The Last Good Chance

When the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading postindustrial waterfront, the town of Lakeland quickly gets on board. At first glance, Jack seems to have it all: a successful urban planner, he's also brought home his fiancée, Anne, a talented artist with whom he's fiercely in love.Enter Steven Turner?exiled New Yorker, local reporter looking for a scoop, and Jack's best friend in Lakeland. As Steven's personal and professional incursion into Jack's life intensifies, they both find themselves starting to unravel.Moving, poignant, and rife with humor, The Last Good Chance is a powerful first novel about the moral compromises we make in the name of loyalty, ambition, and love.