Tales In A Bottle

Elvie's family is a mystery. As she travels to New York to visit her dying grandfather, she encounters Johnny who surrounds her with entrancing tales about his Puerto Rican heritage.Elvie's intrigued. The little she knows about her background is that her tie to the small island in the Caribbean. This chance meeting weaves a design of love from the past and a budding romance in the present. Tales of Taino Indians on the Eden-like island of Puerto Rico emerge as Johnny shares accounts of Columbus and Spaniards searching for gold. Will Johnny's hunt for his ancestry untangle Elvie's family secrets or will it yield something he never imagined in his?

Born in New York of Puerto Rican descent, Terri traveled to the island with her mother in 1990. Her curiosity about the origin of the people who lived there originally, peaked. Who were they, and where did they come from? She found her Latin roots came from the native Taino. Since then, she desired to write a story illustrating these fascinating inhabitants. Terri and her husband reside in the Denver area. She is also the author of a supernatural novel, The Making of Angels.