Historias de Speakeasy

She was raised to be a weapon. He was born to run an empire. Neither of them wanted a wedding ring. Michael Jackson is the most feared man in 1930s New York. A mob boss who built his empire from nothing and answers to no one, except the father three thousand miles away who still treats him like a boy who needs correcting. Scarlet Monroe is the daughter of his rival : deadly, unflinching, and dressed in scarlet lipstick like armor. She didn't choose this marriage. She chose the war she's been quietly planning to end since she was old enough to hold a gun. When their fathers force them into an arranged marriage neither wants, it's supposed to be a business arrangement...nothing more. A truce dressed up in a wedding gown. But somewhere between the taunting and the danger, the secrets and the sacrifice, two people who swore they'd never fall for each other start falling anyway; hard, slow, and against every instinct either of them has left. He fights in an underground ring to silence the boy he used to be. She kills without flinching to escape the man who raised her. And the empire that brought them together might be the very thing that tears them apart. Enemies to lovers. Forced marriage. A slow burn that turns into a wildfire. And a war neither of them can walk away from even when it costs them everything. Some marriages are built on love. Theirs was built on danger and somewhere along the way, it became both.

In the time of flappers, jazz, and prohibition, a speakeasy was the place to be. And who better to supply the hooch to a speakeasy than a bootlegger, a hood, and a gunrunner? Ashton, Calum, and Michael knew how to get the job done and be back in time for a drink at Club 96 with Luke ready to pour them a glass of white lightning. They didn't think much about the new dame singing with the band at joint, but when Ashton suddenly finds himself trying to impress the little songbird, the other three can't help but wonder who she is. Luke couldn't even recall her last name and he's served her a drink almost every night she's performed. When they got around to thinking about her, they realized she wasn't just a choice bit of calico. Ashton supplied the liquor and she supplied the entertainment, but is that all there is to it? What's her actual story? Where'd she come from? And what is it about her that's got Ashton acting like a sap?

In the crowded, jazz filled streets of 1925 Chicago, Margaret Malone is a flapper with dreams of becoming a journalist. One day, when a tea shop seems to appear out of thin air, Margaret cannot help but investigate and is pulled further into the mysterious magic of Madame Lila's special brews- and the secrets lurking within the floral patterned teapots.

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.

A bartender and his plot to bring down the world of Mobsters, Flappers, and Alcohol

A reimaging of the classic Whodunit? set in a quaint coffee shop in Paris, 1923 with a murder, a wide-range ensemble cast of suspects, and one perpetrator.

Story takes place in the 1920s This is the story Zorell Dupree, a young twenty year old nurse who moves to the city working for a prestigious hospital. She is a small time girl thrown into the fast-paced world of the city. Her childhood friend Leland Freeman learns of her appointment and asks for her help. The woman he loves is a patient there, and he asks that she look after her. The two women become friends and Shanee Lavene, her newfound friend plays matchmaker with her old time friend Gavin Lorio. Thinking that Zorell is working much too hard she asks Gavin the take her out and show her a good time. Note: The cover was created by &Ruechari Note: My highest ranking came to today (5/26/16) at #30 in historical.

A short, descriptive read on a nameless piano bar devoted to nostalgia but met with an unlikely song request that challenges the typical style of music.

Anastasia Williams' life changed completely after the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and her father's suicide. Suddenly, she has to learn how to take care of herself. She finds work taking over a speakeasy called the Shamrock Club. Immediately, a sexist bartender named Ross Calderwood and a carefree flapper named Evelyn O'Neil are thrown into her life. Anastasia has no choice but to tolerate them since they all have a common goal: to get to Great Britain to be with their loved ones. Anastasia feels as if this is the worst thing that could've ever happened to her. But can something good come out of a bad situation? What if the reward for pain and suffering was love? All she needs is a little bit of luck. Cover created by @TheSkittles

A Lockdown Production Sassy, audacious and independent, Portia DeLysle's impulse to help in any situation stirs up a troubling mix of guns, gangsters, gals, booze and money. Enjoy some jazz from the era as well

Anna fails her magic exam and has to have her memory wiped. Marie still lets her keep her job at the speakeasy though things seem to go wrong with an odd looking bird comes into the candy store poking his nose where it don't belong

Being the big dog on the streets is tough. People want you murdered in your own bed, the government is just waiting for you to slip up , you can never be to trusting to anybody. It gets to a guy sometimes, but then again nobody's got the friends I do, the Omertà family that is. Alright I'll admit that I'm the new kid on the block around here, but that don't mean crap to other mobs. We got guys coming for miles just to gun us down, some of which broke out the slammer just to try to spill our blood. See the government don't like us too much, put a hit on every member on the family, but what the government don't realize: the Omertà family won't go down easily.

Greeting. My name is Timothy Johnson and I work for I. S. A. or Illegal Sorcery Academy. The I. S. A. a branch of government which forbids any dangerous magic activity near human inhabitant areas. You are obliged to leave this place at once or else I will catch you and drag you back myself. Try to pull a violent act upon me or my assistant, Tiffany Smith, and your life will be over in a few split seconds.

The Order knows and does more than stated in the books of J.K. Rowling. And I'm here to clear up the air since most of you have obliviated memories. Take notice that your are speaking to government cleared wizard personnel Hermione Granger. So listen closely because I will only say this once. If you accuse me, I'll make sure that you are terminated along with the accuser. So lets start from the beginning. Ranked #49 in Order of the Phoenix 5/9/18

Featuring Lily and Victor Feng from the Sims 4 City Living. A short story about a romance and the secrets under the shadows of San Myschuno.

Detective Drake has been chasing runaway debutantes his whole career as a detective. But his next case might just change his life forever. Gemma has spent a life as a lounge singer. The Midnight Club has been her home, her family. Now she is in danger for her life in the very place she had once called home.

This is the backstory from a longer piece, Once Around the Carousel.

Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner In 1921, young jazz pianist Eve Riser witnesses the accidental killing of a bootlegger. To cover up the crime, she agrees to deliver money and a letter to a man named Rudy Hardy in Chicago. But when Eve gets to Chicago she discovers that her stepsister Chickie, a popular nightclub singer, is pregnant by a man she won't name. That night Rudy Hardy is killed before Eve's eyes in a brutal drive-by shooting, and Chickie disappears. Eve needs to find Chickie, but she can't do it alone. Lena Hardy, Rudy's sister, wants to learn the truth behind her brother's murder, but she needs Eve's connections. Together they navigate the back alleys and speakeasies of 1920s Chicago, encountering petty thugs, charismatic bandleaders, and a mysterious nightclub owner called the Walnut who seems to be the key to it all. As they fight racial barriers trying to discover the truth, Eve and Lena unravel a twisted tale of secret shipments and gangster rivalry. SUGARLAND mixes the excitement of a new kind of music -jazz- with the darker side of Prohibition in this gripping story.