Royalties
by Andy
Marx
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America
has never seen anything to match the innovation, energy, romance, and
excitement of the 20th Century. And the embodiment of all this is Eve Solomon,
a young woman who embraces the vitality of the times with a fervor. Determined
to make a name for herself in the fledgling music business of 1908, she
ultimately becomes wildly successful. But the same steely determination that
takes her to the heights of the entertainment world cannot bring her the one thing
she wants more than anything: the love of her life, Alex Getz, a struggling
Vaudeville comic who becomes one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. As their careers
and lives intersect across the years, there is a price to pay—a royalty for
true love that can never be measured.
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EXCERPT:
Three little words.
That’s all they were, but every time she heard him say them,
they had the same impact.
“Marry me, Eve,” came the voice through the phone.
“Alex, how many times have I heard that from you?” Eve
paused to catch her breath. Though almost eighty-five, her bright eyes and
delicate face made her look much younger.
“I don’t know how much time I’ve got left, but I want to
spend it with you,” Alex said.
Eve sat alone on a couch in the living room of her rambling
Beverly Hills home, trying to comprehend what she was hearing. She remembered
all the times Alex had proposed, always to have something, usually another
woman, get in the way. Hurt at the memory, her thoughts turned to the current
Mrs. Getz, his curvaceous thirty-five-year-old former secretary. It had only
been five years since they were married.
“Where’s Marcie?” Eve asked, guessing she had probably
walked out on him, like the previous three wives. Eve wondered if she’d kept
her sanity, something not one of the others managed during their stormy
marriages to Alex.
“She’s dead.” He paused and then continued. “I shot the
bitch ten minutes ago.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Andy Marx is
an award-winning writer and photographer, whose work has appeared in Variety,
The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly, among others. He is also the
co-founder of the comedy website, Hollywood & Swine, known for its
lampooning of the entertainment industry. His paternal grandfather was the
legendary comedian, Groucho Marx, and his maternal grandfather, the renowned
songwriter, Gus Kahn. Marx lives in Beverly Hills with his wife and three
children.
Website: www.andymarx.com
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