Blood Moon has been variously described as "feisty," and "fiercely independent," as a quick overview of our backlist will show. Winner of many independent publishing awards, we released five new titles in 2010 and  four in 2011, with an interesting roster of hot titles conceived for 2012--especially an upcoming overview of the life of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, scheduled for release in February.

Already on bookstore shelves are:

FRANK SINATRA, The Boudoir Singer, All the Gossip Unfit to Print from the Glory Days of Ol' Blue Eyes

SINATRA NOTORIOUS! Here's all the gossip previously unfit to print about the celebrities and politicos scandalously linked to history's most famous male entertainer. The "Stranger in the Night" international icon had it all--fame, untold riches, stunningly beautiful women, the world for a playground. "That's Life" was lived not in the sun, but in shadows. Pleasure became debauchery, mood swings turned violent, joy brought pain, triumphs tragedy. Within the pages of this book, one of the most controversial and elusive figures of the 20th century emerges as "The Man Behind the Myth."

In this extraordinary compilation of stories previously known to only a coterie of entertainment-industry insiders, co-author Darwin Porter, America's leading celebrity chronicler of Golden Age Hollywood, manages to turn over more than a few boulders in Sinatra's secret garden. After all, Sinatra lived in a pre-tabloid era when "inconvenient truths" were conveniently and systematically buried.  It answers many questions, all of them scandalous and some of them intensely political, which have puzzled the public for decades. FRANK SINATRA, The Boudoir Singer, reveals exactly what the Chairman of the Board meant when he sang that he did it "My Way." Thanks to the publication of this book, many of Ol' Blue Eyes' fans will never be able to look at their idol in quite the same way ever again. 

The Kennedys, All the Gossip Unfit to Print

The long-awaited scandal guide to America's horniest political tribe was officially released on August 23, and is already almost sold out of its first printing!  The publishing industry's most comprehensive overview of the vanities, gaffes, mendacities and indiscretions of seven key members of the Kennedy clan (including John-John), this book has already won its first literary award: an Honorable Mention from the Hollywood Book Festival. For videotaped previews of what readers should expect from this book, check out Blood Moon's most recent YOUTUBE.com videos, using search words "Blood Moon, Danforth Prince, and THE KENNEDYS."  A few of these tales you might have already known, but 'tis doubtful indeed that you'll have heard about all of them.  

Damn You, Scarlett O’Hara, The Private Lives of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier 

New, hot, scandalous, rigorously researched, and winner of FOUR separate literary awards since its release early in 2011, it raises the curtain on the secret lives of (Lord) Laurence Olivier, known for his interpretation of the brooding and tormented Heathcliff of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and Vivien Leigh, who immortalized herself with her Oscar-winning portrayals of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind  and as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.  Impossibly beautiful and impossibly famous, this couple’s notorious private lives are exposed with searing insights into their sexual excesses, their global fame, and their personal anguish. 

Humphrey Bogart, The Making of a Legend  

Startling new information you’ve never seen before about history’s most famous movie star.  A juicy, meticulously researched saga of a film icon’s early love affairs and how he clawed his way to the top.  At last, you’ll discover what really lay beneath Bogie’s trench coat!

Howard Hughes Hell’s Angel

Read about how A DEMENTED BILLIONAIRE changed Hollywood and the entertainment industry forever.  From his reckless pursuit of  love as a rich teenager to his final days as a demented fossil, Howard Hughes tasted the best and worst of the century he occupied.  Along the way, he changed the worlds of aviation and entertainment forever. This biography reveals inside details about his destructive and usually scandalous associations with other Hollywood players.

50 Years of Queer Cinema

A comprehensive reference source and gossip guide reviewing 620 of the best GLBTQ films ever made, with almost a third of the book devoted to the drama behind the dramas that inevitably occur WHEN DIVAS CLASH!

Announced, under production, and available soon:

Available early in 2012

Everything you've ever wondered about J. Edgar Hoover and his role within the F.B.I:  J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson: Investigating the Sexual Secrets of America's Most Famous Men and Women.   

 "Hoover ruled as the head of America's Gestapo," claimed an angry Harry S Truman. Through nine different presidents, Hoover kept his job, even blackmailing Dwight D. Eisenhower. The files he accumulated on "my worst enemy," Eleanor Roosevelt, silenced her opposition to him.  As time went by, J. Edgar Hoover and his lifelong companion, Clyde Tolson, opened a celebrity version of Pandora's box, learning the darkest secrets of politicians and entertainers who included some of the biggest and most influential names in America.  For nearly a half-century, this peculiar and intensely private man held virtually unchecked public power.

Darwin Porter's saga of power and corruption has a revelation on every page--cross dressing, gay parties, sexual indiscretions, hustlers for sale, alliances with the Mafia, and criminal activity by the nation's chief law enforcement officer. It's all here, with chilling details about the abuse of power on the dark side of the American saga. But mostly, it's the decades-long love story of America's two most powerful men who could tell presidents "how to skip rope." (Hoover's words.) . Hot, new, unprecedented, and available everywhere in February of 2012.

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Many thanks to all of you for your interest, and happy reading Blood Moon.

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