Secrets of Purple Valley: When Spirits of the Past Meet Dark Forces of the Present

In this rousing novel by Wilma Williams, steamy sex and betrayal are only part of the intrigue and mystery that will capture and hold your senses in a vise. Santoni Martinas orders the murder of Ramon Rodrigues, oldest brother of Santoni's friend, Miguel. When the fussilade of bullets stop and the smoke clears, Ramon, his pregnant wife and two toddler daughters are dead! Thus begins a feudal war between the Rodrigues Dynasty and the Martinas drug cartel, from which there can only be one victor. When Santoni is killed, his nefarious son, Mario, takes over which pits him against Miguel's youngest son, Rico, who is also the future heir to the governorship of Sonesta, of which Purple Valley is the capitol. Plagued and tormented by his own mental and imagined ghosts, Rico must withstand the doubts of his own family, as well as, the deceitful and treacherous plans of his fiancee Lisa Velesquez and Mario. After the death of Rico and Lisa's one month old daughter, Lisa flees to Spain with Mario, sending Rico over the edge and he falls into the life his father has unintentionally made for him. Then Nikki Houston comes into his life, and although she is also rebounding from a broken relationship, together they raise one another to where they are about to break down the barriers that had at one time kept them from complete happiness. Then Lisa and Mario return. Their return sets off a chain of events that send Rico and Nikki on a spiraling trip to the bowels of hell. Nikki's life is precariously put in danger through the malefic working of Mario's mind and Lisa's conniving plans. You will be infected by the heartaches and joys as your journey to the final climatic conclusion impacts your soul and leaves it emotionally content.