Force of Nature

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of addiction, bullying, and disordered eating.

Throughout the narrative, the author delivers a series of critiques on the impact of corporate greed on corporations, families, and individuals. Bailey Tennant, the company that employs most of the characters, has a long history of financial misconduct, and these illicit activities have given rise to Aaron and Carmen’s fraud investigation. Additionally, the company has a toxic work culture, and Daniel’s role in the company’s financial crimes reflects his lack of personal ethics. As the company’s sordid dealings progress, they cause escalating strife within the Bailey family—particularly between Jill and her father and brother. 

Bailey Tennant is a small but lucrative boutique accountancy firm whose founder, Daniel’s father, set up a complex fraud operation that requires the complicity of multiple employees. Each successive generation of the family that takes over is aware of these crimes and has tacitly agreed to take part in them. As a result, the very foundations of the company are built upon organized corruption, and this dynamic lands the company squarely in the crosshairs of Aaron’s federal police investigation. Because everyone involved in the fraud is characterized as an

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