Michelle's Works
These are all of Michelle's works, which can be ordered from Amazon, as well as other retailers.
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The SwindlerFiction - 386 Pages - ISBN-10: 0984421947 - ISBN-13: 978-0984421947 - Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 in.Order from Publisher - Order from AmazonAre you an investor? Do you trust your broker to do as you ask with your money? Based on a true story, The Swindler will show you how easy it is for your broker to deceive you. Skip Horowitz, the main character, has followed in the footsteps of his personal hero, Bernie Madoff, if perhaps, on a smaller scale. Instead of conning people for billions of dollars Skip Horowitz organizations have taken hundreds of millions of dollars and used them as if they were their own. Here’s how it works…. Skip and his old pal from Jersey, A.J., create what they believe is a foolproof Ponzi Scheme using commodities trading, bookmaking, and various other businesses as a plausible cover. Their plan has served them well for decades. Skip is seen as the “Teflon man” by his competitors and feels he is invincible. As Skip becomes more and more successful his lavish lifestyle and highly touted regular rate of returns comes under the scrutiny of the SEC, NFA, and CFTC who oversee commodities trading. Investigations by these governmental oversight agencies have been on and off for quite some time because there has been no solid proof to support any allegations of wrongdoing. Will Skip’s luck continue to hold or is his time up? |
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Three Years With AdonisDrama/Romance/Thriller - Screenplay/Fiction - 115 PagesOrder from AmazonHow can anything that felt so right be so completely and utterly wrong? Zoë asks herself this exact question as she stands before the judge — and the world — when Jake has falsely accused her of domestic violence. Three years ago, when Zoë met the dashing, intelligent, and fanciful Jake, she had no idea of his dark agenda. She fell hopelessly, completely, and foolishly in love with him. Too soon she would find out what he wanted with her, and it had little to do with romance. Jake learned the art of grifting from his two elder sisters who’d made a nice, comfortable, life out of selecting, marrying, and then divorcing rich and powerful men. He sought out women who had powerful jobs, owned their own homes, and had large bank accounts, then swindled them for all they had — leaving them powerless, lovesick, and co-dependent. He had amassed a large fortune doing so and felt absolutely no remorse. By the time the story ends, Zoë loses everything, including her self-esteem. It’s about a fight for one’s self, for the right and the ability to love yourself when nobody else does, and finally, to move on with your life anew. Read Reviews Here! |
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The DeveloperDrama/Romance/Thriller - Novel/FictionFrank LeCourt, aka Sheik Al Farout, has just won an $18 million bid to build on the old naval site in Key West. This $18 million mystery man began his life as a New England fisherman, but fishing was not paying his bills. While searching for the meaning of life, he happens upon a commune in northern New York state, where his innate intelligence pays off big! In the Oneida commune he meets a rich heiress who becomes pregnant with his son. He figures, correctly, he is on his way to Lucky Street, but her family is outraged and unwilling to let this unsavory man into their close-knit family. A fight ensues. He refuses to leave without a big payout. The negotiations begin. LeCourt is adamant that he deserve the money—large amounts of money—in exchange for letting go of his unborn son. His pregnant partner’s family ends up paying off LeCourt to get out of their lives and never be seen again. But will he go away, or come back like a bad check? LeCourt makes his way down to the Florida Keys and then Key West. He makes it his business to get to know the inside circle of leaders there. He sets his sights on Woodrift Annex. The commune taught LeCourt how to think big and use other people’s money to effectuate his elaborate dreams. LeCourt hopes to translate his newly acquired funds into a world-class development at Woodrift Annex. LeCourt hires a team of competent organizations to help develop his dream into a workable reality, and to help him to sell it to the City of Key West, which is less enamored with it than he. After many tries and numerous grafts he succeeds, but can his luck hold out or will his dream come crashing down around him? This twisted tale portrays a visionary yet wholly corrupt man on the brink of bankruptcy before his dream is complete, hiring and firing people at whim, mercilessly using people from one end of the continent to the other ... do the good guys finish last? |
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Something's Fishy In D.C.Political Satire/Thriller/Semi-dark Comedy - Screenplay/Fiction - 115 PagesIf you'd like to know what happens when you mix up international espionage, an absolute lack of principles, political doubletalk, cheeky puffery, a heavy dose of arrogance and debauchery, this screenplay is for you! President Bash and his merry cabinet of clowns perform so many amazingly obvious and uproariously funny boondoggles it is hard to keep track of who is zooming who - it’s a hilarious attempt to bolster his failing ratings and get re-elected by using the fear principle on the world with a comic twist. President Bash, who truly wants his legacy to be one of a war president, consults his unscrupulous, non-politically correct cabinet, which comes up with what they believe is the ultimate persuasion element for re-election. Once this plan is half-hatched and set in motion, it is too difficult to turn back. Time to let the chips fall where they may. After conspiring to commit the unthinkable and selecting the most able crew to deploy this plan it begins to unravel, and rapidly, too. The cover-up need be a secondary deployment in order that no track can lead back to the White House. However, time — something they cannot manufacture — in closing in on these co-conspirators. In their rush to mitigate the collateral damage they leave too many floating red herrings. President Bash's democratic opponent, in what promises to be an historic race, proves to be more savvy and formidable than his team of experts thought possible. With barely months to spare, the expert sleuthery of Helga Clayton exposes President Bash's staff of ex-patriots around the globe and sets the stage for a political run-off like none we’ve seen before. Is incumbent President Bash clever enough to salvage his sullied reputation and bid for re-election? Will Helga Clayton's connections worldwide expose him for this incorrigible act and pave the road for possible impeachment or high crimes? Will she be the first woman to achieve the office of President of the United States? |
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The Banyan TreeComedy - NOvel/Fiction/Screenplay/MOWThank goodness all timeshare operations aren’t like this one! This zany tale stars a kooky staff of OPCs (off-premise canvassers), sales people, and timeshare development staff who pull every trick in the book to seal the deal and make it stick. From the moment they check in with the very beguiling-but oh-so-dumb Liksa, these poor folks have no idea what a ride they are really in for."The Banyan Tree" was one of the first resorts to open in Key West, and only after they had been selling and actively marketing for several years did the state of Florida require their sales staff to be licensed. The managers hired one of Florida’s finest real estate schools to help their staff pass the course and state licensing exams, which took time, patience, and much sobering up. After a week of intense training and testing, most passed; some never did, and became OPCs. The back office was full of bad attitude, frequently communicating their disgust at the worst possible times ... the sales staff secretly drank mimosas and snorted coke before client tours. Management was no better. It was a wonder anything got done to any degree of competency, but somehow they were a success. Either as a book or movie, it will make you chuckle, snort and snicker throughout! |
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Turkey Quarter CreekThriller/Romance - Novel/FictionDavid Cunningham is known region-wide as a stellar horse trainer with the finest facilities east of the Rocky Mountains. What isn’t so well-known are his weaknesses are liquor and women. He married Melinda Fairchild, the well-heeled Channel 7 news anchor, to subsidize his passions — horses, drinking to excess, and chasing fast women. Melinda is a vain, self-aggrandizing woman who cares little about anything past herself, but her money and position allow David to play at his horsier passion along with his merry band of drunken pals. When David decides to turn his unrequited affections loose on his assistant, the delectable Shelley Timmons, Melinda plans to get even in a big way. This murder mystery features the relationship of ever-changing, barnstorming, star-crossed lovers in a tightly knit rural enclave of horse-loving people, drunken comrades who share much more than tall tales ... this is one you won’t be able to put down! |
How easy is it for an investment broker to deceive clients? Very, particularly if his personal hero is Bernie Madoff. Skip Horowitz, along with his old pal A.J., has created what they believe is a foolproof scheme using commodities trading, bookmaking, and various other businesses as covers. Their plan has served them well for decades, surviving the scrutiny of government agencies lacking solid proof to support any allegations of wrongdoing. But luck can't hold forever...or can it? Catherine O'Reilley, newly sponsored in the high-risk world of investment strategy by Skip Horowitz, is about to find out.