The Elf Hat

by Rene Natan

Overview

Unwed Glenda Vaillot has been fighting for the custody of her son, Norbert since the day he was born, three years ago. The parents of Norbert's father, now deceased, want custody of their grandson, trying to exploit the fact that Glenda is hearing impaired. With the complicity of a disbarred lawyer they take advantage of the confusion of a Christmas parade and kidnap the boy.
But unwavering motherly love and the resolve of fighting against all odds drive enraged Glenda to hunt down the kidnappers. She is helped by Zufolo, a service dog trained to alert her of the most important sounds. Will she make it against fraud and evil?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045115070
Publisher:	Rene Natan
Publication date:	11/27/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	49 KB

About the Author

I always wanted to be a storyteller. At recess time I would gather some of my schoolmates and entertain them with stories—some of my own, others just summaries of books I read. My life, however, took a different turn, and I ended up following a career in information technology (as Professor Irene Gargantini). This over, I reverted to my old passion: plotting intrigues and mysteries and creating romantic or passionate encounters. I took several e-courses on fiction writing and began jotting down my tales. So far I have written nine novels, several short stories and co-authored a novella. The genre varies from romantic suspense (Mountains of Dawn, The Collage, The Loves and Tribulations of Detective Stephen Carlton, The Woman in Black, The Red Manor) to thriller (The Jungfrau Watch, The Blackpox Threat, The Bricklayer, Fleeting Visions). See www.vermeil.biz
As an author, my goal is threefold: having fun in writing, entertaining the readers and offering them an uplifting vision at life.

Honors
Second place, the 2015 Five Star Dragonfly Book Awards for The Woman in Black
Silver Medal, the 2015 Global Ebook Awards for The Loves and Tribulations of Detective Stephen Carlton
Honorable Mention, Second place, the 2015 Five Star Dragonfly Award for The Woman in Black, Honorable Mention, 2014 San Francisco Book Festival, for Fleeting Visions
First place, 2012 Five Star Dragonfly Award for the Blackpox Threat
Finalist in the 2011 National Indie Excellence Award for the Blackpox Threat
Honorary Mention, 2012 San Francisco Book Competition for the Bricklayer

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From the Frankie Boyer BLOG: http://frankieboyer.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/ frankie-boyers-guest-line-up-for-wednesday-7611.html
From KEMW-FM radio station Dr. Jim Lee presents Rene Natan: Interview

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Review of Mountains of Dawn

Romancing the Tone:
Review of Rene Natan's Mountain of Dawns
By Frank Mundo

Mountain of Dawns opens with a bang, literally: an explosion which kills one young woman named Kathy Alcin and injures another named Tanya Caldwell.
22 year-old Tanya Caldwell is an artist, "a dreamer" and a student at the Mackenzie Academy for the V...