Byron Smith

The Stevens are a middle-class family living in Sacramento, CA. Husband and father Steve is a successful attorney. Wife and mother Eileen is a state Senator. Their oldest child Donnie ia a high-school sports legend. Ren, an 8th-grader, is just about the perfect daughter. She makes the best grades, she's popular, she does volunteer work and other extracurricular tasks by the score. Her brother Louis, in the 7th grade, is her opposite. He likes to sleep late, he's messy, his grades are not good, he's frequently in detention and he seems to take nothing seriously. But he is serious about finding something of his own that he can do to put himself on a par with the rest of his overachieving family. Though he and Ren occasionally soften their attitudes toward each other, at any given moment the're likely to be fighting like mongoose and cobra.

A story about two best friends who are madly in love with the same person. How far will a person go for love? Would you kill for love?

Skylar works as a professional mistress hired by women for divorce leverage. When she finds herself falling for her target, Eric, she questions her career and her motives. But when Eric's wife, Octavia, won't allow Skylar to destroy her plans, and a dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues, with love and survival on the line.