Two people survived the accident that killed the First
Lady -- Attorney Jessica Ford and Secret Service Agent Mark
Ryan. Shortly thereafter Jessica is hired by one of the
top law firms in D. C. to replace an attorney that recently
got married and never returned to work. She is put on
a rape case defending a senator's son and is as surprised
as everyone when the jury finds him not guilty. Jessica
feels that one of the jurors might have been threatened,
and tries to contact her. She is unable to reach the
woman, and then Jessica hears from the woman's mother
that her daughter is missing. Jessica tries to locate the
missing attorney she has replaced, and comes to a dead-
end. Evidently her nosing around in missing persons has
someone worried, and that someone wants her dead.
Mark Ryan was the special agent in charge of the First
Lady's security detail the night of the car crash that
killed her, her driver, and a Secret Service agent who had
accompanied her that evening. Jess was alive only because
she was thrown from the car, and when Mark found her lying
on a hillside, he knew she was kept safe just for him.
Their courtship went from zero to one-hundred in days, and
the next thing you know Mark proposed. He didn't think he
meant to, as he went through a bad marriage and worse
divorce, but he did and Jess accepted. Mark managed to
screw up his engagement, which he thought he'd wanted to
do, but Jess was hurt so badly she will have nothing to do
with him. Jess's law firm contacts the FBI about the
attempts on her life, and Mark is assigned to be her
protector against her wishes.
JUSTICE is Karen Robards at her very best, which is simply
outstanding. Terrific characters, clever and witty
repartee, titillating romance, and white knuckle danger
combine to make this book another readerlicious treat for
fans of romantic suspense.
Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to
comply with the orders of the Secret Service’s unofficial
witness protection program ever since she became the lone
witness to the First Lady’s murder. Unfortunately, winning
her first high-profile case for a prestigious Washington,
D.C., law firm, subsequently landing her face all over the
news, is not exactly “keeping a low profile.” Or so says
hunky Secret Service agent Mark Ryan, whose newest
assignment is keeping her safe at all costs. It just so
happens he’s also her ex-boyfriend.
The trial earns Jess a permanent spot on the firm’s legal
defense team, replacing an associate who eloped and never
came back. But Jess’s mind has raced from the moment the
prosecution’s star witness shocked the courtroom with a
revelation involving the handsome son of a powerful U.S.
senator. Was the pretty young mother intimidated into
changing her story on the stand? Why won’t she return Jess’s
calls? Did Jess’s predecessor really just abandon her
successful career? Or did both women mysteriously disappear?
After Mark rescues Jess from an attack outside her
apartment, she begins to consider the possibility that she
is a target. Maybe it’s not so bad to have her irresistibly
charming and hard-bodied former lover around for protection.
The question is, which of the many inadvertent enemies Jess
has made recently is he protecting her from? The
investigation leads her to some startling coincidences — and
to a teenage runaway who may just hold the missing link...if
Jess can find her.
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy