All Shades of Ruin

Just when Valerie, Laura, and Hannah seem to be getting back on track, a series of events sends the lives of these three best friends spiraling back out of control.

With a promising career and a bright future, things seem to have turned a corner for Valerie. However, her dependence on painkillers has caused her to miss the warning signs, not only in her business dealings but also in her marriage.

With divorce looming, a passion-filled weekend with an old friend leads Valerie to cross paths with the mysterious businessman, Gernot and his troubled female companion, a woman with ties to Hannah's past. Sensing something is amiss, Valerie's offering of help unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will bring her into conflict with an Armenian gang.

With her business failing, an addiction to painkillers, and her marriage in tatters, Valerie must rely on help from her friends if she is to find a way to get her life back. But, facing their own internal struggles, will the bond shared by these three friends be strong enough to see them through?

Just when Valerie needs her friends the most, Hannah and Laura find themselves facing their own internal struggles. Now, torn between trying to help her friends pick up the pieces of their own lives and dealing with her own issues, Valerie must try to set things right, but at what cost? When the chips are down, is the friendship between by these three women built on a solid foundation, or will their house of cards collapse around them?

This is a book 3 in Cursed with Fortune series, but it could be read as a standalone.