Arno Dace kept businesses clean. But helping an old client clean up the dark operations of a new ‎one had cost him his reputation, his principles, and Rachel, the love of his life.‎ Dace has spent a tough time re-establishing himself, when suddenly Conrad Kitter, the new client, ‎dies in a car crash.

Arno Dace keeps his clients safe. He makes sure their wealth comes from untainted sources. For the Dickinson Corporation, his major client, sourcing clean money is a pragmatic choice to sustain smooth operations and a spotless reputation;

Will Uprichard, the finance head of the Dickinson Corporation, must pull wealth out of the complex forty-billion-dollar business to fund a charitable foundation for his boss.

Meitang has put so much of herself into a new resort launch in Asia, but the event is being disrupted. Isobel Allen, the principal designer, is called back suddenly to London to deal with a threat to her business arising out of a sadistic attack on an old friend at a deviant sex party.

Alphonse Newman is pushing ahead with the ambitious development of a luxury resort chain in the Far East in partnership with the Shanghai-based Shen family business.

Peter Dickinson's business empire is global, expanding and all-consuming.

Claudia's life with Peter evolves into a happy partnership but divorce threatens to tear his business empire apart. They suspect a malign and mysterious influence is at work.

Careless Hours is set in the high-stakes business world where lives intertwine and there is the inevitable heady mix of business and pure sexual pleasure. It is not for the faint-hearted. The people like to work hard and play even harder.

As Claudia's intense affair with Jack deepens, it awakens darker desires in her than she ever suspected, and the curiosity to pursue them, even during her lengthy absences from him.

Claudia and Jack already have a strong and satisfying business relationship, but when Jack is offered a job that will take him to the other side of the world, it throws a new and urgent light on their mutual attraction.