Game (Crown)

In this fast-moving, gritty debut novel, one woman learns that even the strictest rules are made to be broken. At thirty-seven, Tuesday is eager for a better way of life. That means getting out of the game her gentleman's club has been fronting. Her all-female "business" team has made a fortune using the club to attract, seduce and rob wealthy men. But in addition to being squeezed by a corrupt cop, an unfortunate incident has put Tuesday deep in debt to a ruthless gun dealer and is creating dangerous dissent behind the scenes. Tuesday only sees one option. She'll have to go undercover playing girlfriend to legendary Detroit crime boss Sebastian Caine. But the risky move just might cause her to break her #1 rule: don't catch feelings. Because things are not what they seem and neither is Sebastian. Now Tuesday may have to choose between the future she's always wanted, the team she swore loyalty to, and the money she desperately needs to save her own life.

From hard times to getting it all, one woman must fight to keep her fortune, her family, and her life, in this intense, unpredictable follow-up to Games Women Play… By leveraging savvy and basic instincts, Tuesday Knight rose up from running an elite gentleman’s club to becoming the mega-wealthy Beverly Hills wife and business partner of reformed drug kingpin Marcus King. Along with their respectable, law-abiding new life came new names, and a new family. But now the country’s most feared drug lord wants to use Marcus’ legit empire to push her product - and the fallout threatens to be treacherous. Soon Tuesday finds herself on the run with her two daughters - and under pressure from a devious FBI agent to help take down the drug lord for good. But to clear the board of enemies and regain her position, and her life, shell have to face unexpected betrayalsand play out a shattering endgame…