The Autumn Fires

The second book in the Mad Season Series returns to Napa and the San Francisco Bay Area and the trials, scandals, and secrets of the wealthy Prince family. Janice Prince is embroiled in a lawsuit with her brother, J.J., who has been trying to sell the family home to developers. Even as she fights her brothers and sister for control of the Napa Estate, she fights to keep her own son and daughter from walking away from her forever.

Morgan's life falls apart in the blink of an eye, first beginning with her mother's death and then with her husband's threat of divorce. Morgan finds solace in the bottom of a bottle, a pattern she's repeated her whole life, but this time she goes too far.

Minnie married into the family, bringing with her a secret that would turn her husband on his ear. She had never felt comfortable with her wealthy in-laws and her act of revenge spawns an irreversible act of violence.

Black sheep Rhys attempts to pick up the pieces after Aris leaves him, finding solace in the arms of another woman. Aris thought she was leaving the ruthless clan behind her for good, but she soon finds she can't live without Rhys. When Aris finds her way back to him, Rhys must chose between the woman who saved him and the woman who broke his heart.

Everything coalesces into a stunning crescendo that leaves everyone's lives irrevocably altered.