Metro East Release Party and Book Signing in Belleville, IL

Name: Metro East Release Party and Book Signing in Belleville, IL
Start: 2024-10-04T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 20 E Main St, Belleville, IL 62220-1602, United States

Schedule

Fri Oct 04 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

20 E Main St, Belleville, IL 62220-1602, United States | Belleville, IL

Save The Date!! Join Andrew Bridgeman to celebrate the launch of his debut novel, FORTUNATE SON at Belleville's newest bookstore, Belleville Books. Meet the author and hear about his journey from longtime local resident to international author. It promises to be wonderful homecoming and a chance for you to support a local author and a new bookstore on Main Street!
About the book
Five days before the inauguration of the next president, Special Agent Emma Noble is given her first assignment -- the victim of a twenty-year cold case, the most infamous kidnapping in a century, has been located. His name is Ben Danvers, and he's a shy risk manager from Boston. Ben learns that his birth mother is American royalty, rich beyond measure, and the incoming vice president. Overwhelmed by the sudden demands of power and wealth, Ben turns away from his birthright to search for the truth about the woman who raised him. He discovers a killing cult, waiting for the fulfillment of a deadly prophecy. As the clock ticks down, Emma Noble races against time. Ben is being hunted, his girlfriend is in mortal danger, the president and hundreds of American leaders are in the crosshairs. The key to the truth is hidden in the tangled threads of a plot set in motion two decades ago, a prophecy that now extends into the darkest corridors of power. Across the nation a rising tide of hate, fear, and conspiracy threatens to overwhelm the levees of common sense. Emma Noble is a rookie. Ben is no hero. Together, they must risk everything.

About the author
Andrew Bridgeman has nearly as many twists in his own story as there are in his novel. A former rugby player, jazz singer, salesman, and entrepreneur, he finds inspiration in the characters he's crashed into along the way. Mr. Bridgeman studied creative writing at Dickinson College and earned his MBA from Washington University in Saint Louis. After decades in Belleville, he now lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Kathy. He enjoys hiking in the mountains near his home, playing guitar, and exploring the U.S. in an Airstream RV.