Bad Deeds: Dirty Money, Book 3

Continuing the twisted telenovela-like Dirty Money saga, Jones’s third contemporary romantic thriller about the superwealthy Brandon family and their associates (after Damage Control) delivers erotic and emotional punches. Shane Brandon, the young legal lion who’s come home to Denver to save his family’s mega-conglomerate, continues his love affair with his CEO father’s sweet but secretive secretary, Emily. The company and family are being torn apart by Brandon Senior, who’s keeping Shane and his brother, Derek, at each other’s throats. The situation only becomes more complex with the introduction of Adrian Martina, leader of the Martina drug cartel (and brother of Derek’s girlfriend), and his proposal to help the Martina and Brandon families make forays into more legitimate business opportunities. With myriad enemies at their gates, Shane and Emily must work to unite the family despite a plethora of secrets and betrayals. The ride through a minefield of plot twists is capped by a deliciously cruel cliffhanger ending. Agent: Louise Fury, Bent Agency. (Aug.)