Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers - the only female scout in the major leagues. When she gets a tip from a close friend and fellow scout about Alberto Cruz, a young phenom in the Dominican Republic, she impulsively catches a flight to Santo Domingo. If Alberto Cruz is as good as she's been told, the trip will be worth the risk.The risk starts quickly. Not only has Cruz "got it all - the heart, the guts, the aptitude," he may also have "a bad spirit on him." And he's not the only man Cassidy meets on the island who might change her life for good or ill. When Cassidy returns to Los Angeles, she finds herself entangled in a blackmail scheme laced with otherworldly voodoo and real-life violence: a tightening triangle of suspicion and deception that leads her to the back rooms (and backstabbing) of high-stakes sports and finance - where she is about to discover that there is a thin line between a competitor and a killer. Read Less