Miami Days, Havana Nights

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Sometimes our biggest debts have nothing to do with money.1926. When seventeen-year-old Sam Ackerman witnesses a mob hit, he is hustled out of New York under the protection of Moshe Toblinsky, A.K.A., the mob's bookkeeper. Arriving in Miami with no money, no friends, and no place to hide, Sam's only choice is to do as the gangster demands. Forced into bootlegging, Sam's misery is compounded when he falls in love. Amazingly, the beautiful, devout Rebecca wants only him, but he cannot give her the life she deserves. When Prohibition ends, Sam begs the mobster to set him free. The price? A debt, as Toblinsky puts it, of friendship. A debt that will one day come due.Present Day. History of American Crime professor Liz Reams has it all-early success, a tantalizing lead on new info about Moshe Toblinsky, and a wonderful man to love. Life is perfect. So what's keeping her from accepting her guy's marriage proposals? Confronting a long-standing personal debt sets her on a journey of self-discovery. While she delves ever deeper into Sam's and Toblinsky's relationship, her understanding of her own relationships increases as well, but the revelations come at a price. The emotional and physical dangers of her dual journeys may prove too big to handle.