Desert Lilies

In Desert Lilies, Kelvin Elliott has kept a secret for almost forty years. But when his secret arrives at his doorstep, Kelvin confronts an impulsive decision made when he was a teenager. He, again, does what he believes in his heart is the right thing to do, but his courage is also severely tested, and roles are reversed. Kelvin must enlist the aid of his friend, Antonio Vargas, to rescue a granddaughter he never knew he had. Antonio thought he had completely escaped the Juarez cartel that had controlled his life for thirty years. He was living comfortably with his family in Taos, New Mexico as Anthony Salducci, when Kelvin’s request for help draws him back to Juarez to confront the new leader of the cartel, his cousin Porfirio Ruiz. Porfirio had resurrected the practice of sex trafficking to fill his brothel with young desirable American girls. The profits made from these desert lilies far exceeded the costs or the risks. Neither Kelvin or Anthony realized just how pervasive across the Southwest this insidious practice had become, but their perception of the sinister system, that steals young girls from their families, is suddenly altered when Kelvin’s granddaughter is kidnapped. The mettle of the two close friends is challenged when they attempt a daring rescue at the infamous brothel, La Chaba. Not long after Kelvin has returned from Juarez he realizes his granddaughter, Dani, was not chosen at random. She was selected because of him. He has an a new enemy.