Carl Messina, a Manhattan-based partner at a global accounting firm, has achieved financial success, yet he considers himself a failure. An involuntary bachelor at forty-three, his only lasting relationship with a woman involves his mom. As Carl tells us, he would never have made partner were it not for his best friend of twenty-five years, Kavi Chander. Kavi, a poor teenager when he emigrated from India, is now the chief financial officer at ADG, one of the largest companies in the world. During an anniversary dinner, Kavi gets word of a scandal at ADG. Weeks later, it's pinned on him. He's indicted for securities fraud ? maximum penalty, life in prison. Although he's innocent, he's petrified at the thought of facing a jury. He explores alternatives, including those that aren't legal. Carl tries to help, leading him to Switzerland, India, and Victoria Richards, a sexy yet troubled lawyer with a penchant for manipulating men. Only one thing is certain: Carl's life will never be the same. In this gripping financial thriller, corruption, backstabbing and lies converge as an honest man considers criminal acts to save his friend from being punished for a crime he didn't commit.

Carl Messina, a Manhattan-based partner at a global accounting firm, has achieved financial success, yet he considers himself a failure. An involuntary bachelor at forty-three, his only lasting relationship with a woman involves his mom. As Carl tells us, he would never have made partner were it not for his best friend of twenty-five years, Kavi Chander. Kavi, a poor teenager when he emigrated from India, is now the chief financial officer at ADG, one of the largest companies in the world. During an anniversary dinner, Kavi gets word of a scandal at ADG. Weeks later, it's pinned on him. He's indicted for securities fraud ? maximum penalty, life in prison. Although he's innocent, he's petrified at the thought of facing a jury. He explores alternatives, including those that aren't legal. Carl tries to help, leading him to Switzerland, India, and Victoria Richards, a sexy yet troubled lawyer with a penchant for manipulating men. Only one thing is certain: Carl's life will never be the same. In this gripping financial thriller, corruption, backstabbing and lies converge as an honest man considers criminal acts to save his friend from being punished for a crime he didn't commit.

Lloyd Reman The Seduction Campaign Mindy Brand, a Harvard University undergrad and budding liberal activist, feels burdened by expectations; her late father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor who uncovered a Republican presidential scandal. Boston's Kurt Jennings feels no such pressure. Raised by unassuming parents, the habitual womanizer looks forward to creating his own legacy; he's the protege of a right-wing talk show host. Mindy and Kurt's paths would likely never cross, but when Mindy researches three untimely deaths during the election season? Mindy thinks American companies are conspiring to kill Americans?liberal Americans, in particular. Thinking she's a target, she reluctantly tells Kurt seeking his help to investigate further. He agrees to help, influenced in no small part by Mindy's good looks. But there's something Kurt should have considered more carefully: the other person Mindy confided in wound up dead.

Lloyd Reman The Seduction Campaign Mindy Brand, a Harvard University undergrad and budding liberal activist, feels burdened by expectations; her late father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor who uncovered a Republican presidential scandal. Boston's Kurt Jennings feels no such pressure. Raised by unassuming parents, the habitual womanizer looks forward to creating his own legacy; he's the protege of a right-wing talk show host. Mindy and Kurt's paths would likely never cross, but when Mindy researches three untimely deaths during the election season? Mindy thinks American companies are conspiring to kill Americans?liberal Americans, in particular. Thinking she's a target, she reluctantly tells Kurt seeking his help to investigate further. He agrees to help, influenced in no small part by Mindy's good looks. But there's something Kurt should have considered more carefully: the other person Mindy confided in wound up dead.