Firestorm

by B. Teleferio Hall

When Vicki Marshall decides to take a well-earned vacation, she leaves her son Carl in charge of her luxury resort nestled in the Montana mountains. Vicki leaves Carl with instructions for managing the place and enough funds to oversee operations for three years. Instead of sticking to the plan, Carl burns through the money—then forges his mother’s signature, drains her bank accounts, and ensnares both of them in an FBI forgery sting operation. Nearly penniless, Vicki turns to the one person willing to help her—an unemployed young man named Ken Newman visiting the resort on his way back East. With no job prospects in sight, he agrees to stay and assist Vicki as she attempts to bring the resort back from the brink of ruin. Unfortunately, the caliber of staff willing to work for what Vicki and Ken offer is awfully low, and more than one employee has a problem with the fact that Ken is black. Despite it all, Ken perseveres, doing everything he can to save the hotel—even as everyone around him battles against him because of his race. Completely true and wonderfully absorbing, Firestorm proves that truth is almost always stranger than fiction.

407 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2008