Phil Stone's Search Ends in a Forbidden Love

About the Book

Phil Stone's life was evolving rapidly; from his days of teaching school, to his Naval Officer position on a destroyer. When, one day during another attack, the ship was blown out from under him. His life passing in review before him; He discovered two important facts. He never left his post under fire and the sea was unforgiving.

He was once again regaining consciousness as he was recovering in the Naval Hospital. His time now was being spent; healing, gaining strength and observing others. Little did he know the importance of this at present; But his life was about to become even more complex in the days to follow, all the way into the unknown.

Phil's first assignment after recovery placed him as the new Commander of a Mounted Shore Patrol Station. Where he crossed paths with Debbie Hess: while she was gathering driftwood on the beach. She caught and held his attention by an obsession he could not let go of.

Ruth Culp, a business owner in the small nearby town, who fell instantly in love with Phil; admired and tried to comfort him.

An untidy looking, meddling Station Doctor Hawkins from town, who prescribed as medicine, for Phil to meet the mysterious loner, Len Hess who was blind.

Phil's world was crumbling, who could he tell? Who should he trust? What will happen when the last chips fall?

About the Author

John Turnes was born in 1941; youngest of two sons in a dedicated family. Lasting nearly a full 50 years marriage duration. This background let instilled in him the basic foundations for life, faith, integrity, scruples, honesty, education, principles, respect for others and a dedicated search to find a soul mate.

Five marriages later, he was still alone. Two ended by drunk drivers claiming the lives of both families. One ended with his wife leaving with the children to return to her mother and subsidized living. One ended with the natural death of the wife while he was at work and his 13 month old daughter was kidnapped while he made his wife's funeral arrangements and the last one ended by divorce when he discovered his wife was not staying faithful.

The Arch. Engineering background was the foundation to running a business for 28 plus years. Being a workaholic was his way of coping with life's frustrating blows. Keeping focused by covering his inner feeling with a surface sense of humor to hide the pain he was running from.

He discovered an inner peace in finding the softer side of himself in the playground of his imagination. It was there he began writing songs, poetry and short stories he never shared. He refers them as, "The dawn of the Impossible Dream, Happiness."

By fate guided travels across country a thousand miles from home, he came upon a person managing a motel he stopped at, having a relative on a similar type journey. Many letters and phone calls later, they met. A year later they married on 09-02-2000 and later retired on a farm in Arkansas. Finally finding happiness and a soul mate, living happily ever after, raising alpacas and writing books. This is his first.