A smart and successful young attorney, Gail Connor is on the verge of a partnership at a major law firm in the "new" Miami, a city more Latin than Anglo, with a dark side that slides right into the Everglades. But Gail's success at work has masked failure in her personal life: an empty marriage, a daughter she hardly knows, and a past she would rather forget. Then her sister, Renee, is found dead with her wrists slashed. After Renee's suicide, Gail,...

Lawyer Gail Connor investigates the murder of Miami's opera director, a victim of Cuban politics. One of the suspects is her Cuban fiance and she wants to clear his name. But as her investigation deepens the question arises, is she going to save--or destroy--the man she loves.

This "fast-paced" thriller f rom the New York Times –bestselling author pits iron-willed Miami attorney Gail Connor against the man she loves ( Publishers Weekly ). After splitting up with her fiancé, Anthony Quintana, Gail is just trying to get her life back in some sort of order. But when Anthony's teenage daughter, Angela, comes to Gail in secret and begs her to defend her boyfriend, Bobby, a dancer with the Miami City Ballet...

"Suspense builds" as a tropical storm and a crazed killer bear down on Connor and Quintana in the Florida Keys, in the New York Times –bestselling series ( Library Journal ). Despite storm warnings, lawyers and lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana travel to a resort on a secluded island in the Florida Keys when a wealthy former client asks for their help with his troubled stepson, Billy, who has confessed to murder. Billy had a history...