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Bar Crawl Through a Blizzard Leads to
Unforgettable First Date
Cincinnati, OH— It
was a dark and snowy night, and Jack and Aria should have
been dead. Instead, they find themselves shivering on a
riverbank, having survived a fall from a suspension bridge
into the currents and debris of the Ohio River. Lucky enough
to slam into an anchored barge, they emerge from the water
stunned, bruised and still somewhat drunk. Now, they must
work their way through the muck of the riverside to solid
ground. Fully intent on ending it all just minutes before,
Jack finds himself clinging to Aria for dear life — a life
he feels just might be worth living after all.
In First Date,
the new book from Mark E. Scott, readers follow Jack and
Aria through the next eight hours of their story — hours
harrowing, ludicrous and poignant — as they grapple with law
enforcement, EMTs, firemen and the medical system.
Confronted by an over-zealous sheriff’s deputy, the
formidable Nurse Rita, and an inebriated priest with anger
management issues, they are forced to navigate the immediate
aftermath of their bifurcated bar crawl through a blizzard.
First Date is
a story of individuals haunted by suicide, remorse and
unanswered questions: questions whose answers are not to be
found in the bottom of a bottle. Secrets are revealed and
souls are bared, but answers are still elusive. For now,
they only have each other, a dollar store notebook and a
teddy bear.
First Date is
the second installment in Scott’s three-part, Day in the
Life series, in which the unexpected, twisted saga of Jack
and Aria unfolds over a combined period of 24 hours. Book
One, Drunk Log, was released in 2022 and traces the
first eight hours of Jack’s unsteady march toward his
intended demise.
About the Author
Born in the small
manufacturing town of Galion, Ohio, author Mark E. Scott
lived in various burgs in Ohio and Michigan before joining
the Navy and spending four years traveling the world aboard
the USS Mount Whitney. Upon returning home to southwest
Ohio, he enrolled at Miami University and completed a degree
in Education, only to become a banker soon thereafter. Scott
now lives happily in a condo in the Over-the-Rhine
neighborhood of Cincinnati. In his free time, he enjoys
writing, finding new and creative ways of tricking his
children into answering their phones, and anything related
to travel and outdoors, of late including tumbling down snow
covered mountains while dragging otherwise perfectly good
skis behind him.
For more
information, please visit
www.markescottauthor.com,
or connect with him on Instagram (markescottauthor) and
Facebook (Mark E. Scott, Author).
First Date: A
Novel Path to Suicide
Publisher:
Speaking In Volumes, LLC
Release Date: May
26, 2023
ISBN: 978-1645408406
(paperback)
ISBN: 978-1645408390
(e-book)
Available from
Amazon.com, BN.com and Goodreads
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