Maelstrom Samantha Killarney's work as a Behavioral Analyst and Profiler with the Diplomatic Security Bureau had allowed her to assist in many high level criminal investigations as a profiler and interrogator. She had traveled the world, both fallen in love and suffered a horrible loss, and encountered the best and the worst in people. But she could not imagine what she would stumble upon when she was sent to Lisbon to help in the investigation of the murder of a local politician and a State Department employee. Adriana Silva, however, trusted no one. Not the country she worked for as a security agent. Not the criminals she served. Not the men she slept with -- most certainly, not the men she slept with! Adriana knew she was different, and she feared anyone who recognized it. When Samantha arrived in Lisbon for the murder investigation, Adriana feared the worst. It is Adriana who leads all the characters on a wild race to solve the murders, shut down a counterfeiting ring, and stop the continuing violence. And Samantha found herself confronted with the kind of evil no one ever expects to meet head-on. As quickly as she recognized it, she also knew that winning the battle would put both her and many others at risk! Follow her through a maze of interconnecting stories and characters to find not only the answers to international intrigue, murder, and counterfeit rings, but also to solve the mystery of her own childhood. Adriana's maelstrom -- a restless, disordered, tumultuous life style that is destroying her -- surrounds even those who are trying to bring order out of the chaos.