Marva Dale is the pen name for author Debra McReynolds.  Retired from the public relations field, Debra now spends her free time indulging in her passion for writing.  "I used to fill my school notebooks with stories," Debra relates, "and then add artwork to go along with them.  My second grade teacher, Mrs. Daley, predicted that I would be a writer one day."
A fan of the mystery genre, she enjoys crafting tales with a twist of suspense, a touch of romance, and a bit of humor. 
Debra and her husband, Dale, make their home in El Paso, Texas, with their dog, cats and rabbits.

Sexy, black lawyer, Liberty Sloane is asked to defend a deaf public relations executive accused of killing a well-known physician. Dr. Daniel Baumgard, known for his philanthropy, just opened a new shelter for abused women, although he also ran a women’s healthcare clinic that offers abortions. Madeline Kime promoted the doctor’s endeavors through her PR agency while harboring deep secrets concerning the Baumgard family, including the doctor’s son, Rhett, a congressman, and his socialite wife, Savannah. So who hated the doctor enough to stab him in the foyer of his own home? Liberty has a number of suspects on her list, including a pro-life group, not to mention the additional crimes of stolen clinic files and a blackmail scheme. To complicate matters, she has to fend off the advances of one-time boyfriend Preston Durrell, a private detective, while entertaining a new romance with the officer on the case, Sergeant Byron Keats. Worse, Liberty planned a Caribbean vacation with her BFFs, but has to postpone it in order to defend her client for murder one.

Not at Liberty

Liberty nodded.She had met Trent Lavery at a few legal seminars and found him a pleasant, affable man, knowledgeable about the law and politics.She also felt that his dusky attractiveness set him apart from the other attorneys she knew.Tall and muscular, Trent possessed chiseled features, hooded hazel eyes, and long, toffee-hued hair that he often wore tied back in a ponytail.He also had a penchant for expensive, well-cut suits that gave him a handsome and cosmopolitan-business look.Should he ever wish to change avocations, Trent could easily work as a male model for upscale publications. 


"Perhaps, Rhett felt I've been closer to the family than the others," Liberty opined as she sat back in her chair, hoping to convey a positive image, a force to be reckoned with. Savannah had become a hard sell, even defensive when she found out that her husband had reached out to Liberty rather than Trent Lavery or even Arthur Steinberg, the senior partner of SCG&W. 


Chapter 26