Pat Clauson was a glib-talking Australian who relocated to the United States, determined to make his living screwing small-to-medium startup companies of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of dollars. He used his smooth talk, fictitious contacts with a British bank and Hong Kong law firm, and financial savvy to con the companies into giving him signature rights to their bank accounts, a monthly consulting fee that he collected for doing nothing of any constructive consequence, as well as hundreds of shares of their newly issued stock, which he promoted illegally to hike the share price so...

Pat Clauson was a glib-talking Australian who relocated to the United States, determined to make his living screwing small-to-medium startup companies of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of dollars. He used his smooth talk, fictitious contacts with a British bank and Hong Kong law firm, and financial savvy to con the companies into giving him signature rights to their bank accounts, a monthly consulting fee that he collected for doing nothing of any constructive consequence, as well as hundreds of shares of their newly issued stock, which he promoted illegally to hike the share price so...

Roger Manning is a widower with two small children. An extremely talented international executive, he struggles to be both a full-time mom and full-time dad, but he fails at both.
He meets a beautiful woman, they fall deeply in love, and his children worship her. But he discovers something troubling about her past, ends their relationship, and the world falls apart for her, him, and his children.

Roger Manning is a widower with two small children. An extremely talented international executive, he struggles to be both a full-time mom and full-time dad, but he fails at both.
He meets a beautiful woman, they fall deeply in love, and his children worship her. But he discovers something troubling about her past, ends their relationship, and the world falls apart for her, him, and his children.