Maitlyn Flutters

When television news reporter Maitlyn Flutters goes to interview football-star-turned-congressman “Famous” Nathan Saltenstall, she is expecting a career boost. Instead, an unexpected encounter sets off a chain of events that quickly upends her comfortable life. In this tale of racial privilege, the power of celebrity, and the allure of wealth, novelist and historian Timothy Braatz takes readers to the disparate neighborhoods of San Diego County—from idyllic beach enclaves and exclusive suburban oases to urban black-and-brown communities, live-aboard marinas, and sprawling military bases—and leaves them with this question: Once you start making devil’s bargains, can you ever escape them?