PRIVATE FAMILY BUSINESS: A Waverly Consultants Novel

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/White Collar Crime

300 Pages

Melanie Sullivan expected to save a business from bankruptcy but never intended to ruin a prestigious Detroit family.

Approaching retirement from business consulting, Melanie reflects on her life choices, both professionally and in love. The two worlds have collided in the past, and she finds herself on a parallel path in one of the toughest assignments of her career.

A turnaround project at Shore Industries forces her to confront the family of her former colleague and lover, Carl Walker. Corporate secrets among the chief officers unfold. Discovery of unresolvable financial decline surfaces dirty business that may involve Carl.

Outsider Adam Barnes, Chief Financial Officer, will do anything to save Shore. Are family members to blame, or is Adam the bad guy?

Melanie must bring Carl into her work if she is going to name the true criminals.

Her attraction to both Carl and Adam causes Melanie to doubt her instincts. She watches a prominent family self-destruct, her former lover navigate divorce and the loss of his children, and the mysterious Adam face potential criminal charges.

Does Melanie have what it takes to keep her ethics intact and do what's right? Or will she leave Carl to fend for himself?