A small town girl from the big city, my writing career began with writing weekly columns for a Florida newspaper. Moving to Arizona, hoping to do the same in Phoenix, I stumbled onto a fascinating story I had to tell. Now I have 8 published books; non-fiction, children and adult fiction, memoirs, and short stories.
MABEL LEO
Jack Durant,founder of one of Phoenix's most popular restaurants, left his home in Tennessee to become a major baseball pitcher. Instead he became the most trusted friend of the imfamous gangster, Bugsy Siegel, a secret he kept until Leo stumbled upon it. He died in 1987; these are some of the stories of him still being told around his bar. (G)
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REVIEWS:
Jack Williams, former Governor of Arizona -
"Mabel Leo's book on Jack Durant tells it like it was."
Bino Creghton, retired publisher, "Jack was a real; part of this town's modern history and this book bring Jack back to life. My thanks to her for writing it."
Ask Mabel Leo her favorite childhood memories and she'll say the few years living with her grandmother. They lived in a tiny town where everyone knew each other; where children ran free without fear, minds full of only having fun. That was when she began dreaming up little stories, some of which are in this book, "Because We Are Friends." (G)
Perfect for the five to nine year-old, King Marcus faces a horrible challenge when he loses his roar. Can the Wisest Owl help him recover it from the Yahoodywho before the Gombolees destroy the King's beloved island? (G)
Leo's Sailor Springs trilogy of adult suspense, seduction, deception, and revenge begins with DEAR SWEETHEART.
He’d thought of her, dreamt of her and now after thirty years, he’d found Norma Sue. Casual E-mail messages intensified his dreams of her. Charlie Doyle’s obsession increased to irresistible heights, his fantasies begging to be realized. Ignoring his marriage, children, his whole being was put into overwhelming her, beguiling her with his love. The affair began only to end in disaster. (R)
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Perfeccione para el cinco de nueve años de edad, el Rey Marcus encara un desafío horrible cuando él pierde su rugido. ¿Lo puede ayudar el Búho más Sabio lo recupera del Yahoodywho antes el Gombolees destruye el Rey amada isla? (G)
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The second in Leo's Sailor Springs trilogy, DEADLY CHOICES,continues to entice us with adult suspense, seduction, deception, and revenge.
Norma Sue left him on the bed of silk sheets and fled across
the country to the safety of her hometown. Charlie followed, discovering the thrill of murder along the way. With the perfect burial place close at hand, he waited for Norma Sue. (R)
DARK SECRETS is the thrilling finale to Leo's Sailor Springs Trilogy.
Charlie is dead and the future looks promising for Frank and Norma. That is, if Frank can find his wife, the woman he married three times in a drunken rebound. While he's searching, the police have problems of their own. Charlie's body isn't found in Soft Pond. Another one is; one that has been waiting for fifty years. Suddenly, Charlie seems to be appearing everywhere. Could he somehow have escaped? And can Frank locate his missing wife before he's forced to tell Norma the truth, a truth that will likely mean the loss of the woman he loves? Enjoy this roller coaster ride of twists and turns to it's most satisfying conclusion. (R)
