Gregory Angus

Calvin M. Bennett came to New Orleans to disappear. Now the city knows his name—and Jazz Fest is about to make it impossible to hide. Nine days before the festival, Cal is dividing his time between Miss Jo’s kitchen and a street band that formed without anyone admitting it.

Luke Mercer bought a ruined Bahamian resort to disappear. Amara Rolle and Lucia Alvarez make that impossible. Burned out by the life that made him successful, Luke arrives on Crescent Cay with a construction plan, a dwindling budget, and no intention of letting anyone get close.

Thirty days. No money. No phone. No ID. No help. Newly minted attorney Rick Marrone expects his powerful uncle to hand him a place inside the Spyro empire.

Most adults are functioning… but drifting. They wake up tired, push through the day, handle responsibilities, and repeat the cycle tomorrow. Life becomes a blur of effort without progress — what this book calls trudging.

Calvin M. Bennett spent years making rooms obey him. Then he walked away from the suits, the arguments, and the life he could no longer stand. In New Orleans, he becomes simply Cal—a man with a trumpet he hasn't touched in years, a knife roll he barely trusts himself to open...