Carve the Heart
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Publisher Description
Ex-con Jack Palace returns in a world of violence, heartbreak, and revenge.
Cassandra, the woman who broke Jack Palace’s heart, is suddenly back in his life. She owes $600,000 to a brutal gangster who has threatened her life, and she needs Jack’s help. Things start to get violent when Cassandra suddenly disappears … but not everyone believes she's in danger. Is Jack being set up?
Bikers, mobsters, and strippers collide as Jack storms the mean streets of Toronto searching for Cassandra. To find her, he must rip open old wounds and confront new enemies. But as loyalties falter and secrets are revealed, Jack begins to wonder who he can really trust. If he doesn’t figure it out fast, he — and everyone he cares about — could end up dead.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Jack Palace—the ex-con who somehow also manages to be the good guy—is back for a second go. The sequel to Yard Dog yanks you right back in to Jack’s world as he tries to do right by those closest to him, even as he tangles with gangsters, bikers, sex, drugs, scandal, and crime. A.G. Pasquella’s Toronto is the grittiest version of the city you’ve ever encountered, and his plot bursts with action: The book closes out with a showdown to end them all. But it’s the women of Carve the Heart who really shine. Jack’s ex-in-distress and his new stripper girlfriend steal the show…and it’s a hard show to steal.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pasquella's fast-paced sequel to Yard Dog explores the seamy side of Toronto through the eyes of former convict Jack Palace. Professional poker player Cassandra, Jack's former girlfriend who walked out on him 10 years earlier, needs his help. She owes $600,000 to Anton, a violent gangster who hired her to front for him in a high-stakes poker game that she suspects was rigged. She wants to get out of her partnership with Anton, but the gangster is putting pressure on her to keep working for him and pay off her debt. Jack agrees to talk to Anton and ask him to back off, but his task is complicated after Cassandra disappears. Meanwhile, Anton seeks to recover his stash of coke from former biker Walter, the father of Melody, a vivacious stripper and Jack's new girlfriend. Melody has risky plans of her own that raise the stakes. Pasquella vividly captures the dog-eat-dog existence of the Toronto underworld. Readers will relate to Jack, a white knight with a penchant for defending victimized women.
