The Attorney's Quiet Ruin

Hallie Okafor has made a career of taking people apart on the record. Three years ago she took Marcus Bell apart, and the security firm he built went with him. She never regretted it. She does regret that he's now the only bodyguard her client will accept. Marcus takes the job without arguing, without conditions, and without ever mentioning what she cost him. He walks her to her car. He reads the threats before she does. When the letter becomes an attempt on her life, he steps into it and refuses to be thanked. Hallie starts digging into the old case file, and finds the part no one told her: Marcus never fought back, because he'd already decided she was right. Now she has nine weeks, one judge, and a motion to file — with her name at the bottom.