Benny doesn’t want anything to do with his famous uncle’s business, his only interest is music. Told from the unique perspective of a radio interview, we learn about the talented songwriter Benny Lament, who just happens to have close family ties with one of the biggest crime syndicates in New York. Mafia gangs ruled the big cities, and Black segregation was all too real. This story is set in the early sixties, a time when America was in the throes of growing pains. If there is one book that I could recommend you buy, it’s The Songbook of Benny Lament. For updates on upcoming book releases, author posts and more, join Amy at. Her USA Today bestselling fantasy, The Bird and the Sword, was a Goodreads Best Book of 2016 finalist. Her novel, A Different Blue, is a New York Times Bestseller. Her books have been published in eighteen languages, truly a dream come true for a little country girl from Utah.Īmy Harmon has written thirteen novels, including the USA Today Bestsellers, The Smallest Part, Making Faces, and Running Barefoot, and the #1 Amazon bestselling historical, From Sand and Ash. BiographyĪmy Harmon is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author. But though America might love the music they make together, some people aren’t ready for Benny Lament and Esther Mine on-or off-the stage.

Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a sound that fans can’t get enough of. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage…and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob-and Benny-would rather avoid. So he keeps to himself, writing songs for other musicians, avoiding the spotlight…until the night his father brings him to see Esther Mine sing.Įsther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together.

Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon