Jade Cabral strides into the 21st century as a golden guy. Brilliant and beautiful, with a California cool and a Harvard education, he is poised for wealth and success in New York’s Financial District.<br><br>But Jade harbors a secret flaw, a thirst for revenge against Se?or Rodriguez, the California landowner who deprived his father – Se?or’s out-of-wedlock son, John Virgil -- of his family’s rightful inheritance and place in the world. Jade thinks if he succeeds in New York, he can make up for every loss and humiliation his family has endured at the hands of Se?or. That searing quest leads him into the arms of Nan Spencer, a lovely, fragile socialite, and to the top of the financial world, the Twin Towers, on September 11, 2001.

Seamless Sky

“It’s just that—” Jade looked around at the large airy white room, filled with patrons, their chatter spinning like the ceiling fans, their perfume and cologne mingling with the heady scent of the stargazers.


“Do you ever stop, Allie, and think sometimes that none of this is going to last, that we’re all going to die?”


“Wow,” Allie said, leaning back and exhaling. “I expected a conversation about girl trouble or problems at work. But an existential crisis. That’s a good one, big brother.”


Chapter 19