JOTK Books

When his father dies, 24-year-old Dylan Ryker finds a matchbook his dad had hidden in a drawer. Could it be a clue to the identity of his mystery birth mother? The matchbook, from a bar called the Blue Flamingo, takes him from Chicago to a village in the Florida Panhandle in his search for answers to where he came from and where his future lies.

The title comes from a quote about the music business by Hunter S. Thompson while the story follows the wild ride of Ellis McClure and his two friends, Bax and Chloe, who take a road trip to Los Angeles after their college grad. Once they reach LA, all three get caught up in the world of "sex, drugs and rock 'n roll."  

In 1970, Anna Sorenson must make a decision that could drastically change her life as she journeys to the mining town in Northern Canada that she left fifteen years before, vowing never to return. She hopes to find answers in her past for the dilemma she now faces by revisiting events from her last year in high school.