Thomas Simon

After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an international adventure involving Russian agents, the CIA, and a journey to rediscover her voice when he suddenly resurfaces months later.

An idealistic grade school teacher has a fear of speaking up in public (other than in front of her kids). But when she finds out that children in her school are going hungry- thanks to federal cutbacks in school lunch programs- it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do, including confronting a Congressman, in order to help the children.

After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an international adventure involving Russian agents, the CIA, and a journey to rediscover her voice when he suddenly resurfaces months later.

After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an international adventure involving Russian agents, the CIA, and a journey to rediscover her voice when he suddenly resurfaces months later.