Cara Bertoia

Hi, I have drawn from my years working in the casino industry to create a critically acclaimed fascinating thriller. The Desert Sun raves, "Cara Bertoia stacks the creative cards in our favor in Casino Queen a compelling mystery set in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. Crime-solving tales that revolve around strong female protagonists aren’t just a luck of a draw. They’re downright successful." Click on follow button to receive new updates to my blog. On mobile phone follow button on web version.

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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

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  No  calls for genocide here! I’ve been on TikTok for the last month trying to understand how the social media site handles posts about the...
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The Perfect Breasts a short story about Boobs! All profits donated to cancer research!

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    A Short Story About Boobs! The Perfect Breasts is a personal and raw short story about boobs, written to honor breast cancer awareness...
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Do You Know the Way to the Camino de Santiago?

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 By Cara Bertoia Last night my husband and I watched a movie we made when we walked the Camino de Santiago. It is an informative movie, not ...
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE CASINO INDUSTRY: WRITING CASINO QUEEN

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Me in my beautiful garden in Palms Springs! A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by The Desert Sun. The main theme of their interview and all ...
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To Win at Romance You Need a Basic Strategy of Love -- Cruise Quarters on sale for $.99 at Amazon and on KU

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  RAY AND I ENJOYING A DAY OFF IN THE CARIBBEAN I love reality shows like 90 Day Fiancé, Love Is Blind and my all-time favorite, Married at...

What Not To Do If Your Cruise Ship Is Sinking

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  Ray attending a lifeboat drill. Cruise season is here, and I decided to update a blog I wrote about, what not to do if your cruise ship is...
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Cara Bertoia
Growing up in a strait-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. Well, I can tell you that after teaching high school, handling an unruly gambler was a piece of cake. My mother highly disapproved of my working in a casino, "a place so bad it has 'sin' in the middle." I wanted to write the first realistic novel about casino life from the perspective of an experienced table games dealer. I spent the next five years circling the globe for Princess Cruises. Sometimes life exceeds your dreams. I was awed by the wonders of Venice, the fjords of Norway, and the Northern Lights in Leningrad. I returned from ships with a very special souvenir, my Scottish husband Ray. We went to work in Palm Springs. We now live in Hollywood, Florida, where I write about my casino years while wistfully gazing out at the ocean.
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