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

Whoever said war is hell had never engaged in a battle of wits on a high-profile court case.Winning was necessary for the future health and welfare of her client and done at all costs, even if it meant at times she had to teeter precariously on the edge of the scales of justice.


Liberty had checked and double checked her defenses. She had all of her witnesses lined up, her experts on call, her staff ready to respond at a moment's notice, and her opening speech down pat.


Still, she felt anxious as if she had forgotten an important detail or two.The nervousness came with the territory.But at least Liberty possessed additional information thanks to Preston, whether it would be important or not to her case remained to be seen.Normally, she wouldn't have access to this kind of information, or if she did it would be because of additional, painstaking efforts on her part as well as that of her employees.Preston just made it easier.


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