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Undercover Reunion, a novel for Baby Boomers, fans of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and anyone who has ever attended a high school reunion!

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*** A spy story for women over 40!,  If you were a fan of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., you’ll get a kick out of this.  Two women who went to school together get recruited as U.N.C.L.E. agents at their 30th reunion to battle the latest incarnation of T.H.R.U.S.H. I- it’s great fun, and even though Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin don’t make an appearance, there are plenty of reference that will delight! Go along and enjoy the ride  “Open Channel D”! – December 28, 2011 By Penton 

Undercover Reunion - a new novel by best-selling author Raven West 

If you’re tired of books about vampires, zombies and teenage angst, Undercover Reunion is what you’re been waiting for! Written for our generation, the main characters are average, Baby Boomers who become involved in an international web of espionage and intrigue.

“A refreshing change from the usual thriller protagonists” for Boomers, fans of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and anyone who has ever attended their high school reunion!

Trapped in a concrete room beneath the headquarters of an international criminal organization, four middle-aged high school classmates contemplate the consequences of having accepted the invitation to attend their 30^th class reunion.

Although their individual lives had taken them on very diverse paths, they all shared the unfortunate common denominators of possessing a diploma from Abbeyville High School and being caught in the insidious web of Wyatt Gaynes.

Charles Haussman – The computer programmer whose business went south after the dot.com crash and was desperate for money, but battering his children’s future came at a very high price.

Eric Kramer – The Wall Street Journal reporter who realized much too late that his Pulitzer Prize had been a well orchestrated hoax, and now had to do whatever he was told to not be exposed.

Kathleen Conner O’Brien – The PTA church-going mom, wife of a state senator who always believed there was good in everyone, until she discovered her loving husband was deep in the pocket of the man who had pointed a .45 at her head.

Melanie Tyler – The successful voice-over actress who thought she was over her high school crush, until he held her in his arms and reignited a 30- year- old inferno in her soul.

When the undercover agents first approached Melanie and Kathleen the night of their 30th high school reunion party, the women could never have imagined that the innocent television spy show game they had played against Eric and Charles nearly four decades ago would become a real life confrontation with one of the most insidious criminal minds of their generation.

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 Here’s what readers are saying -

Many U.N.C.L.E. fans of the sixties imagined themselves helping U.N.C.L.E.  if this was you, you will enjoy this new novel. Raven West has caught the spirit of ‘the things the dreams of U.N.C.L.E. fans all over the world consist of’. Take yourselves into the world of U.N.C.L.E. fantasies and dream along with Kate and Mel as they help the real U.N.C.L.E. guys thwart a much-too-real evil adversary who was a former classmate.

 Bridget Calvert (Honorary Editor of ‘ The Network’)

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I just finished Undercover Reunion. I instantly fell in love with all the characters. Enough information was given to let me know what was going on and it kept me interested. The back story about their childhood playing UNCLE spies was fun. The jokes fit the personalities of the people and had me laughing as I read it.

In print on Amazon and in all ebook formats on Smashwords. Read more on Raven West’s website: http://ravenwest.net

Not only reaching a new high in total sales, the ebook format has revitalized interest in the books and in the author, who is now receiving an overwhelming amount of reader email, blog comments and requests for interviews the likes she’s not seen in nearly a decade.

“With the recent closing of Borders and other bookstores, I was concerned that there wouldn’t be any place where readers could meet their favorite author, or where we authors could hold booksignings and meet our fans. Now, I’m so busy giving on-line blogs and video interviews, I hardly have any time to work on my fourth book!” West said. “Since both of these books were first published in 2001, it is so wonderful to be able to reach a new fan base through this process. And offering the ebooks for only .99 instead of the original price of $14.95, in today’s economy is also a great way to be able to provide a bit of fantasy to those who may otherwise not be able to afford to pay a higher price.”

With the price of quality of ereaders continuing to improve, West believes that there is more opportunity than ever before for authors to reach a new audience. Her books are available for the Nook, the Kindle and the iPad. For fans who don’t wish to purchase a reader, her ebooks can be downloaded in PDF printed out in hard copy. All for less than one dollar.

“While it’s nice to sell a few hundred copies through a bookstore at full retail, it’s amazing to see sales more than triple that amount in less than one month!” says West.

For previews, interviews, reviews and links to all ebook sites, visit Raven West’s website at http://ravenwest.net

Red Wine for Breakfast and First Class Male are now is available on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks and on your computer with iTunes in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, France and the UK!

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Red Wine for Breakfast

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In an exclusive interview, Jenny Reed, host of KTKM-FM #1 radio show, Red Wine for Breakfast in Los Angeles, California, exposes the behind-the-scenes problem of women working in an industry drowning in testosterone.

Hello! My name is Katelina, and welcome to Weekend Character Interviews. Using state of the art-mumbo jumbo author magic, Jo has temporarily bent the laws of fictional space and time to allow various literary universes to converge long enough for me to ask different characters a few questions.

Today we have Jenny Reed, the main character from Red Wine for Breakfast by Raven West.

Katelina: Hello Jenny, thanks for coming! No offense, but you look like you’re kinda pissed off…

Jenny: Yeah, I am. I’m the host of my very own radio show “Reeding In The Morning” on KTKM FM radio in Los Angeles, California. The station manager just informed me that he hired some jerk by the name of Johnny King to be my co-host. He came to the station with a bottle of Beaujolais to celebrate and now the boss wants to change the name of MY show to “Red Wine for Breakfast” Can you believe the nerve? I’ve been here for more than five years, and just because this King jerk is the boss’s brother-in-law, he gets to rename my show. I guess sleeping with the station manager wasn’t such a great idea after all.

K: Oh crap! That’s a great how do you do. So what’s this Johnny King like?

J: He’s brash, he’s full of himself and a real egomaniac. The problem is that he also has THE best radio voice I’ve ever heard, although I would never tell him.

K: Can’t say I blame you! It sounds like it’s going to be a real challenge to work with him.

J: I wish I could say he was the ONLY challenge, but in the world of radio, there’s a different challenge almost every day. First, I found out that I was going to have a co-host for my show, then I find out that he’s the station manager’s wife’s brother, and I just broke off my very non-committal affair with him. I’m single, over 30 and my job has always been my life, but now I’m not so sure I made the right choice.

There is a rumor that the station is going to be sold, and that we may change formats from music to all talk, which I hate. I was in control of my life, but now it seems that the only thing I can control is writing my resume, which I’m going to do right after my shift ends.

K: Thank you! I get some slack for the non-committal “situation” I used to have with Patrick. There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to leap down the altar! So what happened to end the relationship, and do you have your eye on anyone new?

J: I broke it off mostly because I got bored and he got boring. Right now I don’t see anyone here at the station that I’d be interested in, although I hear the new owner is a pretty sexy Italian, so I’ll keep my options open. Just as long as I keep my door closed where Johnny King is concerned.

K: You said you’re from LA, right? There’s probably a lot of masculine candy running around there-

Jorick: (in the wings) *glares*

K: Moving on… Um, LA, huh? *nervous laugh* Are you from LA or did you move there?

J: No, I’m from New York.

K: Do you think that moving from the East to the West made a big difference in your life (besides the obvious ones)?

J: After I moved to Los Angeles, I also changed my name from Doris Cohen to Jenny Reed, dyed my hair blond and lost a ton of east coast flab. Along with those transformations, I’ve developed a great deal of self-confidence, which was going strong until this Johnny King threatened to take everything away from me. If I lose my job at KTKM, I have no idea what I’ll do. Radio is the only thing I’ve even loved, or so I thought.

K: Speaking of changes, how do you change during the course of this story?

J: I discovered that first impressions aren’t always correct and that sometimes men can surprise you in a good way.

K: It sounds like it works out for you then. You must have a good author.

J: I do. I thank Raven for not making me a typical female victim who needs saving, even when she faces the worst day of her life.

K: So no running, screaming and twisting your ankle? *laughs*. I’m not sure how that could get worked into a radio station anyway.

J: Definitely no running, screaming or ankle twisting. But, this is not a story about what happens at a Los Angeles radio station, it’s a story about a strong, independent woman, ME, who is drowning in a sea of testosterone and manages to beat the odds.

K: It looks like we’re running out of time, so before we have to go, what is it that you want most in the world?

J: For my show to continue to place #1 in the Arbitron ratings every week!

K: Doesn’t sound unreasonable to me. Last question. Is there anything you’d like to say to our readers?

J: I really hope that you’ll read my story and get to know the real Jenny Reed, and not believe all those terrible things that Johnny King has been saying about me! Please read the story and let me know how you liked it! Then, you can meet my favorite writer, Rachael Coark, when you read “First Class Male”, also by Raven West!

K: Thanks so much to Jenny for stopping in and answering my questions.

You can find her in Red Wine for Breakfast, available on Smashwords

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