A dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients, Vivian, contending with the memories and aftereffects of her own bad childhood, makes a bold move during a family reunion that leaves her alone in new and terrifying ways, causing her to unravel.

After being let go from her competitive, high-pressure Seattle law firm, Libby Morgan reaches out to old friends and spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store, where she forms close bonds with three women and finds time for romance with a charming and handsome doctor who seems to be her perfect match. But just as everything is coming together, Libby must make a choice that could forever change the life she holds so dear.

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,...

When young lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But then she takes on her first murder case and meets Joe. A convicted murderer whom Lily is strangely drawn to. For whom she will soon be willing to risk almost anything. But Lily is not the only one with secrets. Her next-door neighbor Carla may be only nine, but she has already learned that secrets are powerful things....

"In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably intertwined upon the arrival of a handsome and mysterious man from Geneva who brings their worlds crashing down"--

Struggling with single-motherhood and career pressures, Denver attorney Emma Rogers comes home for a reunion with the Calamity Janes in desperate need of their support. Can they--and her young daughter--possibly be right that sexy journalist Ford Hamilton, the biggest thorn in her side, is actually the answer to her prayers?--Back cover.

Bennie Rosato the founder of the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm hides her big heart beneath her tough-as-nails exterior and she doesn't like to fail. Now, a case from her past shows her how differently things might have turned out. Thirteen years ago, Bennie Rosato took on Jason Leftavick, a twelve-year-old boy who was sent to a juvenile detention center after fighting a class bully. Bennie couldn't free Jason, and to this day it's the case that haunts...

Years after her first appearance in The Letter of the Law, attorney Casey Jordan has closed her high-powered practice and opened a legal aid clinic. When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot to death on a ranch outside Dallas, it makes the news not because of the immigrant, but because of the shooter: rising star Senator Tucker Dean. The death appears to be a hunting accident. But the victim's wife disagrees, and Casey approaches the district attorney's...

The women of the Sisterhood are united by their mission to help those unable to help themselves. Now they've encountered opponents with a unique bond of their own. The law firm of Queen, King, Bishop & Rook--the Chessmen--has been a formidable force in Washington, D.C., for decades. Sisterhood member Nikki Quinn has agreed to represent Livinia Lambert as she files for divorce from her domineering, greedy husband, Wilson 'Buzz' Lambert. Buzz, currently...

Alexandra Cooper of the Manhattan District Attorney's office finds her attention torn between investigating a shipwreck that most certainly involves human trafficking and the sex scandal of a promising New York congressman. When she discovers that a woman from the wreck and the congressman's lover have the same tattoed brand, she realizes that the cases aren't as unrelated as they seem and that the entire political landscape of New York City could...