High Stakes

A captivating and thought-provoking novel from the world's most popular storyteller. In a New York talent agency, a group of successful women discovers the high price of success.

Jane Addison is smart, young, and ambitious. She is thrilled to have landed a job at the prestigious talent agency Fletcher and Benson. Hailey West, her boss, is passionately dedicated to her authors, but her personal life is chaotic and challenging as she struggles as a single mother after the tragic death of her husband. Francine Rivers, the strict and bitter department head, is also raising children on her own after going through a bitter divorce from her husband, and she had to overcome financial difficulties by paying the highest price.

Meanwhile, Allie Moore seems to have it all: she enjoys success and loves working with the talented actors she represents. But a passionate relationship with one of her star clients threatens to derail her career. And Merriwether Jones, the agency's CFO, appears to lead the perfect marriage until her husband's jealousy over her career threatens her happiness.

Jane quickly realizes that there are harmful secrets behind the agency's doors. She has the least power but is also the least willing to accept things as they are. And as she tries to set things right, the consequences will leave no one untouched.

In this gripping novel, five women at the top of their careers navigate the challenges of work and ambition, family and personal life in a world where it is necessary to fight for what is right.