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Claim Of Innocence

Claim Of Innocence, September 2011
Izzy McNeil
by Laura Caldwell

MIRA
Featuring: Valerie Solara; Izzy McNeil
400 pages
ISBN: 0778329321
EAN: 9780778329329
Kindle: B005DF0A4S
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"From start to finish, CLAIM OF INNOCENCE will have readers glued to the pages."

Fresh Fiction Review

Claim Of Innocence
Laura Caldwell

Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted October 14, 2011

Suspense | Romance Suspense

In the latest title from Laura Caldwell, CLAIM OF INNOCENCE, Valerie Solara is on trial for the murder of one of her best friends, Amanda Miller. When Martin Bristol hears of the upcoming trial he offers to defend Valerie pro bono. Why would he do this one wonders, but to find out everyone needs to read A CLAIM OF INNOCENCE for themselves. However, just before the trial is to begin Martin takes ill, and his granddaughter and legal partner Maggie calls her best friend, Isabelle McNeil, to help out. Izzy, as she's known to her family and close friends, has never participated in a criminal defense trial, and throughout the trial she struggles with different issues mainly-- is the defendant truly guilty, and doesn't the lawyer need to know that in order to offer a good defense? While Valerie's trial is the primary focus of CLAIM OF INNOCENCE there are several subplots that run concurrently. All storylines are integral to CLAIM OF INNOCENCE with the exception of the continued story of Izzy and former fiancé Sam. From start to finish, CLAIM OF INNOCENCE will have readers glued to the pages. Will Valerie be convicted of murder? Will Izzy and Sam find their way to happiness? If they do will it be together or apart? For answers to these questions and others like it you'll need to claim your own copy of CLAIM OF INNOCENCE.

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SUMMARY

Forbidden relationships are the most tempting. And the most dangerous. It was a crime of passion—or so the police say. Valerie Solara has been charged with poisoning her best friend. The prosecution claims she’s always been secretly attracted to Amanda’s husband…and with Amanda gone, she planned to make her move. Attorney Izzy McNeil left the legal world a year ago, but a friend’s request pulls her into the murder trial. Izzy knows how passion can turn your life upside down. She thought she had it once with her ex-fiancé, Sam. Now she wonders if that’s all she has in common with her criminally gorgeous younger boyfriend, Theo. It’s Izzy’s job to present the facts that will exonerate her client—whether or not she’s innocent. But when she suspects Valerie is hiding something, she begins investigating—and uncovers a web of secret passions and dark motives, where seemingly innocent relationships can prove poisonous…


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1 comment posted.

Re: From start to finish, CLAIM OF INNOCENCE will have readers glued to the pages.

Sounds like a great read!!!
(Joanne Bozik 5:01pm October 17, 2011)

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