The Sweethearts Club

by T. J. Birkenmeier/R. E. Markland II

The Sweethearts Club takes you for a rip-roaring ride on a rollicking and reeling roller coaster through surprising twists and turns in the lives of the international residents in “The Hamlets”, an often overly-active Florida seaside retirement community.

Many of “The Hamlets” residents feel the rumor that it’s a “drinking community with a golfing problem” is an understatement!

Dare you join the mysterious Liam Rooney and his colorful Tres Amigos on their rollicking endeavors? The team of swashbuckling, lusty lads team up to see if they can rekindle the smoking embers of love and romance between the men and women whose 14 husbands have joined the stag-only Sweethearts Poker Club, with their ladies approval. However, neither the ladies NOR the gentlemen have the slightest inkling of what lies ahead. This could be termed: a “guy’s romance novel.”

About the Author

Ron Markland graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.S.E.E. degree. He spent time as a military intelligence officer followed by a career as a professional engineer in the construction field.
He and his wife moved to a retirement community in Florida called “The Villages”, part-time, then fulltime in 2010.  They found it was filled with individuals who had decided life was not over after “retirement” and it was most definitely NOT “God’s Waiting Room.”
While living in The Villages Florida he became involved in The True Crime Book Club and found the art of watercoloring. Both hobbies as completely different as his two books: The Sweethearts Club and The 23rd Day, a True Crime thriller.

Ron E. Markland II