It's 1980 in La Jolla, California. Natalie Bartlett has devoted her life to her career, becoming an accomplished architect in a world dominated by men. Since the collapse of her emotionally abusive marriage, she has been involved in a 'no-strings-attached' relationship for the past three years. It serves its purpose just fine, no strings means no heartbreak, until the day she runs into a man she merely crossed paths with ten years ago. Despite all her misgivings and fears, this man slowly pulls her into the safety of his heart, giving her the missing piece of the puzzle, making her soul complete. But a turn of events shoves her out of her newfound comfort zone. Now she realizes the man she loves comes with a piece of baggage packed so full of evil it's beyond her comprehension. She can either turn and run, or stay and fight to the end. If she runs...she loses him. If she stays...he loses her.
Deborah Barcus Turcol was born and raised in the mid-West and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia. She graduated from the University of Hawaii-Honolulu with a B.A. in Elementary Education/Special Education.
She has lived in Iowa, Missouri, Hawaii, California, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and Georgia. Her careers have included being a teacher, a buyer for the aerospace industry, a director of retail sales, an interior designer, a real estate agent, and an author.
Reading has always been her passion and when she is not reading, she is writing. In her spare time, she volunteers in the Criminal Investigation Division at her local Police Department following up with victims of crime.
Her first novel, 'Soul's Duty', was published in October of 2014 as a Kindle eBook on Amazon.com. It has since been retitled, ‘The Ex: Soul’s Duty’. Its sequel, 'A Small White House', was released as a Kindle eBook on Amazon.com in November of 2014. She is currently in the process of finishing her third thriller/suspense/romance novel, ‘Finding Eva Nash’.