Speakeasy #1
Speakeasy #1
DEVIL’S SLIDE
Are second chances enough when the world is conspiring against you?
High school best friends Rose and Dax each have a secret—they like the other in a way they shouldn’t in 1920’s Prohibition Era California. After sharing a first kiss, they’re forced apart—each sent to a different city to account for their sin.
Rose lands in the coastal tourist city of Half Moon Bay in virtual servitude, working for a distant cousin for pennies. Dax has an idyllic existence in San Francisco, living with her married sister. Then the fates change. Rose escapes and lands a job as a singer at an underground speakeasy. Dax wears out her welcome and ends up at a restaurant—in Half Moon Bay.
After nine years, their paths cross again. But is it too late? Will the lives they’ve led keep them apart? Or will Dax and Rose defy the odds and find a way to be together again?
Published: July 2023
Series Titles
Speakeasy Series
From the Author
Golf and alcohol typically end in one thing for me—a poor score. However, on a fun-filled Thursday in 2019, something incredible resulted. The mixture had my friends and me discussing my story for the GCLS Writing Academy and a Sierra Foothills speakeasy. By the turn, I thought what if I combined the two topics? What if The L Word and Boardwalk Empire had a baby? By the end of the round, I had the makings of a book.
Two years later, I dove in. I was stumped for a setting until I remembered the West Coast main highway for illegal liquor coming from Canadian ships during Prohibition was an hour from my California childhood home. A road trip was essential. That day in Half Moon Bay, walking up Devil’s Slide and visiting the marina shops and eateries, spawned more stories and gave birth to the Speakeasy Series.
I hope you enjoy the first leg of Rose and Dax’s journey and fall in love with the cast of characters, as I have.
– Stacy Lynn Miller