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The Pact with the Devil
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On the outside, Travis Nelson is a handsome, articulate, and insatiably driven Texas real estate mogul. He has strived through the years to achieve an impeccable reputation in the community to support his very successful business. However, behind closed doors he is an arrogant, intimating bully who takes his own family for granted. Suddenly, he discovers that his company’s fortunes have taken a nosedive.
For the first time in his career Nelson is in trouble. Lenders are nervous and threatening, and he needs cash to stay afloat. Just in time he is approached by Rodolfo Morales, a Mexican drug kingpin who hopes to use Nelson’s residential properties along the border as safe havens in his smuggling operation. The “Durango Deal” is struck and both sides prosper - for a while.
A nosey old lady who lives in one of Nelson’s properties unwittingly initiates the unraveling of the arrangement, and the DEA is soon hot on Nelson’s trail. His business and personal lives plummet into freefall. Meanwhile, Morales reacts predictably to solve the problem - eliminate his deceitful American partner. Two men of such grand ambition can’t coexist, but they soon realize that they are inextricably linked by mutual debts of gratitude regarding their families.
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On the outside, Travis Nelson is a handsome, articulate, and insatiably driven Texas real estate mogul. He has strived through the years to achieve an impeccable reputation in the community to support his very successful business. However, behind closed doors he is an arrogant, intimating bully who takes his own family for granted. Suddenly, he discovers that his company’s fortunes have taken a nosedive.
For the first time in his career Nelson is in trouble. Lenders are nervous and threatening, and he needs cash to stay afloat. Just in time he is approached by Rodolfo Morales, a Mexican drug kingpin who hopes to use Nelson’s residential properties along the border as safe havens in his smuggling operation. The “Durango Deal” is struck and both sides prosper - for a while.
A nosey old lady who lives in one of Nelson’s properties unwittingly initiates the unraveling of the arrangement, and the DEA is soon hot on Nelson’s trail. His business and personal lives plummet into freefall. Meanwhile, Morales reacts predictably to solve the problem - eliminate his deceitful American partner. Two men of such grand ambition can’t coexist, but they soon realize that they are inextricably linked by mutual debts of gratitude regarding their families.
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291 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2016
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About the author
Robert John DeLuca
32 books17 followersAs a businessman and real estate developer Robert John DeLuca was compelled to operate within tightly restrictive parameters defined by market conditions, standards of conduct, government regulations, and many other restraining variables. As an author, however, he is pleased to be enjoying the incredible uplift of an unbounded endeavor limited only by his own creativity and passion. He has always had a strong interest in writing, which he cultivated at Brown University and the University of Pittsburgh, where he holds BA and MBA degrees respectively.
After college, he served with the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam and left as a Captain to join the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, where he was a national accounts real estate lending officer. Eventually, he settled in Houston to become the chief financial officer for a residential construction company. He also spent time as a lender with the local office of Citibank, N.A. He became a partner in a shopping center development company, and subsequently founded Desert Southwest Realty which offered an array of industry services. Until recently he was a developer of affordable multifamily housing using low income tax credits. In fact, his extensive business background provides a strong platform and fertile resource in support of his writing endeavors
His books include two novels: “The Pact with the Devil”, which pits a head-strong Texas businessman against a vicious Mexican drug lord and, “The Sister Edith” centering on the dreadful dilemma of a man torn between his birth and blood brothers. A non-fiction work, “The Perfect Pro Football Coach”, ranks the proficiency of every NFL head the past fifty years. ”Beatles, Books, and Bombs” is a tribute to fallen comrades and a self-account of life as an ROTC student on an ultra-liberal Ivy League campus and then serving with the Marines in Vietnam during the turbulent 1960’s.
A New Englander by birth and jarhead by choice, Mr. DeLuca left Boston before the Patriots stopped being a joke. He has raised a family of four sons, and resides with his awesome wife, grandchild-of-the-week, and bullmastiff in Friendswood, Texas.
After college, he served with the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam and left as a Captain to join the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, where he was a national accounts real estate lending officer. Eventually, he settled in Houston to become the chief financial officer for a residential construction company. He also spent time as a lender with the local office of Citibank, N.A. He became a partner in a shopping center development company, and subsequently founded Desert Southwest Realty which offered an array of industry services. Until recently he was a developer of affordable multifamily housing using low income tax credits. In fact, his extensive business background provides a strong platform and fertile resource in support of his writing endeavors
His books include two novels: “The Pact with the Devil”, which pits a head-strong Texas businessman against a vicious Mexican drug lord and, “The Sister Edith” centering on the dreadful dilemma of a man torn between his birth and blood brothers. A non-fiction work, “The Perfect Pro Football Coach”, ranks the proficiency of every NFL head the past fifty years. ”Beatles, Books, and Bombs” is a tribute to fallen comrades and a self-account of life as an ROTC student on an ultra-liberal Ivy League campus and then serving with the Marines in Vietnam during the turbulent 1960’s.
A New Englander by birth and jarhead by choice, Mr. DeLuca left Boston before the Patriots stopped being a joke. He has raised a family of four sons, and resides with his awesome wife, grandchild-of-the-week, and bullmastiff in Friendswood, Texas.
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April 2, 2016
I will start out by saying I grew up with Robert DeLuca. I was friends with his younger brother and Robert used to beat the crap out of us every now and then.
Now on to the book! I really like this book! It's not perfect, maybe we don't need to be reminded how low income tax credit properties work so much but that doesn't take away from the story. The book starts fast and except for a short bit where the workings for the property's the book continues along at a good clip. Robert shows his skill as a master story teller. I've read some books by "Award Winning Authors" that aren't anywhere near as good as this book! I look forward to reading more of his books. Yes he is that good!
Now on to the book! I really like this book! It's not perfect, maybe we don't need to be reminded how low income tax credit properties work so much but that doesn't take away from the story. The book starts fast and except for a short bit where the workings for the property's the book continues along at a good clip. Robert shows his skill as a master story teller. I've read some books by "Award Winning Authors" that aren't anywhere near as good as this book! I look forward to reading more of his books. Yes he is that good!
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