

As it turns out, this case is something the former forensic accountant understands very well: a financial crime, or, more specifically, a counterfeiting operation so large it might disrupt the global economy, and involves not just the Camorra, but the Sicilian mafia, too, with their mysterious leader.
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Fast-paced and filled with mystery, intrigue, and unexpected twists, the fourth book in the Roma Series will take you even deeper into financial deals, organized crime, and test the friendship, love, and loyalty within Bianca’s inner circle.

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Meet the Author:

Gabriel lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the author of the Roma Series, available from Winter Goose Publishing. Gabriel has also written numerous short stories and essays found online and in print.

Connect with the author:  Website ~Twitter  ~ Facebook





​TOUR SCHEDULE:

Oct 3 - Library of Clean Reads - spotlight on Roma series / author interview /giveaway
Oct 3 - Working Mommy Journal - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Oct 3 - Celticlady's Reviews - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 4 - Essentially Italian - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Oct 4 - Pure Jonel - review of Corporate Citizen / guest post / giveaway
Oct 5 - Book Review Nature Pictures - review of Roma Underground / author interview
Oct 6 - Il Mio Tesoro - review of Corporate Citizen / author interview
Oct 6 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / guest post
Oct 7 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 10 - My Journey Back -  review of Roma Underground / author interview / giveaway
Oct 11 - Bookishly Devoted - review of Roma Underground
Oct 12 - The Autistic Gamer - review of Corporate Citizen 
Oct 13 - Books for Books - review of Roma Underground / guest post
Oct 14 - The Silver Dagger Scriptorium - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 17 - My Journey Back -  review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 18 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 19 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Oct 19 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 20 - fundinmental -  review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 21 - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 24 - My Journey Back -  review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Oct 25 - Books for Books - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 26 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Oct 27 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 27 - fundinmental -  review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 28 - Olio by Marilyn - review of Corporate Citizen
Oct 31 - Celticlady's Reviews - spotlight of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 31- Book Review Nature Pictures - review of Wasp's Nest
Nov 1 - Sylv all about books and films - book spotlight / giveaway
Nov 2 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Wasp's Nest/ giveaway
Nov 2 - Roughseasinthemed - review of Corporate Citizen
Nov 3 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Nov 4 - Celticlady's Reviews - review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Nov 4 - Book Review Nature Pictures - review of Threading the Needle
Nov 7 - My Journey Back -  review of Turning to Stone/ giveaway
Nov 7 - Deal Sharing Aunt - review of Corporate Citizen / author interview / giveaway
Nov 7 - Bookishly Devoted - review of Wasp's Nest
Nov 8 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Corporate Citizen
Nov 9 - Books for Books - review of Threading the Needle
Nov 10 - fundinmental -  review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Nov 11 - Celticlady's Reviews - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Nov 15 - My Journey Back -  review of Corporate Citizen/ giveaway
Nov 16 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Threading the Needle/ giveaway
Nov 17 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - review of Roma Underground
Nov 18 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Nov 21 - Celticlady's Reviews - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Nov 22 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - guest post
Nov 23 - Books for Books - review of Turning to Stone
Nov 24 - fundinmental -  review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Nov 24 - Book and Ink - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Nov 25 - Bookishly Devoted - review of Threading the Needle
Nov 29 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Corporate Citizen/ giveaway
Nov 30 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Dec 2 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review of Corporate Citizen
Dec 5 - Celticlady's Reviews - review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway
Dec 6 - Books for Books - review of Corporate Citizen
Dec 7 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Corporate Citizen / interview / giveaway
Dec 8 - fundinmental -  review of Corporate Citizen / giveaway


Enter the Giveaway!

Readers looking for a suspenseful thriller with mysterious twists and turns abounding will love Gabriel Valjan’s TURNING TO STONE!

Join us for this Thriller book tour from Sept 21 to Oct 23, 2015! If you're interested in this tour, please fill out the sign-up form.

Book Details:

Book Title: Turning to Stone by Gabriel Valjan
Category:  Adult Fiction, 385 pages
Genre: Thriller / suspense
Publisher:  Winter Goose Publishing
Published: June 2015
Available in:  Print, ebook (mobi for Kindle) 
Will send books: USA & Canada
Tour dates:  Sept 21 to Oct 23
Content Rating:  PG

Book Description:

Alabaster Black aka Bianca Nerini returns as an investigation into a public official’s assassination pits Bianca and her friends against a backdrop of financial speculation, female assassins on motorcycles, and the Camorra—the most ruthless of Italian organized crime gangs—in Gabriel Valjan’s TURNING TO STONE, the fourth book of the highly praised Roma series.

En route to a secret meeting, Aldo Giurlani—the regional commissioner of Lombardy in northern Italy and a specialist on organized crime—is assassinated in the middle of a public square.

More mysterious is the package sent to Giurlani’s hand-picked team of five top investigators within the Guardia di Finanza (GdF), the Italian law enforcement agency that investigates illegal financial transactions, from money laundering to drug trafficking. Within the package are five copies of a book entitled Man of Smoke written by Aldo Palazzeschi.

Then there is Bianca’s tenuous online contact with a mysterious online contact known as Loki, who delivers a cryptic message to her, takes on a new twist with the appearance of a brilliant young obsessive-compulsive man who joins her team.

Complicating matters even further, old enemies and, more problematically, Alabaster’s former employer—Rendition, a murky covert U.S. government agency that does more than just investigate financial crimes—still have grudges to bear against her.

As new mysteries unfold, Bianca’s group quickly discovers that Naples might just be the most dangerous city in Italy.

Readers looking for a suspenseful thriller with mysterious twists and turns abounding will love Gabriel Valjan’s TURNING TO STONE.

Buy the book here:  

Amazon     
Barnes & Noble

You are welcome to also sign up to read the first three books in the series. Just choose this option on the sign-up form. All the books are stand-alone novels.

ROMA, UNDERGROUND (Book #1)

Savvy forensic accountant Alabaster Black is hiding in Rome from her former employer, covert U.S. organization “Rendition.” While there under an assumed name she meets Dante, an investigator, erstwhile explorer and member of the Roma Underground, a band of amateur archaeologists who map the city beneath Rome. With Italian artifacts disappearing at an alarming rate, Alabaster and Dante search for answers and create a trap for the thieves. Through a mysterious online contact Alabaster learns she is being followed, and with her safety at risk she is forced to rethink her chosen alliances and discover hidden truths about herself.

“A provocative thriller with a riveting and surprising plot.” 
—M.J. Rose, International bestseller

“...the strong, captivating heroine and an allure of conspiracy and organized crime make this novel an undoubted success.” 
—Kirkus Book Reviews

“Conspiracy, double identities, car chases and espionage, all against the backdrop of magical Rome, with its great food and marvelous art history, make this an entertaining, intriguing read.” 
—Blogcritics Book Reviews in Brief


WASP’S NEST (Book #2)

In the highly anticipated sequel to Roma, Underground, Bianca returns to the U.S. for her former employer, the covert organization Rendition, to investigate Cyril Sargent and Nasonia Pharmaceutical. Although ambivalent about the assignment and uneasy about her online “friend,” Loki, she is enticed into researching what Sargent is doing with insect genetics that might upset the world of cancer research and treatment. Old friends Farrugia and Gennaro uncover a twisted conspiracy from their past and join Bianca in Boston where they will experience conflicted loyalties, question allies, and confront uncertain enemies, as they’re drawn into the wasp’s nest.

“Again, Valjan successfully conflates multiple sophisticated narratives that bring the past and present together, which the archaeological theme of the last novel also helps accomplish . . . Black is back and just as entertaining as ever.”
—Kirkus Book Reviews

“…a compelling reading, action-packed and with intriguing characters. The plot had plenty of twists and turns, some surprising secrets, and it kept me on the edge of my seat, guessing until the very end.”
—The Book Junkie


THREADING THE NEEDLE (Book #3)

Milan. Bianca’s curiosity gets a young university student murdered, but not before he gives her a file that details a secret weapon under development with defense contractor Adastra. Guilt may drive her to find justice for the slain Charlie Brooks, but she is warned by the mysterious Loki to stay away from this case that runs deep with conspiracy. Bianca must find a way to uncover government secrets and corporate alliances without returning Italy to one of its darkest hours, the decades of daily terrorism known as the “Years of Lead.”

“It is even more to Gabriel Valjan’s credit that with Threading the Needle he, as an American, was nonetheless capable of unusual insight into the Misteri Italiani, the Italian Mysteries, without taking any prejudicial standpoint, one way or the other, or putting the blame on anyone, but rather inviting readers to judge for themselves.”

—Claudio Ferrara, Italian journalist and translator

“But after the first few pages, I knew I was committed to the end of the book ... and would be reading the two earlier books…Characters, plot, ideas, background: In Threading the Needle, Valjan weaves it all into an international crime novel worth the read.”

—Beth Kannell of Kingdom Books, a specialty mystery bookshop in northeastern Vermont.

About the author:  

Gabriel Valjan lives in New England, but has traveled extensively, receiving his undergraduate education in California and completing graduate school in England. Ronan Bennett short-listed him for the 2010 Fish Short Story Prize for his Boston noir, Back in the Day. His short stories and poetry have appeared in literary journals and online magazines.

Connect with the author:   Website     Twitter     Facebook

TOUR SCHEDULE:

Sept 21 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight on all 4 books / giveaway
Sept 21 - Coffee, Books & Art - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 22- T's Stuff - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sept 23 - Il Mio Tesoro - review of Roma Underground
Sept 24 - Vic'sMedia Room - review of Roma Underground
Sept 24 - The Autistic Gamer - review of Roma Underground
Sept 25 - Vic's Media Room - review of Wasp's Nest
Sept 25 - Working Mommy Journal - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Sept 28 - Roughseasinthemed - review of Roma / Wasp's Nest / Threading the Needle
Sept 28 - Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author - book spotlight / interview / giveaway
Sept 28 - Working Mommy Journal - review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Sept 29 - Vic's Media Room - review of Threading the Needle
Sept 29 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Sept 30 - Vic's Media Room - review of Turning the Stone
Sept 30 - Pure Jonel - review of Roma Underground
Oct 1 -     Book and Ink - review of Roma Underground / author interview
Oct 2 -     The Autistic Gamer - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 5 -     Il Mio Tesoro - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 5 -     Studentessa Matta - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 6 -     Pinky's Favorite Reads - book spotlight
Oct 7 -     Pure Jonel - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 8 -     Book and Ink - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 8 -     Bound 4 Escape - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 8 -     Studentessa Matta - review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 9 -     The Autistic Gamer - review of Threading the Needle
Oct 9 -     Bound 4 Escape - review of Wasp's Nest / giveaway
Oct 9 -     Library of Clean Reads - review of Wasp's Nest
Oct 12 -   A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Oct 12 -   Olio by Marilyn - review of Roma Underground / giveaway
Oct 12 -   Roughseasinthemed - review of Turning to Stone 
Oct 13 -   Il Mio Tesoro - review of Threading the Needle
Oct 13 -   Deal Sharing Aunt - review of Turning to Stone
Oct 13 -   Pure Jonel - review of Threading the Needle
Oct 14 -   Working Mommy Journal - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Oct 14 -   Library of Clean Reads - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Oct 15 -   Book and Ink - book spotlight of Threading the Needle 
Oct 15 -   Olio by Marilyn - review of Wasp's Nest / author interview
Oct 15 -   Studentessa Matta - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Oct 16 -   The Autistic Gamer - review of Turning to Stone
Oct 19 -   Bound 4 Escape - review of Threading the Needle / giveaway
Oct 19 -   Olio by Marilyn - review of Threading the Needle
Oct 19 -   Studentessa Matta - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Oct 20 -   Il Mio Tesoro - review of Turning to Stone / guest post
Oct 21 -   Pure Jonel - review of Turning to Stone / guest post
Oct 21 -   Working Mommy Journal - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Oct 22 -   Book and Ink - book review of Turning the Stone
Oct 22 -   Olio by Marilyn - review / author interview of Turning to Stone
Oct 23 -   Jorie Loves a Story - review of Turning to Stone
Oct 23 -   Bound 4 Escape - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway
Oct 23 -   Library of Clean Reads - review of Turning to Stone / giveaway

Enter the Giveaway!