NO TRUST
by
Leslie Esdaile Banks

Dafina Books
ISBN:0758213328
Coming
September 2007!
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SHATTERED TRUST
by
Leslie Esdaile Banks

From Heaven...

From avenging her father's death to bringing down Philadelphia's most corrupt families, gutsy financial genius Laura Caldwell has finally found the calm after the storm.  Ensconced in a luxurious island villa, and recovered from disasters both natural and criminal, newlyweds Laura and James have retired from the business of ridding the world--and their lives--of violence and deceit. 

With their enemies either behind bars or dead, and Laura's bank account in the millions, their life is now filled with love, family, leisure--and the unsettling feeling that serious trouble is never far behind.  Maybe it's just paranoia, a habit of staying one step ahead of danger.  But when they get a tip about a brutal killing back home in Philly, their worst fears are confirmed--and their heaven on earth quickly becomes hell.  For all their enemies have left is revenge--something no one knows more about than Laura. 

Now the couple will have to figure out who has the resources--and the guts--to come after them.  But will it mean leaving paradise?  And can they come out alive?

BLIND TRUST
by
Leslie Esdaile Banks

She has so much to lose...

From the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean to Philadelphia's halls of power, this suspenseful sequel to Betrayal of the Trust follows gutsy Laura Caldwell, a financial genius and brilliant beauty who is ready to put a dangerous chapter in her life behind her-but whose enemies clearly are not...

When Laura set out to bring down Philadelphia's most prominent-and most corrupt-families, she wasn't sure she'd survive. But now she's ready to enjoy the fruits of her victory-millions in the bank, a sumptuous villa in the Cayman Islands, and a steamy new romance with detective James Carter, who is ready to make her his wife. However, fate deals a harsh blow as natural disaster devastates her new-found paradise and James goes AWOL. The loss of her home, her man, and something even more precious has Laura reeling. It seems her adversaries have started taking their revenge-and they'll do worse if given half the chance...

When her cousin's car explodes in a Center City parking lot and her uncle is implicated as the prime suspect in a high-profile murder, Laura knows her past is coming back with a vengeance. These multiple threats are meant to be a hateful message from the City of Brotherly Love: the families want their money and their power returned-and they want to destroy Laura in the process. Now Laura, James, and their allies will have to outsmart-and expose-the murderous extortionists behind the scenes. But can they do it without anyone paying the ultimate price? When sinister casino mob bosses enter the equation, the prospects seem doubtful. It's the biggest battle of Laura's life-because it's the first time she has so much to lose...

BETRAYAL OF THE TRUST
by
Leslie Esdaile Banks

The most powerful people in Philly...

Darien Price, III, privileged son of a wealthy family and executive director of Philadelphia's prominent Educate America program, is in deep trouble. Certain "inconsistencies" have been found in his business accounts-and no one could be happier to hear the news than Laura J. Caldwell, a cinnamon-skinned rising star in the city's white, male world of finance and philanthropy. But for Laura, the issue is more than business. And it goes way back. Now, the goal that's driven her through the Ivy League to Wall Street and home again is finally within reach.

Darien was a brother who made them all look bad, robbing from his own community. But beyond that, his family was to blame for a smear campaign that caused Laura's father's death twenty years ago. Laura can't get him back. But she can get revenge. She's got the brains, the skills, and the guts to do it. And this time she'll have the most powerful people in Philly on her side...