The Russian Mafia — S.G. Kiner

In the world of securities law, there is no attorney better than the brilliant and beautiful, Susanna Sloane. After practicing law in New York City for many years, she moves to Palm Beach where her firm has an office. A confrontation forces her to resign. She establishes her own firm, hires associates, and begins the representation of clients who have lost money through stockbroker misconduct. Through one of her new associates, Susanna is introduced to Rusty Byers, an attorney and the most famous sports agent in the country. One of his clients, the New York Yankees first baseman, has lost a significant sum investing with Superior Securities, an old Wall Street firm. This opens the door to Susanna's representation of several additional ballplayer clients.
Susanna, a widow, has been living with her late husband's best friend, Larry Warner, who helped her open the new office and then stayed on to assist. Susanna finds herself attracted to Rusty and engages in a secret affair with him.
While on a trip to New York to meet with Rusty's clients, Susanna and Rusty are recorded during an erotic evening in her hotel room. A copy of the DVD is delivered the next day to her hotel. Susanna and Rusty assume Superior Securities is behind the surveillance, and hire a private investigator to protect them.
Eventually, in conjunction with Rusty and a lawyer in Los Angeles who has obtained a listing of all of Superior's customers, Susanna signs up over two hundred of them. A new client, Bernie Taub, also has a case against Superior Securities. Bernie tells Susanna that he lives in Nice, France almost half the year, where he is in the wine-making business. What he doesn't tell Susanna is that he is working for the Russian Mafia, and that the wine business is a front for cocaine and weapons smuggling.
Susanna is torn between her love for Rusty, whom she likens to a pair of Manolo Blahniks, and Larry, whom she likens to a pair of comfortable bedroom slippers. A copy of the DVD is sent to Larry, and furious, he leaves. Susanna, on the rebound, marries Rusty.
Returning alone to Palm Beach to conclude the Superior cases, Susanna awakens to find Bernie Taub in her bedroom, pointing a gun at her. He whisks her away to his villa in the south of France, where she remains his prisoner while Taub's Russian Mafia connections coerce the Yankees into throwing the World Series. She is rescued by the FBI and returned to New York, where Taub stands trial for rape, kidnaping and extortion.
Susanna is thrust into the spotlight and becomes sought after on the talk show circuit. After the trial, with its unexpected ending, she is in even more demand, it's not, however, as the brilliant securities lawyer she wants the world to see, but rather as the butt of tasteless jokes emanating from the sexual nature of some trial testimony. She and Rusty try to retain their dignity while presenting a united front. She is asked to write a book about her ordeal, which helps diffuse their notoriety.
Her book is published to acclaim, after which she conducts book signings throughout the country. Larry Warner attends one of the book signings, and he and Susanna end up in bed. Afterwards, Susanna is exposed to his vitriol regarding her as a person, her attitudes toward sex, and her treatment of him and Rusty. He reveals his belief about who was responsible for what she had at first blamed on Superior Securities and then on the Russian Mafia.
One thing is for certain; Susanna is a survivor.