“ Truth is a fungible commodity where the price is established by the appetite of the accuser, the threat of exposure to the accused, and the amount of money available to negotiate.” - Martin Ruff, Protagonist
She Said. He Said.
MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT EXPLAINS “HIS VERSION OF THE TRUTH.”
A senior corporate executive in a fairy tale marriage flirts with a female executive in the same company.
After a number of romantic dinners, after-hour phone calls, and gifts willingly accepted, two very different realities unfold. The man believes he is well on the way to a consensual affair. The woman, under financial pressure from her insecure daughter and their father, a man with a drug dependency, envisions a large insurance payoff to silence her formal sexual harassment suit.
Soon, the harassment claim turns into a "she said-he said" survival of the fittest which the reader witnesses up-close and personal. In the end, there are surprising consequences for both the accuser and the accused, and unimaginable collateral damage to all the unwillingly participants drawn into the tawdry affair.
Inspired by true events.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"Spellbinding thriller by the acclaimed M.G. Crisci that should be on your reading list. This is the story of how power and feelings can lead you down a very different path than you imagined."
- - Manhattan Book Review
"A complicated contemporary tale of seduction, betrayal, and sexual harassment claims that will leave readers staggering."
- - San Francisco Book Review
"Gripping from the first sentence. The author’s smooth, eloquent writing style tastefully voices on important topics lier infidelity, working struggles, psychiatric and mental health, and life’s messy realities and unexpected turns."
- - OnlineBookClub.org
