The Severance Clause
Description
Hollis Vance is being accused of the one betrayal his wife refuses to believe.
After sixteen years building Vance Capital into one of Manhattan's most powerful investment firms, Hollis is facing a morality clause that could force him out of his own company and cost him a fortune. The allegation is simple: a years-long affair with his chief of staff.
But Eleanor Vance insists her husband is innocent.
So she hires Maren Sato of Second Look Consulting to uncover the truth before the board can use the scandal to destroy him.
At first, the case looks like a corporate ambush. A false affair. A boardroom power grab. A fortune waiting to change hands. But as Maren follows the evidence through Manhattan offices, private marriages, old loyalties, and carefully protected secrets, she discovers that the alleged betrayal is only a cover for something older, deeper, and far more dangerous to expose.
Because some lies are built to manipulate.
Some are built to survive.
And some truths, once uncovered, cannot be put safely back where they were found.
The Severance Clause is an elegant romantic suspense novel about love, money, reputation, and the cost of telling the truth when the lie was built to protect everyone involved.
Perfect for readers who enjoy sophisticated romantic suspense, wealthy secrets, corporate intrigue, slow-burn tension, and emotionally layered stories about love under pressure.
The Severance Clause is Book 2 in The Manhattan Clauses series. It can be read as a standalone.