Defense attorney Ethan Millner is paid handsomely for his ability to charm a jury while ruthlessly slashing the prosecution. Heβs living life in the fast lane, until heβs slapped with a reckless-driving charge and sentenced to forty hours of community service on a crime-watch patrol. Now heβs under the thumb of the chairperson of the cityβs crime-watch councilβa beautiful but no-nonsense woman determined to make him pay his debt to society.
. . . SHE COULDNβT RESIST THE HEAT Sandy DeMarco is familiar with Ethanβs cutthroat character in the courtroom, as well as his notorious bad-boy reputation with women. Still, when the quiet of Sandyβs neighborhood is shattered by a brutal murder and an employee of hers becomes the prime suspect, Sandy knows the accusedβs only hope is the man who will win at any cost. Working alongside Sandy, Ethan begins to feel sparks of attraction that ignite into loveβeven as a killer burns to silence those who threaten to uncover his secrets. . . .