{"id":1975,"date":"2015-12-23T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2015-12-24T15:50:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T15:50:43","slug":"want-a-thumping-good-read-for-free-over-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=1975","title":{"rendered":"Want a thumping good read for free over Christmas? Number One in Kindle store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#1 in Kindle Store > Books > Arts &#038; Photography > Dance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=1979\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1979\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=1979#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/anna-promo5.png?fit=504%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"504,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"anna promo5\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/anna-promo-2.png?fit=504%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/anna-promo-2-150x150.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"anna promo 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/anna-promo-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/anna-promo-2.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/anna-promo-2.png?w=504&amp;ssl=1 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Read the glowingly-reviewed For Love of Anna for free on Kindle 23rd\u201427th December.<\/strong><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/For-Love-Anna-James-Lawless\/dp\/1849237662<br \/>\nor <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Love-Anna-James-Lawless-ebook\/dp\/B00H9ESVFQ\/ref=sr_1_2_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1450360639&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=james+lawless<\/p>\n<p>For Love of Anna is a glowingly reviewed and brilliantly written and thumping good read of love, tragedy and corruption in high places, ideal for snowy nights and Christmas by the log fire.<\/p>\n<p>Attached is the song which was played in the disco scene in For Love of Anna, the night the tragedy occurred to Anna Zweig, the beautiful ballerina with whom the philosophy student Guido van Thool fell in love. Composed by Guido, and sung by LonnaMarie. <\/p>\n<p>(I composed the song and own the rights to it. Feel free to play it or an extract of it)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-zK8btrjXU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>5\/5\u2019For Love of Anna by James Lawless is one of the finest 5 STAR pieces of writing I have read in recent years.\u2019  Deepak Menon<\/p>\n<p>Read the glowing reviews of For Love of Anna and read the book for free on Kindle 23rd \u201428th December.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/For-Love-Anna-James-Lawless\/dp\/1849237662<br \/>\nor <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Love-Anna-James-Lawless-ebook\/dp\/B00H9ESVFQ\/ref=sr_1_2_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1450360639&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=james+lawless<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Powerful, emotive work.&#8217;<br \/>\nSunday Business Post<\/p>\n<p>When university student Guido van Thool accidentally bumps into the beautiful ballerina Anna Zweig in Loti\u2019s caf\u00e9, it sets them off on a whirlwind romance of ballet concerts, anti-globalisation marches and love trysts in bluebell woods. Even when Guido is called away for military service, time can\u2019t test their faithfulness, as they keep their passion warm with love letters. Paralleling their lives, however, is that of Judge Jeremiah Delahyde, a profligate positioned in power by his crony, the government minister Bartholomew Smythe. These parallel lives collide on New Year\u2019s Eve when the drunken judge knocks Anna down in his car with fatal consequences. Guido swears revenge. 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