Unsuspected Conduct

She never suspected what awaited her in Rio... As a junior corporate attorney, Bethany Grey bemoaned the lack of glamour in her life. So when her aunt Zoe asked her to come to Rio de Janeiro, Bethany readily accepted. There, she became reacquainted with Zoe's stepson, Paulo de Andrade, a charming Brazilian. Paulo's late father, Sebastian, had been an esteemed international gem merchant. But Zoe suspected her husband's ethics had been questionable, and she asked Bethany to examine his records. Instead of relieving her aunt's fears, Bethany discovered that Sebastian had created a deception with far-reaching repercussions. Could she and Paulo trust each other enough to survive the havoc they had been thrust into?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.