Looking for a great beach read? Check out Sylvia’s, by Don Frankel.

Just like a mysterious woman, Sylvia’s is a dark, alluring escape for many New York City locals and tourists seeking a quaint and secluded sanctuary in the brightest and busiest city in the world.  But before her caretakers realize her true value, someone else sets their sights on Sylvia’s.

In Sylvia’s, Frankel, a native of New York City, offers readers a gritty, voyeuristic look at life, love, loss, passion and reinvention in New York City.  The book promises readers will experience intrigue, excitement, happiness, anger, sadness and laughter. Frankel has seen the best and worst of NYC and everything in between, and uses his experiences to entertain the reader.

Confident, handsome and gifted businessmen and childhood friends, Jack Prince and Thomas Mason, are the owners of Sylvia’s, a popular Upper East Side Manhattan bar named after Mason’s late wife.  It is said, if you meet someone at Sylvia’s you may fall in love. The atmosphere is magical. The staff includes a potpourri of NYC personalities. The patrons include gangsters to ex-athletes and first-time dates to long-time romances that were conceived under the amber glow.

“Everyone has or wishes they had a special place where they met their partner or where they will fall in love, forever. Sylvia’s on the Upper East of Manhattan in the early 1990’s is that place,” says Frankel.

“It is also a very realistic rendition of a New York City Bar/Restaurant.  It’s a magical garden with roses and thorns.  It is a place where people’s lives and dreams play out.” 

Sylvia’s is available on Amazon.com and at other major booksellers.