The Monet Recompense

Romantic Adventure Novel by Nicholas Sinclair Schrage

Packed with action and nonstop thrills, this stunning novel pits a successful American businessman against a ruthless underworld criminal in an epic battle over the family fortune.

Marcus Monet has all that he wants in life. He's Vice President of a prosperous Import and Export company, owns a swanky condominium, and has two rambunctious, loving sisters who keep him on his toes. But it's all about to change.

Marcus's distant cousin, Catherine Monet, arrives from France with the startling news—Marcus has just inherited the powerful European empire founded by their grandfather, Francois Monet. Marcus is stunned, especially considering he's never even met his grandfather, and now he has one week to get to Paris and settle the contents of the will. But while he already had all the wealth and prestige he could ever want, there's just one little hitch: someone wants him dead.

That someone is Catherine's estranged father, Paulo Monet, the unsavory and incredibly ruthless criminal of Paris's underworld. Enraged over being cheated out of his rightful inheritance, Paulo will stop at nothing to eliminate Marcus and get his just due. Now, Marcus must uncover the truth about his past to save his family—and his future.

A gripping tale of international intrigue and corruption, The Monet Recompense delivers nonstop thrills and an emotional punch sure to leave you wanting more.

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Paris, France: François willed his empire to Marcus Monet, who must live to claim it…but Paulo wants it and will do anything to get it.

Your name is Marcus Monet. You have a normal life. Your family is very close; you have a successful career as the vice-president of your family’s company. You have average problems like everyone else. Your life seems to be in order but… What if a family member, whom you never met, showed up on your door, bearing news that a distant relative, who is extremely rich and successful, has just died and left enormous amounts of money, businesses, and status in a far-off land?

You discover that your life is now turned upside-down because:

- You had no previous knowledge that you had a cousin,

- you had a grandfather you never met, who has died, leaving a fortune,

- you are sole-heir to the domain and have an uncle who is trying to kill you to get it all,

- your father knows nothing about any of it, your immediate family is suddenly in danger,

- your home is no longer a safe-haven forcing travel to a foreign country,

…and you have less than a week to settle it all.

Your name is Catherine Monet. Your father is an international crime-boss with strong ties to the underworld, had your mother killed, was forced to leave the country because he abandoned you, leaving you in your grandfather’s care, who despises women. Your life is in chaos…

You discover that your father:

- Will do anything to get his hands on grandpa’s assets,

- is angry that your grandfather left him nothing when he died,

- wants to kill your American cousin because he got it all,

- wants to use that power to spread his corruption to America,

- will kill anyone he discovers getting in his way,

- desires you and wants to marry you,

...and he’s moving back into town to carry it all out.

What would you do? How would you handle this situation?