Publisher's Synopsis
What determines our happiness? What lengths would you go to achieve it? Would you be satisfied when you finally attained it, or would you even recognize it if you did? Laya Thomas had everything a young African American executive could want; intelligence, charm, and an insatiable appetite for success. The only thing that was missing in her list of impressive attributes may have been the most important, and that was her morals. She used sex, betrayal and black mail to help her achieve her goals; nothing was taboo in her book. She'd formed a plan as soon as she met Jonathan Roust, the firm's new president. It was natural to her, arranging every facet of her life, down to the very last detail. What she had not planned on was falling in love. Jonathan was handsome and smart, but more than that, he was honest and hardworking, the complete opposite of Laya. From his first day in his new position he'd heard rumors about the beautiful dragon in marketing, but he never took gossip to heart. Something about her was intriguing him; made him think that there was more than what was on the surface, and what everyone thought of her. He began spending more and more time with her, ignoring the nagging voice of doubt in his head that warned him against it. What she had with Brian was a fling, a mistake that she regretted, hadn't she said that herself? Everyone was allowed one indiscretion in their lives, weren't they? He wouldn't become one of the pointing fingers, he would find out who she really was for himself. Brian McGovern had fallen hard from Laya from the beginning, and held on long after she had let him go. She'd started slipping away from him from the day Jonathan arrived, and he felt completely powerless to stop it. He had known guys like Jonathan all his life, guys that seemed to have everything given to them, while he had to fight tool and nail for the slightest recognition. Well, he wasn't going to let it happen this time, not with her, Either she would take him back or Laya and her precious boss would pay, and he had the perfect weapon to do it in Reagan. Reagan Hallowell is Laya's fifteen-year-old niece and her biggest fan. She came to live with her aunt intent on learning how to emulate her every move and instead ended up in the middle of a sorted love affair. Losing more and more of herself everyday, and lacking the discipline she knew at home, Reagan decides to put everything that she has learned from Laya into practice, against her! Reagan crosses her aunt in a decision that could help unravel everything Laya worked so hard to build.
