John C. Stipa is a corporate analyst who loves the beach, woodworking, playing and coaching sports, traveling, good food and storytelling. He is the author of adventure / mystery / romance novels including The Foiled Knight and No Greater Sacrifice. He has also published several short stories with his writing group: The Writers of Chantilly. Currently, John lives in Virginia with his family working on his next project.
Books by John:
The Foiled Knight, a tale of enduring loyalty
Tanya Davis receives that
dreaded late night phone call: Stan Palmer has been critically injured in a car
accident. Stan and Tanya were once close. That is, until she broke his heart,
an act of cowardice for which she’s never forgiven herself. Given a second
chance to make up for her past wrongdoings, Tanya digs into the facts
surrounding Stan’s accident. What initially looks like icy road conditions
turns into a suspicion that someone wants Stan dead. To complicate matters,
Tanya has medical power of attorney for Stan, causing friction with the Palmer
family. With Stan’s lifeblood ebbing away, the legal system closing in, and
danger lurking, can Tanya redeem herself and save her Foiled Knight?
Reader Reviews:
a fun ride!,
Life is complicated,
but ohhhh sooo interesting, just like this book!
Tanya's relationship with Stan and the relationships of everyone
huddled around that hospital bed will keep you turning the pages of this book. Stipa throws down some breadcrumbs for you to
follow, but should you believe everything you read? It's up
to you, go ahead and enjoy this book!
No Greater Sacrifice, an adventure, mystery, romance
When archaeologist
Renée d'Arcadia is summoned to France for the reading of a will, she is plunged
into a maelstrom of deceit and destruction. Her challenge: solve a 100-year-old
mystery originating from a sinister church where nothing is as it seems. Renée
joins forces with David Arturo, an ex-helicopter pilot with a troubled past, to
interpret clues cleverly hidden in tombstones and classic works of literature
to find artifacts scattered across Europe. Racing against time, Renée and David
must overcome their inner demons to outmaneuver a network of evil bent on
destroying them. What they find in each other just might provide answers to
some of mankind's oldest myths.
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Reader Reviews:
An exhilarating ride! A thrilling page turner!
Move over, Dan Brown, John C. Stipa's in town!, By Gary Val Tenuta,
John C. Stipa's debut novel, "No Greater Sacrifice" is in the genre of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code", "Angels & Demons" and "The Lost Symbol" but is totally original in concept and plot and takes no back seat to any of them. This thing rocks! Take the elements that made those stories so wildly popular, mix them with all of the elements that thrilled fans of the Indiana Jones adventures and you get the tremendously satisfying thrill ride called "No Greater Sacrifice" by John C. Stipa.
This book is a top-notch, exhilarating and (dare I say?) "brilliant" page-turner that kept me up until the wee hours several nights in a row. The plot is complex and deftly crafted. The twists and turns come at a furious pace. The two main characters (charming, ex-helicopter pilot, David Arturo and the sexy, adventurous archaeologist Renée d'Arcadia) have genuine emotional depth. The mystery they're confronted with is a real puzzler steeped in ancient mythology and esoteric lore. The narrative moves along at a quick pace. The action scenes explode across the page with tremendous descriptive power. The writing is impeccable. The final quarter of the book is hold-on-to-your-seat stuff and the ending is worth every minute it took to get there. Have I left anything out? Did I mention this thing rocks? Strap yourself in and hang on. You're in for a terrific ride.
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