Ophelia M. Turner
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CARIBBEAN HEAT sends you running beside Sandra Lee Hayward, from the backwoods of North Carolina, to the sun-drenched sandy beaches of the Caribbean Islands, where the lovely, emotionally deprived Sandra Lee Hayward, seeks her self-worth, independence and happiness. The, in the searing heat of the tropical sun and under brightly moonlight skies, love fill her agenda. Will she find the world that she is so desperately pursuing in the arms of handsome, mysterious, electrifying Mark Landers, whose ill-fated love life has left him fervently searching for one more chance at happiness? Steeped in passion, mysteries of the occult, love, and possession, where death lurks between the lines of every page, this novel will grab your imagination and invoke your senses beyond control. CARIBBEAN HEAT will make you feel, see, and experience the human emotional roller coaster ride propelled by each word of passion that’s etched into every line. There’s no boundaries, or taboos that’s not challenge. It grabs your mind, engages your emotions and allows you to experience the heated passion that drives these two star-crossed lovers to an unexpected destiny. The heat is definitely on in CARIBBEAN HEAT.
Ophelia M.Turner, is a published writer, endowed by the Council of the Arts. After God, her greatest love, pride and joy are her family
An actress, featured Beloved, and Snipes, extra in Ocean Eleven, Unbreakable, In Her Shoes, and many other films. Featured in Cold Case, appeared in Third Watch
Ms. Turner studies writing at Community College of Philadelphia, a “Judith Stark’s Fiction Contest Award” winner, she studied at Temple University of Pennsylvania and The College of the U.S. Virgin Island in St. Croix.
The mother of six, and mother an adopted five year son. She has fifteen grand children, five great grandchildren, host of grand-children via her extended family. For over three years, Ms. Turner was foster care, television public service spokesperson and a foster mother over ten years.
She enjoys cooking. She writes to bring pleasure into her life and hopefully into the lives of others. To quote Ms. Turner, “I write pictures.”
In a state of pure euphoria, Sandra Lee Hayward Dubois left her office at Robbins and Robbins’ International Construction Company, located on the south shore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, where she has been employed for over three years. Two things fostered Sandra’s happiness. The first was she knew that today was the day that Mark Landers, her ultimate lover, was officially moving in with her and their plans to marry were definitely underway. The other thing was the big grin that she saw on her boss Trent Robbins’ face when he said, “Damn girl, you pulled that crew together in record time. I don’t know how you did that but I’m damn glad you did. For a hot minute there I was sweating big time! We’d have lost a hell of a contract if you hadn’t come through.”
Early that Thursday morning on short notice, Hess Oil had called for one hundred twenty five men to perform an emergency ‘turnaround,’ which is an equipment overhaul that was scheduled to begin in three working days.
Robbins and Robbins had contracted to provide these men, as needed, to periodically break down sections of Hess Oil’s plant for overhauls of their equipment. They were required to replace needed parts and do other types of maintenance to insure the safe operation and efficient production at the plant. ‘Turnarounds’ are fast moving and demanding work. Hess stipulated that only seasoned, experienced workers be assigned to these crews, especially in key positions and each worker were subject to Hess’ approval before entering the plant. To organize such a crew at this time was not an easy task. The availability of reliable manpower with the right experience was at an all time low and required a lot of searching, re-assigning and re-organization to fill Hess Oil’s request, especially with Martin Marietta going full blast and WAPA was also hiring for a large overhaul.
