Shadow Dancer

by Frank Kelly

Successful Hollywood television star Nathan Prentiss finds himself caring for his five-year-old grandson after his only child Cassandra succumbs to a drug overdose. Determined not to raise the boy on the Left Coast, Nathan, accompanied by close friend and bodyguard Doug Ratske, moves back to Addison, a small town in upstate New York where he was born and raised. He is determined that his grandson Natty will be raised with small town values; however, Nathan's fame often gets in the way of small town life. Soon he meets Olivia, the girl he left behind and old feelings are rekindled.

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frank Kelly's first novel reveals the heart of a father and grandfather. In Shadow Dancer Frank reveals his skill at plotting and character development as he exposes the emotional effects of love, abuse, abandonment, fame, illness, death--the emotions of life. This page-turner keeps the reader laughing and loving with Grandpa Nate and six-year-old Natty from California through Arizona and all the way to small-town New York. When it ended this reader could only sit in silence a few moments to recover. This is a powerful novel and will make a tremendous impact in film. I'll be watching for it and I'm anxiously awaiting Frank's next novel.