Welcome to Gracen & Gracen, the fourth largest concentration of wealth and power in the United States of America. A ruthless company with global reach lorded over by Chaz Gracen, a multi-billionaire CEO with major personal issues, his drunken and impotent brother Pete Gracen, their disgruntled wives Nora Gracen and Constance Gracen, and their various toadies.
Order is maintained at the company by former Police Detective turned Chief of Corporate Security Joanne Meltzer, the woman who puts out the company's fires. At the heart of it all sits tall, handsome and highly educated, ruthlessly ambitious and deliciously sociopathic company man and budding "Wolf of Wall Street" Jim Profit. The true power behind the throne at the Gracen & Gracen global business empire.
Corporate shark and man-about-town Jim Profit has made a lot of enemies, but he's always been one step ahead of them all. The only person with even a snowball's chance in hell of opposing Jim Profit's schemes is African-American attorney Jeffrey Sykes, the company's newest executive in the legal department, and Jim Profit's main enemy from day one.
After a long day at the office, Jeffrey Sykes finally headed home. Life isn't easy for a black man working in the ruthless world of corporate America, even if he's tall, handsome, well-spoken, and has an Ivy League education. Sykes knew this all too well. Only through machinations did he get himself hired by Gracen & Gracen, and the fact that he managed to keep his job spoke of his fortitude. For Jim Profit, Sykes main enemy, was a man with greater depths of wickedness than Satan himself.
Attorney Jeffrey Sykes opened the door to the plush high-rise condom he once shared with his former girlfriend, Lucinda Lovitts, the gorgeous African-American model and designer he once loved, and a pang of guilt rattled Sykes's six-foot-two, lean and athletic frame. Sorry I wasn't able to protect you from them, Sykes mumbled to himself after inserting the key into the door and letting himself into his home.
Hello stranger, a sexy, husky voice said, startling the hell out of Jeffrey Sykes, who froze on the spot. Turning on the light, Sykes gasped when he saw whom the voice belonged to. A tall, sexy woman with lustrous black hair, alabaster skin and deep, thoughtful brown eyes sat on a chair, clad in a sparkling red bathrobe. Sykes eyes widened in shock when he realized who it was. Joanne Meltzer, the tough and at times abrasive ex-cop, and Gracen & Gracen's eagle-eyed Chief of Corporate Security.
Joanne, Sykes said breathlessly. Joanne Meltzer stretched luxuriously on the chair and crossed her smooth, sexy legs provocatively. Welcome home Jeff, Joanne said sexily, and Sykes slowly let out the breath that he hadn't even realized he'd been holding. Joanne Meltzer had that effect on him, and not just because she was one smoking hot mama.
The Meltzer gal just might be the only potential ally corporate attorney Jeffrey Sykes had at Gracen & Gracen, for they'd both battled Jim Profit, the ruthless vice president of the Acquisitions Division, and barely walked away with their lives and careers roughly intact. Sykes allowed himself a smile, and looked Joanne up and down. Good evening pretty lady, Sykes said evenly.