David Nobile is a handsome industrial mechanic in a world of sledgehammers and chain falls by day and a compassionate single dad of two young children by night. He learns his ideals of fatherhood by a popular song on the radio and desires to meet the heart behind the music.
Riley Kragen is a beautiful aspiring singer/songwriter who is driven by an inner desire for an idyllic father figure she never knew. Meeting David, she is intrigued by his toughness and tenderness as he endeavors to help his children be the best they can be. She enters his world to find friendship and love.
But this new romance is soon under attack by a jealous ex-wife whose selfish motives of bitterness and revenge threaten to shatter David's world, and take from him his only sources of love and happiness.
Based in part on the author's own experiences, and set in the historic beauty of Charleston, SC, A Noble Paradise is a roller coaster ride of humor, wrath, ecstasy and despair, and a reaffirmation that eventually love wins over hate, good triumphs over evil, and that love, from a child or a woman, is a treasure worth fighting for.
James Crawford is also the author of Mariner Valley and Seed of Aldebaran, as well as works in other genres.
About the Author: James Crawford started writing at the age of 11 after reading the novel 'Jaws.' He writes, "I was greatly impressed with its emotional power. I started my own book, but novel writing requires more discipline than I possessed at 11 years old!" He wrote sporadically over the next 15 years or so until he saw the movie 'The Abyss' in 1989. "Again I was impressed by the emotional strength of the film and it rekindled in me the desire to write." This time he stuck with it and wrote 'The Kraken, ' a modern '20,000 Leagues' story, completing the 1st draft in 1992. He pushed on with Seed of Aldebaran, a futuristic story of a killer virus loose on a remote space station. As the books were still not up to professional standards, he skipped the publishing route and completed his next novel 'Mariner Valley, ' a story of a police manhunt on Mars, in 1996. "By that time I had become a single dad and the pressures of that important task pushed the writing to one side." By 2000 he was remarried and decided to try his luck with on-demand publishing, releasing 'Mariner Valley' in 2001. "During this period I took time out from novels to focus on family, home, and work concerns. I only had time to write poetry and short stories, but it was good discipline. I started writing sci-fi again in 2006. By that time the Amazon and Kindle phenomenon were in full swing and I wanted to take advantage of it." One of his books in another genre became a great success, selling thousands online. He revised 'Mariner Valley' and released it in 2012. "A better novel by far," he writes. James knew he could make a successful career out of writing his sci-fi adventure novels, but there was one novel he wanted to write while he still had his day job. "I wanted to write 'A Noble Paradise' while still living the life of an industrial mechanic in a paper mill, while the sights and sounds and frustrations were still fresh to me. As for recreating the setting and emotions of my single dad years, I turned to my daily journal, which I have been keeping faithfully since 1995. There I documented all of the events as they happened, as well as the thoughts and emotions I experienced. Fortunately, my writing ability has progressed to the point where it could successfully tackle such a sensitive and difficult topic." 'A Noble Paradise' is scheduled for release in early December of 2014. "I'm grateful to Amazon and Kindle for the opportunity!" He can be reached at AuthorJamesCrawford@gmail.com .
