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Cara Bertoia

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Born

Charleston, South Carolina, The United States

Website

http://carabertoia.blogspot.com/

Genre

Mystery, Suspense, Contemporary

Influences

Charles Bukowski, Anne Tyler, Carrie Fisher, Lionel Shriver, Rona Jaff ...more

Member Since

March 2011

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Growing up in a straight laced Southern family, I was always fascinated with casinos. In my twenties on a summer hiatus from teaching in North Carolina, I drove to California and became a dealer at Caesars in Lake Tahoe. My mother highly disapproved of my working in a casino, "a place so bad it has 'sin' in the middle."

Thankfully the paper from Palm Springs disagreed with my mother. The Desert Sun raved, "As if often the case, the author pulls from real-life experiences to create a worthy piece of fiction. And her own life is a vivid kaleidoscope of adventure. Casino Queen arrives at the perfect time when crime-solving tales that revolve around strong female protagonists aren’t just a luck of a draw. They’re downright successful. (See TV’s ...more

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A Month of TikTok taught taught me the ten ways it spreads wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about the Israel-Hamas war

No calls for genocide here!

I’ve been on TikTok for the last month trying to understandhow the social media site handles posts about the Israel-Hamas war. This cameabout because after the war broke out my niece asked me to educate people onthe conflict. I usually post on TikTok, but I had a broken arm, so I decidedjust to comment. War sucks, but I do admit to a bias, I think Hamas must be

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Average rating: 4.03 · 128 ratings · 53 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cruise Quarters - A Novel About Casinos and Cruise Ships by Cara Bertoia (Goodreads Author), Raymond Bertoia 3.52 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casino Queen (Night Hawk #1) 4.63 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Breasts 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Haunting on Palm Court (Isle of Palms Suspense #1)

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Quotes by Cara Bertoia (?)

“It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one.”
― Cara Bertoia, Cruise Quarters - a Novel About Casinos and Cruise Ships

tags: blackjack, casino, gambling, romance, travel

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Cara’s Quotes

“It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one.”
― Cara Bertoia, Cruise Quarters - a Novel About Casinos and Cruise Ships

tags: blackjack, casino, gambling, romance, travel

22 likes