Author Description

Jake Travis is the protagonist, a young man intent on leaving his humble, small-town roots completely behind and attaining his version of the American dream in Dallas, Texas. On the corporate fast track, with a beautiful girlfriend seemingly at his side, he has the appearance of a man with a golden touch. But all is not as it seems. Images of his father and an unreconciled past haunt his days and his nights.Noelle Parker, seductive and manipulative, is on a quest to return to the old money lifestyle of her youth. Jake is supposed to be just a passing fancy for her, but their attraction for one another turns out to be an addiction not easily broken.Ben Davidson is Jake's new, coldhearted boss. He has made millions as a corporate fixer, a CEO with a reputation for cutting the heart out of companies and moving on before the dust can settle. Ben pays little attention to his beautiful wife, Lana, and although she longs for a resumption of the passion she once shared with him, thoughts of infidelity are slowly taking hold of her psyche. Alcohol becomes her sanctuary.Deception and betrayal rear their ugly heads at all levels, personal and professional, until Jake doesn't know whom to trust. With his future in the balance, he must decide where his loyalties lie: with the woman he loves, with his friends, with his company, with his boss, or with the father he's spent his adult life running away from.The Protege is a gripping novel that explores the tangled feelings which inhibit men and women from connecting and fathers and sons from healing. It also touches on the role society's values play in promoting and continuing these struggles. Candid and real, this story will challenge your soul and tug at your heart.