★★★★★ "A modern-day Casablanca on steroids." -BookSoup ___
AWARDS: American Writing Award for Best Biography American Writing Award finalist for Best Debut Non-Fiction Literary Titan Gold Award 2022 Firebird Book Awards Winner The Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist ___
A young American's timely account of endurance and enlightenment after being caught up in Lebanon's summer of siege. Ashe Stevens is a rising actor and hipster moving amid the starlight of Hollywood's nightclubs. It's 2006 and what Ashe doesn't know is that a fateful invitation from his closest friend Danny, a famous LA promoter organizing Lebanon's largest concert featuring 50 Cent, will change their lives. He goes to Beirut for adventure and gets stuck in a country tipped into war overnight. With no way out and nothing but regrets, he finds himself trying to escape the Israeli airstrikes to the Syrian border, only to be pursued by jihadists in Jordan.
After 15 years of PTSD and silence, he shares his extraordinary story. Bathed in luxury and the spotlight of Beirut's glamorous nightlife, falling in love with a billionaire, how will this American survive the flames of war?

★★★★★ "A modern-day Casablanca on steroids." -BookSoup
AWARDS: American Writing Award for Best Biography 2022 The Canadian Book Club Awards Winner for Best Memoir 2022 American Writing Award finalist for Best Debut Non-Fiction 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Notable Indie 2022 Literary Titan Gold Award 2022 Firebird Book Awards Winner 2022 Chanticleer Journey Book Award Longlist 2022
An award-winning true story that poignantly captures the essence of living in the moment.
Travel with Ashe to Lebanon to help organize a 50 Cent concert at the invitation of his best friend. There, he falls in love with a beautiful billionaire and the country itself. But when war breaks out, his idyllic romance is interrupted and Ashe is forced to flee for his life. Through this tumultuous experience, he discovers the depths of his own strength and resilience and emerges from the flames of war a transformed and awakened soul. Lost in Beirut is a
★★★★★ "A modern-day Casablanca on steroids." -BookSoup
AWARDS: American Writing Award for Best Biography 2022 The Canadian Book Club Awards Winner for Best Memoir 2022 American Writing Award finalist for Best Debut Non-Fiction 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Notable Indie 2022 Literary Titan Gold Award 2022 Firebird Book Awards Winner 2022 Cha