Bitter Tea

Follow the money. It's a cliche but true none the less. Wall Street is all about money. Tokyo was just opening its capital markets through financial deregulation. That drove job creation in the financial services--trading, investment banking and lending. Hopefuls followed the money prospecting a career. Jane followed Pete, her husband, surrendering her position at a Wall Street firm. She expected to surf the financial tsunami to a career in international finance. She looked forward to an exciting new life as an ex-pat in Japan. Unwittingly she placed herself on a trajectory that challenged her assumptions about herself, her goals, and risked her very life. Jane's story is one of love and betrayal, hope and disillusionment and renewal as she confronts treachery and discovers the brutal secret of a Japanese executive. Complex and unexpected plot twists engage the reader in this character driven portrait of desire caught in the vortex of financial manipulation and lasting wartime conflicts.