North Bay Road

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After receiving a crumbling Mediterranean mansion, Liz Galin uncovers clues that will solve a century-old murderand reveal a forbidden love story that mirrors a modern one.

Everyone fantasizes about receiving a gift from a stranger.

Liz Galin, an out-of-work fashion stylist, lives in a walk up studio apartment in Alphabet City in Manhattan. She has put her life on hold during COVID-19 to care for her mother going through chemo, and cannot see her boyfriend Cary as he is an emergency room doctor during the height of the pandemic. One Monday morning, she receives a cryptic letter from a Miami lawyer indicating that she should call his office. When she does, she and her mother Linda find out she has been bequeathed an asset in a will. She is shocked to find shes been left a storied, crumbling Mediterranean mansion on Miamis famed North Bay Road by a reclusive socialite who has recently passed. She has no idea who Elsa Sloan-Barrett was or why she left her multimillion-dollar home to her.

Lizs journey uncovers clues that will solve a century-old murder mystery and a forbidden love story that will ultimately change her life. It will also uncover a new love triangle with a famous, reclusive celebrity neighbor that will test her own relationship and values and in many ways, mirroring the love story she uncovers. In the end, the mansion wont be the only gift she receives.

Author Bio

Richard Kirshenbaum is one of the most exciting personalities in New York City advertising. Richard is an accomplished entrepreneur and an author who has written a number of books.

In 1987, at age twenty-six, he cofounded the Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners agency, which pioneered such innovative concepts as the pop-up store, sidewalk advertising, and other forms of high visibility guerilla marketing. At the time of its sale, KBP was the largest independent ad agency in the United States, with one billion in billings. Currently, Kirshenbaum is CEO of SWAT by Kirshenbaum, a high-profile boutique branding agency he launched in 2011, which works with entrepreneurs and emerging companies. He is also co-founder, with music icon Chris Blackwell, of Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum, as well as the co-founder of SWAT Equity, a fund that invests in emerging consumer brands.

Kirshenbaum has lectured at Harvard Business School, has appeared on 20/20, had a cameo in Morgan Spurlocks The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, and was voted one of the twenty-five most stylish New Yorkers by Us magazine. He was named in Crains New York Businesss 40 under Forty list, was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2000, and placed second on a list of the top one hundred US entrepreneurs. He is the author of Isnt That Rich, a #1 Amazon bestseller, and his latest debut novel, Rouge. He has also contributed to Us Weeklys Fashion Police feature and has written comedy for the legendary Joan Rivers, among others.

In 2021 Richard was elected to the Board of Trustees to the Princess Grace Foundation. He helped create the concept for and name of Grace De Monaco, a luxury brand for good, celebrating the legacy of the late Princess Grace Kelly.

He lives in New York City with his wife Dana and three children.