MEDIA NOTICE
CONTACT:	JOANN SMITH AINSWORTH
	510.384.5104; jsa@joannsmithainsworth.com
FOR RELEASE:  May 5, 2014

Senior Citizen’s Fifth Novel Released by Oak Tree Press
WWII WAVE Psychic and Nazi Spies Clash in Bay Area Author’s Novel

Berkeley, CA -- Believing it’s never too late to follow your dream, JoAnn Smith Ainsworth started writing novels when closing in on retirement. She was 68 when she sold her first novel. She is 75 for the release of her fifth novel.

EXPECT TROUBLE (ISBN 978-1-61009-074-2) is a paranormal thriller set in Philadelphia, PA, during WWII. It was released in paperback in time for Memorial Day by Oak Tree Press (http://oaktreebooks.com). The e-book will release next month. Both formats can be ordered online or from a bookstore via Ingram. In it, the U.S. government recruits five psychics to locate Nazi spies. The team leader is a U.S. WAVE:  Opening herself to ridicule by revealing she’s clairvoyant is the last thing Lt. Livvy Delacourt wants, but when Uncle Sam (in the guise of a skeptical, but handsome naval commander) needs her skill to track Nazi spies, she jumps in with both feet.

Ms. Ainsworth experienced food and gas rationing, Victory Gardens and black-outs as a child during WWII. These memories help her create vivid descriptions of wartime America and put you in the middle of the story as a participant in a fast-paced journey through paranormal realms.

“I lived in Philadelphia in the 1950’s and worked as a secretary for Top Secret projects. This experience cut down on the research needed for this novel,” Ainsworth says. She has lived in the East Bay since 1969, when she arrived to study at UC-Berkeley.

Ainsworth’s two medieval romantic suspense novels received four stars from RT Book Reviews. Her historical western romances received reader comments of “writing seamlessly flowed” and “fun, excitement, adventure and so well put as a love story.”  She is represented by literary agent Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency.

To learn more, visit http://www.joannsmithainsworth.com or Twitter @JoAnnAinsworth (her author life) or her Facebook paranormal/WWII page named “JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Fan Page”. 
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