Financial Fiction

Acclaimed, sexy reality photographer Jamie Carval, desperately searching for a new theme for his next exhibition, stumbles upon dedicated, driven Manhattan detective Casey Clement and her hotshot team at the murder of a brilliant scientist. Carval instantly decides that the intensity and unity of the team will form an outstanding show, with Casey as its stunning centrepiece. But Casey has hated photographs ever since a jealous fellow-recruit tried to shame her with a stolen copy of a shot from a college party, and she isn’t in the mood to play nice. As the cops unravel the mess of ...

Satan sat on the edge of the bed staring down at the sleeping lawyer. "Mr. Ward, however have you managed to evade my influence for all these years? It's so unusual for me to have to target an individual attorney. Invariably the lure of money and prestige corrupts them all without any interference from me. You've definitely piqued my curiosity. Let's see if you're capable of resisting some tantalizing temptations I intend to throw your way." Completely unaware that Satan wants this honest lawyer's soul, Donald Ward's life is thrown into complete turmoil as he encounters one creative torment...

Eleven years ago during Christmas, Martin Banks' family was thrown into the streets by wealthy landlord Edwin Hartwell. Now, this holiday season, fate has handed Martin an unexpected gift: vengeance. Defeating Hartwell at cards gives Martin the chance to financially ruin the man - but damn, instead of money, Hartwell offers his daughter as payment. And double damn, Martin stupidly accepts. How did retribution turn into seduction? Martin refuses to let himself fall in love, so there must be rules to this game. And perhaps a bit of romance.

AN EARTH-SHATTERING SECRET. A LONG-LOST KEY. A LETHAL PURSUIT... One letter. Multiple revelations. A secret buried in Venice may spell humanity's final chapter... After a mysterious letter summons Adrian West and Nick Harper to Venice, a revelation from the past shatters Adrian's world. They must pick up the pieces to unravel the threads of a conspiracy rooted deep in Venetian history--and the city's labyrinthine heart. In a desperate race from Venice's mist-shrouded canals, the ancient streets of Dubrovnik, to the Byzantine-era relics of Istanbul, Adrian and Nick must prevent a clandestine...

Leaving home can be a dangerous journey. . . Not leaving home can be even more dangerous. A worldwide terrorist attack hits all of the major cities, causing an EMP. Austin is fortunate enough to survive the devastating, apocalyptic event. But with a collapsed economy, and terrorists roaming the streets, he soon realizes the real trouble is far from over.

As prep school students, Roger and Tom did anything for each other. When Tom found himself in trouble, Roger bailed him out in an act of loyalty that forged their friendship for life. Now, twenty-five years later, they’ve taken decidedly different paths. While Tom owns a small, yet successful investment management firm, Roger is living closer to the edge, in the driver’s seat of a high-risk insurance company. When Roger calls him up asking for help, Tom knows it’s time to return that boyhood favor. The goal? To try and save Roger’s company, a feat that would require Tom to put ...

While trying to complete a top-secret corporate acquisition project at National Airlines, Lonny Jones’ life is turned upside down as sensitive negotiating information is leaked to the competition and his boss begins to exhibit questionable behavior. Lonny’s life is further complicated by his former best friend, Jack Heygood, who parlays the promise of testimony in the retrial of a Tropical Investment, Inc. kingpin — previously convicted of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme — into release from prison. Once on the loose, Jack’s suspicious business dealings wind through Dallas, the ...

When customer complaints on Christmas Eve about tenfold inflated bank balances herald not early gifts, nor a botched system upgrade, but the most sophisticated cyber attack in history, National Bank Chief Operating Officer Rob Tanner finds himself in the eye of a ‘Black Swan’ storm no one predicted, but anyone could have anticipated. Tanner enlists the help of brilliant American cyber security expert Ashley Markham, but the attacks only worsen.

Celebrated corporate buccaneer Raj Mitra is recruited back to National Airlines to quickly integrate the strategic assets acquired in Project Green Field into the operation and realize the aggressive financial commitments promised to the board of directors. Raj, a former colleague and friend of Lonny Jones, returns to Dallas along with his new, beautiful, Bollywood actress wife. Soon he becomes embroiled in controversy due to his limitless ambition, ruthless behavior and past shady business dealings.In addition to the fallout from Raj’s actions, Lonny must deal with his troublesome, down-...

A TRAGIC DEATH & SECRETS TO HIDE Stand-Alone Story > Steve's visit with a classmate at his 40th high school reunion in Kentucky challenges his memory of a tragic death. He discovers old friends are not what they seem and have secrets to hide. His investigation of a potential fraud in Florida intersects with a tangled web of deceit, blackmail, and murder. Will a second-rate movie offer the killer a path to escape the past and retire in luxury?

Paul is enjoying a nice spring morning at his favorite National Park, when suddenly, a blinding flash soars through the sky. The flash is followed by a prolonged crackling sound. Peering through his binoculars, he can see a mushroom cloud, one-thousand meters away. He finds himself running away from the blast, and eventually, reaches shelter from the fallout . . . But that's only the beginning. The aftermath throws him into a reality in which he feels unprepared to embrace. As the nuclear warfare continues, his city becomes a serious risk. He must find a way to safety. But in a collapsed ...

The Sins of the Father When Rayna and her boss attend an exclusive political fundraising, they witness the assassination of the candidate’s wife by masked thugs. Rayna gives chase and narrowly escapes death when their fleeing SUV suddenly and inexplicably blows up. Were the murderers terrorists? Hired killers? Political extremists? As she and her organized vigilante organization dig deeper, they discover that that the rally was the final piece in the puzzle to finance a plot to blow up an abandoned nuclear reactor. The candidate himself and his best friend are the pained masterminds. ...

With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. But one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping.

Alaska finance professor and reluctant spy Kate Adams is back, but this time she’s in charge and determined to hunt down a self-proclaimed whistleblower code-named The Executive. The intelligence community is reeling. It appears the United States government’s most secret documents are being released onto the Dark Web, but many of the most damaging secrets aren’t even true. Unable to separate truth from fiction, public outrage is growing over actions governments around the world are being falsely accused of taking in the global war on terror. Still struggling with trauma from her ...

Heidi is writing a script to explain the financial industry, based on how the men within it approach romance. Her clueless heroine is looking for a Wall Street husband, but who’s the best option? The trader? The investment banker? The venture capitalist? Scene by sizzling scene, Heidi considers their assets. What she wants for certain is a happy ending - but when she hits a dead end, it might take a real-life finance guy to show her what a long-term investment really looks like.

This book was previously published as "Financial Punishment: the Naughty C.P.A." by Reba Bale What happens when the people who make your pleasure toys decide to let their hair down? Toys for Grown-Ups is the leading national retailer for adult activities. But even toy developers need downtime, so CEO Robert Calloway decides to take his team to the mountains for a team-building retreat. One that will have plenty of time for fun… Elaine Robertson feels like the lone voice of reason in her company. As the chief financial officer, she’s more worried about audits and spreadsheets than ...

Can you picture a societal collapse so bad that the land becomes uninhabitable? What happens when it's up to one small group of people to reverse the societal collapse?After the collapse of society, Jason now lives in a house on a small island in the middle of the sea. Over the years, he had heard tales about what life was like on the land, but he had never experienced it for himself. He eventually discovers that the land was taken over by pirates many years ago. The societal collapse caused by the pirates was so severe that it drove many people to the sea. The people who remained on the ...

A pandemic sweeps through the country, and soon spreads throughout the world. It leads to an economic collapse, but that's only the beginning. After Auden moves into another house, he finds a secret room that contains something shocking . . . something that might be connected to the epidemic, and as he seeks answers, he soon finds himself in tremendous danger.

Solo hay luz de luna por encima.... Grita todo lo que quieras... Aún así terminarás muerto. Smash Hit es a la vez un homenaje respetuoso, pero algo propio, nacido en las tradiciones de clásicos programas de terror llenos de horripilantes asesinatos y una mente retorcida y anormal tramando toda la horrenda cabalgata. Una historia tensa e impartida sobre el asesinato, los juegos mentales y la obsesión con las realidades macabras de la película, que también ofrece una variación única de las fórmulas del género, ya probadas y gastadas. Un lunático está en la hierba. Podría estar ...

When a visitor to the city of wonderful rocks and minerals got killed, the city caught a fever of awe. Can the city ever get back to its feet? Detective Paisley Kimbell of Moab Police Department was not thrilled to investigate the death of a visitor to the city. The city started to depend a lot on tourism since the closure of uranium mines decades ago and started coping with surging property investments in the city. The death of a teenager could be a deadly publicity for the businesses in the city. The small businesses were already hurt by increasing costs of doing business. The new homes ...