title: Straight Line
author: Richards, T.K.
description: My flirtation was innocent. His gestures were manipulative. Then my husband found out. Now I must lie in the mess I made. ~LandonLandon Jeffries allows her co-worker Dario Powers to cross their professional boundary, leading to unwarranted affection, lies, and conflict in her marriage. Landon's husband, Todd, has secrets of his own, blindsiding the couple. Forced to recognize the mistakes of their past and present, they navigate how to fix what is broken in their once solid foundation.  Jen Carson has been living with Todd's partner in crime, John Jay Lloyd, for four years. For Jay, a respected figure in the streets and serial entrepreneur, family comes first, but when you're known for luxury and wealth, women flock like sheep. The wild activities and secrets he keeps from Jen, forces her to question their relationship. She turns to Landon and Todd for insight, uncovering Jay's secret, which triggers feelings from her buried dark past. Millicent St. James's unstable love life often makes her the third wheel. She serves as the voice of reason for Landon and Jen as they unravel from their unpleasant affairs, while struggling to find love for herself, until it appears in an unlikely suitor. Will she take her own advice, or fall victim to surprising feelings, fueling fire to the already burning flames?Straight Line is the first novel in the On Track But Off Course high-level heat series, following an ensemble cast of resilient women, bad boys, and sexy couples. With the pressures of desire, attraction, and conflict arising in this circle of friends consumed with drama, fallout seems imminent. Will they prevail?