Attorney Charles Barnett thought it was all over for him and his heart. In the three years since his partner died, he hasn't felt so much as a spark of attraction to another man. That suddenly changes when Charles is assigned a new case and meets his new client.<br><br>Recent widower Philip d'Autremont has been traveling in all the same circles as Charles, but somehow they've never managed to meet. Now that they have, both men find themselves falling hard and fast.<br><br>But there's more than one hurdle to Charles and Philip beginning a love affair, much less maintaining it: Philip is on trial for murder, a politically ambitious and homophobic district attorney is determined to convict him, and Charles is responsible for Philip's defense.

Trial

“The Integrity Foundation will have one primary function, and that will be to assist anyone whose individual rights are being trampled upon because of his or her sexual orientation. It will be looking into several of the more virulently homophobic organizations in our society, and most particularly will be closely investigating the affairs of some of the television evangelists. The foundation will make an effort to ensure that funds collected by these organizations are both accounted for and used for charitable purposes. Any organization which refuses to cooperate with such investigations will find its tax-exempt status challenged in the appropriate state and federal jurisdictions. I should add, parenthetically, that funds spent by these organizations to spread their messages of hate and intolerance will not be deemed to have been spent for charitable purposes.


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