Taking Stock Released

22 West Books

Press Release

For Immediate Release

Of interest to editors and journalists covering: publishing, entertainment, literature, lifestyles

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FINANCIAL THRILLER LAUNCHED

SHELDONVILLE, MA – June 2, 2007 --- Readers packed the Wrentham home of author CJ West on Saturday night to celebrate the release of Taking Stock, West's second novel. Several contributors to the book are captured in the photo (link included below) including cover artist Sarah Carroll and Monique Houde, author of Blinded by Love. Houde, a life coach and speaker on domestic abuse, contributed to the novel's central character, Erica Fletcher.

Taking Stock, set in a family owned Boston financial firm, follows Erica Fletcher as she comes to terms with the effects of a childhood splintered by domestic abuse and a career dominated by an inhuman dedication to work. Fletcher uncovers a plot to steal from her firm's customers and discovers too late that the evidence all points to her. She rushes to exonerate herself with West's trademark plot twists and fast-moving action.

Taking Stock also includes a contest that offers readers a chance to have a character in an upcoming novel based on them. To win, readers must meet West at a place and time hidden within the book. Readers plied West with Westport Rivers Brut Cuvee RJR to no avail. The solution to the contest remains a mystery even to Mrs. West.

The book is available on Amazon.com for $14.95. More information, including numerous party photos, is available on West's website at www.22wb.com.

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High Resolution Party Photographs available for download and publication:

1) Wide shot of the party crowd: http://22wb.com/press/hr-6-2-crowd.jpg

2) Novel Contributors: http://22wb.com/press/hr-6-2-contributors.jpg

From left:

Monique Houde, author of Blinded by Love,

Jay Brooks, pre-release reader

Gloria and CJ West

Sarah Carroll, Cover Artist

Jady Bernier, pre-release reader

Paul Babin, pre-release reader