MAYA BLUE A Memoir of Survival is Working Girl becomes Indiana Jones meets Taken, a story of love, cocaine, abduction, and survival, but in the end, Brenda Coffee was the last one standing.

At twenty-one, Brenda Coffee did almost anything her charismatic and powerful older husband, Philip Ray, wanted. Regardless of whether it was dangerous, adventurous, sexual, or illegal, she wanted to be the one woman he couldn’t live without.

Brenda and Philip’s life together was a fairy tale until it wasn’t. Until Philip, the founder of two high-profile, groundbreaking public companies, setup an organic synthesis chemistry lab in their home and began making real cocaine and became addicted. Until the Big Six tobacco companies threatened their lives for creating the first smokeless cigarette—Brenda coined the terms vape and vaping—and the brutal Guatemalan military commandos forced her into the jungle at gunpoint.

A suspenseful, fast-paced memoir that reads like a thriller, MAYA BLUE will strike a chord with those who’ve lost their voice or had trouble finding their power. It will resonate with those who live with an addict or have grieved the loss of a spouse. But above all, it’s an inspiring reminder that as long as you never surrender your voice, and you keep your wits about you, you can survive almost anything.