Deceived

Deceived 

 by Orvilla Johns

      Suzanne was born as the result of a brief love affair between her mother and Chris Hassel, Jr., who was murdered in cold blood by one of the wealthy Cantrells, a powerful banking and farming family from Quito, Ecuador. 
      Suzanne Hassel grows up in an old French chateau that is rapidly falling into disrepair.  Her mentally disturbed mother, despised by her own landowner father, verbally abuses Suzanne throughout her childhood and struggles to persuade her daughter to seek revenge against Alan Cantrell and his family. 

About the Author      Orvilla Johns, an eighty-one year old widow, currently resides in an upscale retirement community in Houston, Texas.  She has been blessed with a wonderfully creative mind, and is possessed of a youthful outlook, and self-sufficient demeanor.      Originally a native of Los Angeles, Orvilla lived in Quito, Ecuador as a young bride where her husband was a captain with Pan American-Grace Airways.  Soon thereafter, he flew for Shell Oil Company as they pursued oil explorations in the jungles of Ecuador where she accompanied him with their infant son.  The Johns family lived in the jungle under primitive conditions where they hired natives to cut clearings to establish airfields.  Orvilla’s knowledge of the jungle, presented so descriptively, is therefore genuine, as is her representation of life in the city of Quito.      Orvilla and her husband, Carroll Lee Johns, settled in Houston, Texas upon their return from Ecuador, and brought back many fascinating items from their time in the jungle including three shrunken heads.  These shrunken heads, together with other unique artifacts, were generously donated to a museum in Houston so they could be shared with the public.          Together, Orvilla and her husband owned and operated the Johns Car Clinic located outside of Houston for many years.   They continued to enjoy traveling to exotic locations throughout their life together up until Carroll’s death at the age of 93.