Nita Hughes

Safe Haven Nita Hughes 1st edition

The adventures of Amanda Evans will forever destroy any lingering beliefs that banking is boring. When an influential journalist accuses her employer, a major U. S. bank, of involvement in a worldwide money laundering scheme, this International Private Banker is sent on a dangerous assignment to the Philippines where she must identify the source of the rumors. Amanda arrives in a Manila overflowing with CIA, international press, and private bankers - all keeping a close eye on the incendiary status of a presidency about to tumble, and those determined to prevail ... at any cost. Puzzled by the banks insistence that she partner with the new director of their Offshore Bank in the Cayman Islands, Amanda is both attracted and repelled on discovering that Derek Ashton is in league with a Filipino mankukulam, a man with the evil eye, who seems determined to destroy her. She watches her strongest ally and biggest customer fall victim to a sudden and deadly illness. The integrity of her employer, the reputation of U. S. politicians, and her assumption of safety as an American - all are shattered when she learns that billions from the legendary Yamashita s Gold are about to leave the Philippines, aided by persons cloaked as allies, who will let nothing stand in their way.