Synopsis

WHEN MONEY BECOMES A GOD

ENTREPRENEUR, ADVENTURER, AND FIRST-TIME AUTHOR JULIE ROBERTS WAS RAISED IN IDYLLIC HUNTINGTON BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. HER JOYFUL CHILDOOD, ROOTED BY A BOISTEROUS AND CLOSE-KNIT EXTENDED FAMILY AND A NEIGHBORHOOD FILED WITH RAMBUNCTIOUS CHILDREN, BELIED A DARK SECRET: 1960'S A FATHER WHO NOT ONLY USED AND SOLD MARIJUANA, BUT WOULD TAKE YOUNG JULIE ON HIS DEALS TO SEEDY BARS AND OTHER SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS.

"A GOD CALLED MONEY" IS A MEMOIR OF JULIE'S LIFE BEFORE, DURNING, AND AFTER HER CLANDESTINE CAREER AS AN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLER AND MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS DRUG SYNDICATE IN HISTORY, AIDING IN THE TRANSPORT OF BETWEEN 25 AND 30 METRIC TONS OF CANNABIS AND HASHISH FROM ASIA TO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, NETHERLANDS AND AUSTRALIA. IT'S THE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO NOT ONLY LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE FILLED WITH MYSTERY, INTRIGUE, AND RISK, BUT EVENTUALLY CAME CLEAN AND TURNED HERSELF IN TO THE AUTHORITIES.

WITHIN IT'S 26 CHAPTERS, READERS WILL BE ROCKETED BETWEEN SCENES OF HER SIMPLE LIFE AS AN EXPATRIATE, SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES AND STROLLING HER DOGS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SPAIN, TO HER EXPLOITS AS A SMUGGLER CARRYING MULTIPLE FOREIGN PASSPORTS, WINING, AND DINING IN FIVE-STAR RESTAURANTS AND RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH HIGH SOCIETY AND AN INTIMATE ROMANCE WITH THE CHARISMATIC FRENCHMAN, CLAUDE LOUIS DUBOC.

WITH TALES OF DANGEROUS SHIP-TO-SHIP CARGO TRANSFERS IN THE HIGH-SEAS, THE KIDNAPPING OF JULIE'S DAUGHTER AND FRIENDS, CLOSE CALLS AS THE LAW CLOSED IN WHILE MEMBERS TURNED ON EACH OTHER, AND CORRUPTION WITHIN THE LEGAL SYSTEM ITSELF, "A GOD CALLED MONEY" IS A SWEEPING STORY OF GREED, DANGER, ROMANCE, AND ULTIMATELY, REDEMPTION. IT WILL KEEP READERS SPELLBOUND, CAPTIVATED BY JULIE'S CUNNING ABILITIES AND SURVIVAL SKILLS, AND HER EVENTUAL TURNING TO SPIRITUALITY TO RIGHT HER LIFE AND FORGE A PATH FOR OTHER WOMEN TO FALLOW.