Shenda Paul
Shenda Paul
Shenda Paul
COUNSEL
Prosecutor Adam Thorne's take-no-prisoner courtroom persona has earned him a formidable reputation among peers and opponents alike. His outward assurance, perceived by many as arrogance, however, masks a painful history. One, he's spent decades trying to overcome. Now, he prides himself on being in control of every aspect of his life.
Adam’s ordered world, however, is turned upside down when, appointed to a high-profile case, he finds himself attracted to a key witness. The beautiful and enigmatic Angelique Bain is is not only a pivotal in the case; she also happens to be the paid escort of a defendant, a prominent state senator.
Despite his best efforts, Adam can’t stop thinking about Angelique, not even in his sleep where she stars in his dreams in ever more erotic ways.
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JUSTICE
With Adam and Angelique’s relationship set to take off, disaster threatens once more—first, from the media and public backlash, and again when sinister figures from both their pasts emerge.
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In a courtroom battle that proves the most personally significant of his career, Adam fights not only for legal justice but also to gain retribution for the wrongs done to this mother and the woman he loves.
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ANGEL
The death of her beloved father devastates young Angelique Bain, but an unexpected opportunity offers new hope.
Years later, when, as an aspiring ballerina, she makes her debut in Europe, she experiences the heady excitement of first love. Lauded by the ballet world, and with her career poised to soar, Angelique’s life is, again, thrown into turmoil by a man obsessed with her.
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His unwelcome attention causes a tragedy that leads to her working as an escort and, unwittingly, becoming involved in a criminal case that brings her to the attention of prosecutor, Adam Thorne.
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He despises her, and she thinks he’s insufferable, but, no matter how hard she tries to fight against it, Angelique can’t deny Adam's devastating attraction or the emotions he stirs in her.
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DESTINY
Adam Thorne's loathing of Angelique is apparent, so no one is more astounded than she when, after humiliating her on the witness stand, Adam expresses an interest in her.
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In a startling about-face, the prosecutor with the reputation for being merciless and arrogant displays a new and surprising vulnerability in his attempts to win Angelique’s affection.
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She's wary, afraid to trust his motives or her own judgment, but she hasn’t accounted for Adam’s determination to eliminate every obstacle in his path.
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LOST
Lost is a novella and companion piece to Counsel, in which Adam tells the story of his tragic last years with his biological mother and his first meeting with his new family, the Thornes.
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Happy and settled into his new home, Adam’s life is disrupted once more with news of the man who abandoned him and his mother. Confused, angry, Adam struggles, not only with those emotions but also his awakening hormones.
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The mix is volatile, often destructive, until he finds himself in a situation that forces him to change his ways and, ultimately, sets him on the path to becoming the formidable prosecutor we meet in Counsel and Justice.
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BONUS CHAPTERS
​Sometimes characters don't cooperate. They object to my portrayal of them, refuse to be relegated to the background and, at times, insist on having their points of view known Some become so insistent that in order to move on, I succumb and write as they compel me to.
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The characters in this series of books were no different.
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These chapters are the results of their badgering.