What is a happily ever after really worth?

Naomi was living a quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, marry, buy a dream house, start a family. Then he kicks her out, hires top divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a younger woman. It’s a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, return to work, and rebuild her life. But why should she? Instead, Naomi focuses on her husband’s new girlfriend. What starts as cynicism becomes obsession, then something darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her life may be in danger. If it keeps her perfect family intact, is it worth it?

A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York
Eunice Carter, deputy district attorney for New York City and Manhattan’s first Black female prosecutor, targets Lucky Luciano, head of the city’s largest crime families. Prosecutions have focused on bootlegging, gambling, loan sharking, drug dealing, or tax evasion. Prostitution has not been pursued until Eunice. She can’t get Luciano alone. Polly Adler has built a high-class brothel business with a client list of famous and infamous names, top-tier booze, music, food, and girls. Lucky has endangered her girls, and Polly sees a chance to end his reign. Eunice and Polly form a case with a network of women. They bridge the gap between them and risk their lives to gather evidence, under the men they aim to convict. This alliance launches New York City’s most sensational trial.