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The Secret Ever Keeps

Adventure: Prohibition to modern-day treasure-hunters.

Art Tirrell 

Cloth hardcover 6x9” | Pages 352 | Fiction/Adventure/YA US$ 24.95 / CDN$ 26.95 | ISBN 9781601640048

A sprawling tale of adventure and romance spanning the decades from prohibition rumrunners to present-day treasure-hunters. The Secret Ever Keeps explores themes of greed, lust, guilt, family karma and the power of forgiveness. As a billionaire grandfather nears the end of his life, he shares a secret with his estranged granddaughter that will change her life. He tells the stories of his prohibition-era adventures and sets her on the trail of a modern day treasure in a shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Ontario. 

• “Lovelorn Laurel Kingsford finds romance, adventure, a kindly grandfather and a shocking letter on the shores of Lake Ontario.” —Kirkus Reviews
• “Captivating and utterly engaging.” —Garth Stein, PNBA Book Award winner. 
• “Perfect for a summertime read.” —Sail Magazine

About the Author — Art Tirrell

Art Tirrell grew up in Syracuse, New York, and spent summers at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. He’s a respected competitive sailor with many seasons of racing experience in Lightnings and other types of sailboats. He writes character-driven adventure. The Secret Ever Keeps is his debut novel.

A novel Art Tirrell

LOGLINE
An aging Godfather-like billionaire tycoon regrets a decades-long life of "shady dealings" and seeks reconciliation with a granddaughter who doesn't even know he exists.

CHOICE REVIEW
"Lovelorn Laurel Kingsford finds romance, adventure, a kindly grandfather and a shocking letter on the shores of Lake Ontario."
Kirkus Reviews 
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SYNOPSIS
A Godfather-like billionaire tycoon nears the end of his long life of “shady” dealings, lost love and failed relationships. Full of self-reproach for his selfish past, he is unexpectedly given one final chance to atone when a granddaughter, who doesn’t know he exists, comes into his life.

Jake craves forgiveness from granddaughter Laurel, longs to reveal his true identity, but fears that revealing his secret will alienate them and he will have failed yet again. A sprawling tale of adventure, feuding families, prohibition rum-runners and present-day treasure hunters, The Secret Ever Keeps explores themes of greed, lust, guilt, family karma and the power of forgiveness.

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“Captivating and utterly engaging, The Secret Ever Keeps is a rolicking ride on the choppy waters of Lake Ontario. Like the Ancient Mariner, Jake Eastland is compelled to tell the story of his misdeeds—a story that includes romance, smuggling and murder. Tirrell writes with authority and confidence; he is truly in command of this ship! Wonderful!”

Garth Stein, author of How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, 2006 PNBA Book Award Winner

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Art Tirrell
Art grew up in Syracuse, New York, and spent summers at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. In 1974 he founded a retail business in Oswego NY, which continues.

He's a respected competitive sailor with many seasons of racing experience in Lightnings and other types of sailboats, and a keen observer of wind and weather and their effect on the lake he loves.

He writes character-driven adventure. The Secret Ever Keeps is his debut novel and the first in the Eastland series. The second, as yet to be named, is well advanced.

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