Publisher's Synopsis
Detective Phillip Russell is haunted by the death of his wife at the hands of an assailant sent to kill him. After the funeral, he relocates to protect his young daughters. It takes years for their lives to return to normal only to have his past catch up with him. Dr. Noah Coleman struggles to make his doomed marriage work but ultimately loses the battle to his wife's drug addiction. A messy divorce replaces his hopes of family and children and when his ex is discovered dead, her body decomposed. He takes a hiatus from life. Kendra Lewiston wants independence from over-protective parents. She loses her heart and innocence to Kevin; she thinks she has found true love. When she discovers him in their bed with a male lover, she returns to her family home to lick her wounds. Ready to try again, she meets Luke, and though he plies her with diamonds and gold, suspicion turns to reality when she discovers the cost. The Pleasures of Deceit is a story of three people whose lives are ripped apart by murder, drugs and deception and their struggle to find hope and love in a world that has spiraled out of control.
