What is so special about Tyler West?
A lot of people ask me what is so special about Tyler West? He sounds like a spoiled brat who doesn’t want to overly exert himself. He takes jobs that are beneath his intellectual abilities, he can’t seem to make up his mind about his girlfriend, he uses his friends and even his mother. But he does have a love life and he has friends. He’s not unhappy and he’s not isolated. He doesn’t say get me off this planet or I’m so depressed I can’t function. Loneliness and consternation is the price Tyler pays for being so inner directed. That’s why I wrote HOT SHOT with a Christmas time background. During the holidays, Tyler feels romantic. His mother wants a Dickensian dinner, but Tyler prefers going out in the nighttime and just taking in the cold and the season. It’s romantic and he is a romantic.
I did my doctoral thesis on verbal versus non-verbal abuse and how it impacts adulthood and one of the big mysteries is how verbal abilities during abuse cause the survivor of the abuse to be very angry in adulthood. Non-verbal survivors are very helpless. When Tyler’s father went away for embezzlement and other crimes, Tyler was 10. He could barely remember the old man, but he’s mad. There’s something he must accomplish before he can finally sit back and say, “I’m ready to start my life.” I think he believes a “quick fix,” like winning a bunch of money at gambling will give him that head start.
“A fun, crazy read. Sit back and enjoy the ride.”
~Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of My Sister’s Grave.
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Hot Shot by S. A. Stolinsky
Suspense
Fiery Seas Publishing
November 1, 2016
Payback is a powerful thing...
Actor and bartender, Tyler West experiences a sudden streak of luck — winning poker games. Determined to change his life, he enters the World Series of Poker. His life is suddenly turned upside down when the Russian mafia fronts him 1.5 million dollars to play at the tables. And then...he loses…
Now on the ride of his life, deceit and deception are his key to uncovering the truth. He must recoup the money, but will it come at a price? Can he stay alive long enough or will his time run out?
About the Author:
Stefanie Stolinsky, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and forensic psychologist with a private practice in Beverly Hills, California. She specializes in trauma, adults sexually, physically and emotionally abused as children, and PTSD. She is an international speaker and has taught training seminars in overcoming the aftereffects of child abuse. She has also taught licensing examinations to candidates for both marriage, family and child counseling and for the psychology licenses.
She began her career as an actress in motion pictures, television and stage and created a unique therapy combining acting exercises with psychodynamic psychotherapy to help survivors of all kinds of trauma overcome the aftereffects of abuse. The first edition of "ACT IT OUT" was a top seller for over nine years. A second edition of the popular book was launched in April of this year and is available on Praeclarus Press, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
She is also the author of several award-winning short stories including her newest short story anthology, DATE NIGHT, and numerous comedy mystery. Dr. Stolinsky lives with her husband in Los Angeles.
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