Jake Chandler is a struggling small-town Florida lawyer, and his life is falling apart. His ex-wife makes seeing his daughter difficult, his boyfriend Noah may be cheating on him, and his money woes are growing. Jake hopes that a new murder defense case will help with his money woes, but his ex-wife Elena is the prosecutor. It’s bad enough she has to fight with him over custody of their daughter. Now she wants nothing more than to beat him in the courtroom, too.<br><br>And then people around him start dying.<br><br>First, an ex-lover gets his brains blown out while he and Jake have coffee. The danger comes even closer. Then Jake meets handsome FBI agent Xavier, who is investigating the crimes surrounding him. Can Jake trust this new man in his life? Is Xavier who he says he is? Or does his involvement put Jake and those he loves in even more danger?

Love and Murder

By my watch, I had a half-hour before the appointment, which shouldn’t take long because it involved a former client, who wanted to consult with me again. Noah should be back soon.


I turned to the items on my desktop to get things going. On Saturday mornings, I went through all the emails from the week, making notes to follow up for uncompleted tasks. After checking my calendar for the coming week, I turned my attention to the money in the operating and trust accounts. I knew that if I didn’t pay particular attention as a lawyer to my trust accounts, I could easily get disbarred.


Chapter 3