Michele Palermo

Two brothers are reunited under terrifying circumstances. John Reece has made a precarious living by selling cocaine to actors and bands, but now he owes his violent associates in the Los Angeles underworld $30,000 - and they don't care how they get it. His upstanding brother tries to rescue him, in turn exposing his wife and young son to danger.

For Lisa Giordano Navarro, midlife is messy. At 50, she crashes head-on into a moment when the years she's lived meet the years she has left - and it scares her. So she blows up her life for a chance at a do-over.