Burden of Proof
Esther MitchellRomantic suspense
Available from Triskelion Publishing
ISBN: 1-932866-91-4
March 2005
| Chelsea Hanover was about to take on the biggest case in her career and one that would lead to changing her life forever. Chelsea's client, Marlena Carvarella, is charged with stabbing her husband Dominic to death. The case places Chelsea and ADA Justin Bleakley together again. They had faced each other in a courtroom before and it caused hard feelings between them. This time Justin seemed to have a change of heart. This time he wanted not only to win the case but to win the heart of counselor Hanover as well. They called a truce and together tried to piece together the puzzle of what really happened that afternoon when Marlena was found kneeling over her husband's dead body with a kitchen knife in her hands.
Each lead that would help the case turned out to be cold or the individual missing. When Justin finds Chelsea beaten and raped the first real clue comes to life, but it also opens up the deep secret that Chelsea has kept locked in her soul all these years. The story keeps the reader on the path to find the truth and the answers to the mystery. Both Justin and Chelsea are very well-defined characters and the subplot that is hidden through most of the story is brought out beautifully at the end. Romance, suspense and drama blend perfectly in this novel that is sure to be a favorite with readers.
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Reviewer: Louise Riveiro-Mitchell |
