Getting Even — Morgan St. James

Morgan St. James brings you the events that led up to the book RIPOFF, the start of a new series about three savvy women with a talent for finding trouble.

KIMBERLY MARTIN thought her day couldn't get any worse. In the span of a heartbeat she went from riding high to the depths of despair. Returning from a conference where she was named WOMAN OF THE YEAR, she felt like a triumphant empress returning to her minions until she opened her office door to a scene of utter chaos. Within minutes she went from Vice President of Finance to unemployed.

Really down in the dumps, she thought her boy-toy lover would be at home to comfort her, only to find he flew the coop with her money, furniture and anything else he could grab while she was at the conference.She had to face the fact that overnight she had become unemployed and broke/.

But, KIMBERLY wasn't one to take this sitting down. She would do whatever was in her power to survive with one missionat the top of her list. TO GET EVEN! To her amazement she discovered she wasn't the only one who had been ripped off by pretty boy RYAN. Enter the CONNED COUGARS -- women with a vengeance. Oh year. He was going down.