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Book Two of the Back Rooms That Shaped America. Set in Revolutionary Philadelphia from 1774 to 1789, City Tavern is more than a public house. It is a pressure valve for a nation still being invented. Innkeeper Daniel Smith builds a period-plausible privacy system of coded bookings, controlled servants, and shadow exits to protect the most dangerous commodity in America: conversation. As delegates drift through with muddy boots, sharp tempers, and fragile reputations, the tavern becomes the unofficial room where alliances are tested, phrases are weighed, and timing can mean survival. But secrecy costs coin, and coin invites compromise. A polished civic powerbroker, a watchful woman who refuses to be decoration, and an enslaved man who hears liberty discussed while carrying the tray all navigate the same risk: being overheard. In back rooms, the republic takes its first breath.

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SCOTT HAMELE was born and raised in Kansas and has called the Kansas City area home since 1991. Married for more than thirty years, he treasures time with his two daughters and two grandchildren. Scott studied engineering at the University of Kansas, where he began writing articles and newsletters for university clubs. He was first published in an ASME engineering publication in 1992 and went on to author dozens of published articles in the commercial construction sector. In the 2000s, Hamele turned his research instincts toward historical fiction, developing more than a dozen story concepts-many of which have matured into his recent publishing journey. His work spans a wide range of genres, including historical fiction, near-future thrillers, narrative biographies, and feel-good short stories. A prolific storyteller, Scott has more than two dozen works to his credit. https: //linktree.com/scotthamele

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