Jazzage Stories

Subtitled "The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady", this is the story of Lorelei Lee, a former actress and social climber who makes her way into the glittering social life of the Jazz Age. Told in the first person, the novel takes the form of Lorelei's diary and records events in the final months before her marriage to the wealthy Henry Spoffard.

What would make you pull the trigger? When Reed Kimball is found with a bullet between the eyes, the police are faced with so many suspects, they don't know where to begin. A gambler, a speculator, and a love 'em and leave 'em kinda guy, Kimball is a middle-aged, toupee-wearing louse who magnetically attracts women by his sheer lack of interest. On the heels of their triumphant resolution, dubbed the Canary Case, private investigators Florian Flix and Phalen Archer find themselves boarding a train for Hollywood. Movie mogul, Alfred Steppson, has made them and offer they can't refuse. He wants to make a move to immortalize them in film. Once they arrive in Hollywood, glitz and glamour threaten to turn their heads. A secret is being kept from the stars and major players in Tinseltown. In the land of make believe, nothing is as it seems. A dream factory and a magnificent estate warp into a nightmare. Booze and drugs and a legion intent on bringing down Steppson's empire clash in a twisted web of lies and deception. Who shot Reed Kimball? And why? The Cupid/Archer Mystery Series: 1. Beastly House 2. Cupid's Archer (A Cupid/Archer Mystery) 3. The Dust of Death (A Cupid/Archer Mystery) 4. Ashes of Yesterday (A Cupid/Archer Mystery)

It's murder in the Roaring Twenties. The world is changing faster than the speeding trains that crisscross the country. The 1920s are a dangerous time. Booze is illegal, and mobsters are making a killing off Prohibition. The good times are in high gear. But is it all a façade? A house of cards? Jack Delancy is a high-roller who appears to have it all: a mansion, a family, and even a moll on the side. He has his fingers in a speakeasy and other lucrative, but shady enterprises. He spends his fortune as if money is free, and there is no tomorrow. But there is always tomorrow. Cupid's Archer is the second book in the Cupid/Archer detective mystery series. Phalen Archer and Florian Valentine Flix on the trail of a murderer. Follow these two sleuths as they set out to solve this whodunit mystery! The Cupid/Archer Mystery Series: 1. Beastly House 2. Cupid's Archer (A Cupid/Archer Mystery) 3. The Dust of Death (A Cupid/Archer Mystery) 4. Ashes of Yesterday (A Cupid/Archer Mystery)

In 1920s Paris a reclusive artist discovers her muse in a charismatic jazz musician who performs at a hidden speakeasy for women. As their relationship deepens, they navigate societal prejudice and the singer's secret ties within a dangerous underground movement.

The mysterious widow Claire Darling holds a ball at her estate every year - and you can be sure that something scandalous happens there every time. This is the story of one such scandal that involves a mysterious guest. A short story written for the "A masked Valentine's and a secret" contest run by the Dangerous Love profile.

Set after World War I, Lucy Pixies runs away from her home in England to make a new life in America with the help of her childhood friend, Dave. Lucy makes her new life as a superhero and jazz singer at the jazz club Nebula. There at the jazz club, three other superheros already work there. Follow Lucy's adventure as she learns of her mother's secrets and just why she has the powers she has. Lucy will learn the extent of her powers: to see people's past and all the possibilities for someone's future, and what they are meant for. Also, along the way Lucy meets her greatest foe and fall heads over heals in love.

Meg van Helsing knows the illusion of safety is fleeting, but for a moment, just a moment, she let herself rest. But the past is a relentless hunter, and when startling news arrives from the Continent, Meg is drawn into a nightmare that began more than four hundred years ago. A legacy of sorcery and violence, cruelty and terror, pursues her and her friends, a legacy written into the blood of the man she loves. Scarlet eyes are watching from the shadows, and this time, they're fixed on Geordie. To keep his dark past at bay and save the man he has become, Meg must reach deep - into magic, the power of fear, and the terrible bonds of blood.

Chicago. 1920's. Flappers, jazz music, prohibition. Looking good means being so much dirtier on the inside. Welcome to the Gilded Age. Enter Klaus Michaelson, immortal vampire original, fleeing from his father. After nearly being discovered, and losing his sister, Rebekah, why would he choose to stay behind in the Windy City? The answer comes in the form of a striking blonde.

New York City is a wild and terrific city to all but Kay who has trouble fitting into the spontaneous lifestyle. With his sickly father thousands of miles away, his only motivation to root himself here is for the sake of returning a richer man - until he meets Fleur de Lis, the woman of his dreams and the temptation of his nightmares.

Book 1 in the Love of the Decades Trilogy Lillian grew up with high society parents. Her life was always set and stone. After she graduates from college she is thrown into the business world. But one night after work she goes to a hidden underground club and discovers a whole new world. She lives a double life now. One as a respectable business-woman, the other as a flapper who loves to sing. Harold is an up and coming lawyer at his father's firm. One night him and his co-workers decide to go to this club. That was the night he saw her for the very first time. *** All rights reserved to harrysbeebee Cover made by myself Started: April 7th, 2018 Finished:

New Orleans, 1919. In a city of shadows, the music is your only prayer. The air is thick with danger and the defiant sound of Jazz. A terrifying serial killer, known only as the Axeman, haunts the night. He leaves no clues-just blood, and a chilling ultimatum: Play jazz, or die. Celeste Duvall, a fiercely independent Creole pianist, runs her speakeasy, The Red Drum, by the Axeman's rule. The music is her shield, her business, and the constant, intoxicating rhythm that drowns out the trauma of her past. She refuses to be a victim, but the killer's shadow is growing closer. When the Axeman strikes just blocks from her club, Celeste's life collides with that of Detective Elias Virelli. A brooding, war-scarred Italian-American cop, Elias is obsessed with the case and instantly suspicious of the guarded woman who runs the city's loudest haven. He sees her as a prime suspect-or a target-but he can't deny the powerful, dangerous rhythm that pulls them together. As bodies stack up and the city descends into panic, Celeste and Elias must work in the shadows to unmask the killer. But the Axeman isn't choosing victims at random. He's hunting a secret linked to an old score, a secret Celeste may be desperately trying to forget. In a city where silence is death and every note could be a lie, Celeste must decide who she fears more: the masked killer with an axe, or the detective who threatens to tear down all the walls she built to survive. Can they catch the killer before the Axeman discovers the one truth that connects them all? And in a world of fear, is love the most dangerous sound of all? Will be using actual historical notes

Hello, New Yorkers, Step into the roaring world of 1920s Manhattan, where jazz echoes through the streets, secrets flow as freely as the forbidden champagne, and the elite's lives are always under scrutiny. Welcome to the world of "Roaring Secrets: A Jazz Age Scandal." In this era of flappers and speakeasies, Blair Waldorf reigns supreme over the Upper East Side with her impeccable style and iron-clad ambition. But even in this dazzling age, keeping her family's legacy intact is a challenge, especially with her best friend, Serena van der Woodsen, constantly stirring up trouble with her carefree spirit and irresistible charm. Chuck Bass, the enigmatic heir to a vast fortune, controls the city's underground nightlife, running speakeasies that attract the rich and powerful. But in the dangerous world of prohibition, one misstep could mean disaster. Meanwhile, Nate Archibald, the golden boy, is caught between his family's expectations and his desire to forge his own path in a world full of temptations. From Brooklyn, aspiring writer Dan Humphrey observes the glamorous lives of the elite, eager to expose their secrets through his prose. His sister, Jenny, dreams of breaking into high society with her daring fashion designs, ready to do whatever it takes to succeed. In a time where power, betrayal, and passion intertwine, and every whisper could spark a scandal, keep your friends close and your secrets closer. In the glitzy and perilous world of the Roaring Twenties, everyone has something to hide. Stay tuned, New York. Gossip Girl

Lucia and Charley are the products of Old New York's ruling elite. Prestige. Wealth. Tradition. Scandal. No one is immune. Not Charley, reckless, blithe courtier of trouble, heiress to the Montrose fortune, who has been conspicuously absent for over a year without a word of truth or explanation. Nor Lucia, as docile a daughter as any parent could wish for, carrying secrets of her own, slowly awakening to a yearning for things beyond obeisance to the established order, as deeply ingrained as Old New York's fascination for, and fear of, scandal. Sailing into the summer of 1929, on the eve of the Black Tuesday Wall Street Crash and a world on the brink of change, Charley and Lucia must keep their wits sharp about them in the pleasure capitals of the Continent and on the Nile to steer their futures away from peril. There are men and temptations to resist, intrigues and mysteries to untangle, secrets to hide, lies to weave, and jewel thieves to outsmart while, back home in New York and on the Exchange, the world rumbles and thunders ominously by. More hangs in the balance than the frivolities of the Jazz Age, the glitzy parties in London and the lures of Paris, automobile races, leisurely flirtations on the French Riviera, opulent Egyptian nights, and the catching of a brilliant matrimonial prize. This Grand Tour could prove to be the making of two young women, a prelude to freedom and independence, to saving and building an empire... Or perhaps merely an invitation to rebellion, scandal and unmitigated disaster. Running away or running towards? Tick-tock.

"New Orleans in 1926 was a place where music welled up from every side street, storefront, park bench, and club. Trumpets quivered, trombones blurted, accordions purred, and bass drums thumped until they were tight enough to burst open and wreck the parade line. It was a place where people went to get loose-lipped on bourbon and sweet and heavy bread pudding, and where dreams went to either take root in that fertile Mississippi River delta or shrivel up like a head hung in some old vodou home. It was a place of magic, sensuality, and risk, where the surface was just as vibrant as the underworld..."

I know it's not the best but I wrote in one night for history. Hopefully one day I will be able to edit it and make it better. You have been warned.

Short poem inspired by The Great Gatsby .

In 1922, tea-totaling police chief Harry French has all but eliminated the illegal liquor trade in Columbus, Ohio, but a new batch of hooch known as "the Devil's due" is sending people to the hospital in droves. When one of her best friends falls victim and the police fail to take action, 16 year old Druscilla "Dru" Faust is on the case, using her knowledge of chemistry and investigative technique, she'll have to find the bootleggers before they find her. If you enjoy Nancy Drew, you might like Dru. Updated (almost) every day.

The Old Shelter is a speakeasy, you can only enter if you know the password. It stands in the heart of the Black Belt of Chicago and it hides a dark past. People know. They know why the speakeasy is haunted. Please enter and make yourself at ease.

A mother's love remains unchanged by time or distance; as for Katherine, even beyond the grave.