Can Romance Bloom During a Pandemic?

Can Romance Bloom During a Pandemic?

Can Romance Bloom During a Pandemic?

A smouldering love story set in the world of Pin-up dolls and Gearheads – when the pandemic broke everyone.
A smouldering love story set in the world of Pin-up dolls and Gearheads – when the pandemic broke everyone.
A smouldering love story set in the world of Pin-up dolls and Gearheads – when the pandemic broke everyone.

Why You Need This Book

Why You Need This Book

Why You Need This Book

This isn't your typical romance novel.

This isn't your typical romance novel.

This isn't your typical romance novel.

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Escape into a Unique World

Escape into a Unique World

Escape into a Unique World

Enter the provocative Pacific Northwest pin up and classic car scene where Dolls create alter egos like Serenity Jade and Miss Demeanor – briefly becoming who they wish to be.

Enter the provocative Pacific Northwest pin up and classic car scene where Dolls create alter egos like Serenity Jade and Miss Demeanor – briefly becoming who they wish to be.

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Real Problems and Bare Survival

Real Problems and Bare Survival

Real Problems and Bare Survival

Quarantined visited through windows, kids alienated from parents, jobs disappear and people going broke, relationships hanging by a thread, too many “celebrations of life.”

Quarantined visited through windows, kids alienated from parents, jobs disappear and people going broke, relationships hanging by a thread, too many “celebrations of life.”

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Chrome and Curves

Chrome and Curves

Chrome and Curves

Pics snap as lace gloves stroke quarter panels. Get under the hood, jiggle the hoses, behind the wheel check your makeup, should you be driving Daddy’s car?

Pics snap as lace gloves stroke quarter panels. Get under the hood, jiggle the hoses, behind the wheel check your makeup, should you be driving Daddy’s car?

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Hope in Chaos

Hope in Chaos

Hope in Chaos

Politicians canceled car shows. Informants dashed family gatherings. Theaters and restaurants got shut down. Yet the search for someone to love never stopped.

Politicians canceled car shows. Informants dashed family gatherings. Theaters and restaurants got shut down. Yet the search for someone to love never stopped.

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A Pandemic Love Story

A Pandemic Love Story

A Pandemic Love Story

A gain of function respiratory flu from China; flattening the curve; churches as superspreaders; we re-learned what we couldn’t live without.

A gain of function respiratory flu from China; flattening the curve; churches as superspreaders; we re-learned what we couldn’t live without.

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Written by Someone Who Gets It

Written by Someone Who Gets It

Written by Someone Who Gets It

Author Kenny Dupar survived war and came home to a different battle. Tyranny is  coercion by threat, forcing obedience to the absurd, hypocritical and patently false.

Author Kenny Dupar survived war and came home to a different battle. Tyranny is  coercion by threat, forcing obedience to the absurd, hypocritical and patently false.

Kenny Dupar

Kenny Dupar

Kenny Dupar

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) – Indie Author

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) – Indie Author

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) – Indie Author

Kenny spent 30 years in the Army Reserve, deployed to Iraq twice, and came home to atone for his sins. After writing Scoundrels in Iraq: An Engineer’s Adventures, he surprised himself by writing a romance, Pin Up Dolls and Classic Cars: A COVID Love Story.


But not the kind you’re used to. This romance is written by someone who’s experienced real trauma, hardship and humanity at its breaking point.


Set in the world Kenny knows – The Pacific Northwest pin up and classic car scene – this book describes the emotional needs of blue collar folks trying to get by, finding and keeping love.


Bonus: Kenny narrates his own audiobooks and occasionally croons classic songs. Because it’s fun.

Kenny spent 30 years in the Army Reserve, deployed to Iraq twice, and came home to atone for his sins. After writing Scoundrels in Iraq: An Engineer’s Adventures, he surprised himself by writing a romance, Pin Up Dolls and Classic Cars: A COVID Love Story.


But not the kind you’re used to. This romance is written by someone who’s experienced real trauma, hardship and humanity at its breaking point.


Set in the world Kenny knows – The Pacific Northwest pin up and classic car scene – this book describes the emotional needs of blue collar folks trying to get by, finding and keeping love.


Bonus: Kenny narrates his own audiobooks and occasionally croons classic songs. Because it’s fun.

Kenny spent 30 years in the Army Reserve, deployed to Iraq twice, and came home to atone for his sins. After writing Scoundrels in Iraq: An Engineer’s Adventures, he surprised himself by writing a romance, Pin Up Dolls and Classic Cars: A COVID Love Story.


But not the kind you’re used to. This romance is written by someone who’s experienced real trauma, hardship and humanity at its breaking point.


Set in the world Kenny knows – The Pacific Northwest pin up and classic car scene – this book describes the emotional needs of blue collar folks trying to get by, finding and keeping love.


Bonus: Kenny narrates his own audiobooks and occasionally croons classic songs. Because it’s fun.

What You'll Get Inside This Book

What You'll Get Inside This Book

What You'll Get Inside This Book

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The Pin Up World

The Pin Up World

The Pin Up World

Meet the Dolls who build entire personas – Corrine De Menthe, Holly Hot Rod, Cherry Nova, Donna Diva – and discover the validating recognition and cutthroat politics of winning a Queen’s Tiara.

Meet the Dolls who build entire personas – Corrine De Menthe, Holly Hot Rod, Cherry Nova, Donna Diva – and discover the validating recognition and cutthroat politics of winning a Queen’s Tiara.

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Classic Car Passion

Classic Car Passion

Classic Car Passion

Gearheads (like Dolls) spend their time and money on a factory rebuild or create something entirely new like a rat rod. All to win Best in Show and build friendships. 

Gearheads (like Dolls) spend their time and money on a factory rebuild or create something entirely new like a rat rod. All to win Best in Show and build friendships. 

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Parental Alienation

Parental Alienation

Parental Alienation

Kids weaponized in custody battles, taught relentlessly who the bad guy is. Most romance novels are devoid of consequences. Family disintegrates so easily.

Kids weaponized in custody battles, taught relentlessly who the bad guy is. Most romance novels are devoid of consequences. Family disintegrates so easily.

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Online Dating

Online Dating

Online Dating

There are plenty of phishing mishaps. What happens when a fella can’t take a date to a dinner and a movie? How come your pictures are so old? Cat ladies and hunters.

There are plenty of phishing mishaps. What happens when a fella can’t take a date to a dinner and a movie? How come your pictures are so old? Cat ladies and hunters.

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The Pandemic Reality

The Pandemic Reality

The Pandemic Reality

Toilet paper hoarding. Lockdowns. Black market haircuts. Special needs kids thrown under the bus. Fake fans at sporting events. Natural immunity proclaimed untrue.

Toilet paper hoarding. Lockdowns. Black market haircuts. Special needs kids thrown under the bus. Fake fans at sporting events. Natural immunity proclaimed untrue.

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Real Love Moments

Real Love Moments

Real Love Moments

An ice cold towel on swollen, shoe pinched feet. Plush blankets in the backseat for Drive-In movies. Holding hands on the ferry as sweethearts sail between Puget Sound islands.

An ice cold towel on swollen, shoe pinched feet. Plush blankets in the backseat for Drive-In movies. Holding hands on the ferry as sweethearts sail between Puget Sound islands.

What Readers Are Saying

What Readers Are Saying

What Readers Are Saying

Ready to Feel Something Authentic?

Ready to Feel Something Authentic?

Ready to Feel Something Authentic?

Don't settle for predictable romance. Get the love story that dares to be raw, authentic, and unforgettable. Available now in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook.

Don't settle for predictable romance. Get the love story that dares to be raw, authentic, and unforgettable. Available now in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook.

Don't settle for predictable romance. Get the love story that dares to be raw, authentic, and unforgettable. Available now in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook.

100% Worth Your Time Guarantee

100% Worth Your Time Guarantee

If this book doesn't make you laugh, cry, and completely rethink everything you thought you knew about the Iraq War, Amazon offers easy returns. But based on the reviews? You won't want to return it.

If this book doesn't make you laugh, cry, and completely rethink everything you thought you knew about the Iraq War, Amazon offers easy returns. But based on the reviews? You won't want to return it.

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