Andreas and Elena moved into a spacious home they filled with treasures from their many travels, while Venky moved to a far smaller two bedroom condominium that he left mostly untended. This initiated a series of events at Angeles Crest University that not even the wildest of psychics could have predicted.Chaos theory describes the butterfly effect — how small actions at one place can lead to unpredictable disturbances later on elsewhere. As a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere in...

Academic politics can be vicious.Edgar, a philosophy professor, was elected chair of the Faculty Senate when the shenanigans began. He saw an opportunity to change the conversation at Angeles Crest University based partly on his ideology but mostly his whims and prejudices. He seduced a student. His wife kicked him out. He broke off the relationship with the student to seduce another young woman, which ended very badly for Edgar.His enemies list grew to include Talia, who s...

It seems no scandal is too small or large for Angeles Crest University to avoid.How on earth did it entangle itself with the Los Angeles Bulgarian Mafia? And how did so many lives become entwined and interconnected through the scandal.Yulia is determined to find out. And find out she does.Waves of greed and crime form ripples across three generations that excavate secrets born of love, but fray the bonds of families. Tragedies result from betrayals and the corrosive...

Ananya, gun shy of love and other relationships, separates her work on AI and drug discovery at Angeles Crest University from her personal and romantic interests, friendships, and familial bonds. Yet, like many of us, she finds these complex connections become inevitably navigated.Perchance, Ananya meets David, Dev, Zhang, Eli and Rohan, and of course the blowhard Marcus. She contends with academic politics, dating challenges, and unexpected disruptions from wildfires and research ...