Designing Justice

Designing Justice Negative Spaces is a romantic suspense novel that follows the journey of Tessie 'Mac' McIntosh and Detective Mateo 'Teo' Saco. Their lives are thrown into turmoil as they navigate through conflicts, make tough choices, and manage personal relationships while entangled in a web of suspense and romance. As the story unfolds, they undergo significant personal growth, discovering unexpected revelations that add depth and complexity to their journey and challenge their perceptions and beliefs.

After recovering from his injuries, Mateo returns to the Philadelphia Police in a new precinct with a new partner, Detective Kaley Callum. However, on his first day, he faces a baffling case; while confident in his abilities, Mateo calls upon Mac as a resource to help him in researching the case, which has international ties and involves aid from the FBI.

The onset of the COVID pandemic brings unexpected work restraints, a new living arrangement, and often conflicting daily challenges for Mateo and Mac. The full impact of the restrictions remains to be discovered, with national, state, and local governments making multiple attempts to address it. This backdrop of uncertainty and change tests Mateo's relationship with his work, life partner, and sense of self. Meanwhile, Mac struggles to keep her businesses, the home design business and private detective agency, solvent, adding a layer of financial and emotional stress to their lives. With its unique challenges, the pandemic becomes a character in its own right, shaping the narrative and the characters' responses.

Amidst the challenges, Mac and Mateo consciously decide to work on their relationship. They navigate unexpected work restrictions, new living arrangements, and financial difficulties while trying to address each roadblock. Their love story, intricately woven into the fabric of their lives, adds a poignant layer of emotion and engagement to the narrative.