miami beach

"Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before"Provided by publisher.

College dropout Jeremy Stroeb is forced to accept responsibility for his teenage sister, Elise, after his parents--Rachel, an accountant, and Daniel, a controversial professor--are murdered, and hoping to learn the reason for the killings, Jeremy takes a job at his mother's firm and begins to realize his parents were not the people he thought they were.