Conflicts of Interest — John Martel

Maverick small-town lawyer Seth "Cowboy" Cameron thinks he's struck gold when he and sweetheart Rosie Wheeler make it to San Francisco and he lands a job at the prestigious firm Miller & McGrath. Surviving on adrenaline and broken promises, he's soon swept into a cesspool of politics and greed, a pawn in a power struggle with senior partner Anthony Treadwell. When Treadwell sends him a new client, Elena Barton, Seth smells trouble. The seductive widow of an Air Force pilot, she's determined to pursue a risky, politically controversial agenda.

Committed to the firm's questionable strategies and attracted to his client, Seth ricochets among New Orleans, a secret Arizona air base, Las Vegas, the Caicos Islands, and a San Francisco courtroom...where a shocking conspiracy explodes. Now, he faces the ultimate challenge of his career as he takes a provocative journey through moral ambivalence, institutional treachery, corruption at the highest levels of government, and the compromises that can save us...or destroy us.