The Fortune of Carmen Navarro

Carmen Navarro rings up customers at the Quikmart, bored to tears. Itrsquo;s a job, and she needs it. But Carmenrsquo;s true love is music#58; she dropped out of high school to sing with the Gypsy Lovers and land a recording contract, someday. PJust a few miles away, Ryan Sweeney hunches over his books, a studious cadet with his eye on West Point. Therersquo;s not a single girl at the Valley Forge Military Academy, and thatrsquo;s fine by him. PBut when Ryan, on a day pass from campus, spots Carmen, with her shining black hair and snake tattoo, his pulse quickens. Carmen, who normally rolls her eyes at the stiff Academy isoldados,/i can tell this one is different. She slips him a note#58; ldquo;Come hear my band.rdquo; A romance begins, unlikely, passionate . . . and quickly imbalanced. In an enthralling narrative of obsessive love, the novel builds to a stunning close.PInspired by the novella and opera iCarmen,/i Jen Bryant creates a strong-minded and alluring heroine in this contemporary tale of tragic love.