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81) Having faith
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Representing opposing clients in a complicated and messy divorce case, Faith Barry and Sawyer Bell find their long-time friendship blossoming into romance. As they cross the line between friends and lovers, Faith finds herself questioning everything she has always wanted-- and in the process, desiring more. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but when ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her island home, her note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter. Josephine's home is a crumbling pink mansion at the edge of the turquoise sea, and Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, dark secrets, betrayal, and a long-unsolved murder. She is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, Ivak Sigurdsson has served the archangel Michael as a vangel -- a viking vampire angel. Ready to demonstrate that he is more than just a libidinous heartbreaker, he agrees to help lawyer Gabrielle Sonnier. But while her problems are in need of serious attention, so is their attraction for one another."--Amazon.com.
85) Rough justice
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Payton Kendall and J. D. Jameson are lawyers who know the meaning of objection. A feminist to the bone, Payton has fought hard to succeed in a profession dominated by men. Born wealthy, privileged, and cocky, J. D. has fought hard to ignore her. Face-to-face, they are perfectly civil. They have to be. For eight years they have kept a safe distance and tolerated each other as coworkers for one reason only: to make partner at the firm. But all bets...
87) Cry wolf
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2004, c1993
Language
English
Description
The scream heard by no one is the deadliest. In the rural parishes of Louisiana's French Triangle, young women are disappearing one by one, only to turn up on the banks of the bayou, strangled and cast aside where they are sure to be found. But there is one trophy the killer prizes above all others, one woman who must be silenced forever.... Attorney Laurel Chandler did not come back to Bayou Breaux to seek justice. That once-burning obsession had...
88) The killing kind
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As a barrister, Ingrid Lewis is used to dealing with tricky clients, but no one has ever come close to John Webster. After Ingrid defended Webster against a stalking charge, he then turned on her -- following her, ruining her relationship, even destroying her home. Now, Ingrid believes she has finally escaped his clutches. But when one of her colleagues is run down on a busy London road, Ingrid is sure she was the intended victim. And then Webster...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
At the trial in Philadelphia of a woman accused of killing her policeman lover, lawyer Bennie Rosato comes to suspect her client is the victim of a conspiracy and that the judge is in on it. By the author of Rough Justice.
Author
Series
Deborah Knott mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected --and first female-- state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It's not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn't see many homicides. As Lu prepares for the trial,...
92) The house
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The restoration of a majestic old home provides the exhilarating backdrop for Danielle Steel’s 66th bestselling novel, the story of a young woman’s dream, an old man’s gift, and the surprises that await us behind every closed door….
Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco, the house was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. For her and for this house, he would spare no expense and overlook...
Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco, the house was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. For her and for this house, he would spare no expense and overlook...
93) Hog wild
Author
Series
Southern Fried mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, an unforgettable novel about a couple in a small town and the complexities of marriage, family, longing, and desire. Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to transform it into a bigger...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averill worries that her crippling insomnia is a sign that she's slowly going insane-like the mother she's worked so hard to leave in her past"--
Emma Averell loves her life--her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband--but it wasn't always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older...
97) Mission Hill
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Abby Endicott is chief of the District Attorney's homicide unit in Boston, where she investigates and prosecutes the city's most dangerous killers. She attended the elite Winsor school, graduated from Harvard Law School, and has been known to change into an evening gown amidst bodies in the morgue. She loves her job, and is committed to it. But among Abby's many secrets is her longtime affair with fellow prosecutor Tim Mooney, a married father of...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Nothing fazes Taylor Donovan. In the courtroom, she never lets the opposition see her sweat. In her personal life, she never lets any man rattle her - not even her cheating ex-fiance. So when she's assigned to coach People's "Sexiest Man Alive" for his role in his next big legal thriller, she refuses to fall for the Hollywood heartthrob's charms. Even if he is the Jason Andrews.
100) See me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At 28, he's focused only on walking a straight line - getting his teaching degree, working out at the gym religiously, and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when Maria Sanchez crosses paths with him on a rainswept night in North Carolina, his plans are upended in a way that will rattle...
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