Just Another Day

Marvelously original characters exceptional insight into human psychology.-Rosemary Aubert, author of the Ellis Portal mystery series Aidan Solnicki's teaching career isn't off to a strong start. After a student commits suicide, Aidan is transferred to Central High, an inner-city high school rife with turmoil. He loves his new job teaching mathematics but gets little response from his students or his co-workers. That, combined with his guilt over his former student's death, leaves Aidan prone to depression and desolation. But Aidan has a more pressing problem to deal with. He just started an employment program at Central High, and Big Benny, an entrepreneur of a global empire in virtual sex, wants Aidan to recruit new employees for his business. To Aidan's surprise, his own father, a man whom Aidan has always been at odds with, is a partner in Benny's venture. Unable to garner the respect of his father, Aidan is suddenly thrown into an unfamiliar-and deadly-world of crime and secrecy. Transformed from unhappy teacher to confused business owner, Aidan is in partnership with the one person he has the most to hide from-and whom he fears the most. An unforgettable novel about guilt and redemption, Just Another Day shows the consequences of our choices in our most desperate hours.