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Marsha Jones is back with her latest literary installment, Win-Win, a story about love in the world of semi-professional football. Meet Madison, a charming, sexy, and widowed filmmaker who has put her life on hold when it comes to romance. Her best friend Jaymz, a film critic who has an opinion about everything, tries to help jumpstart it anyway he can. Hunter Rodriguez is the Hive football team's star quarterback. He has been married to his wife, Renee for more than 10 years. Hunter doesn't want to acknowledge the fact that his marriage is on the rocks. Renee wants Hunter to "grow up" and...

AJ was seated in First Class, attractive flight attendants doing their best to make sure he was comfortable. As he sipped his welcome cocktail, he was comforted at the knowledge that 24 bags, filled with currency and incriminating evidence, were safely stowed away in the bowels of the plane. Customs and airport authorities had been cooperative, thanks to substantial quantities of guaranteed black money. On the previous day, an octogenarian minister and his son, a new Member of Parliament, had gotten word from one of their moles that the CBI-India's federal investigative agency-was going to...