First published 2017
Mary DiNunzio faces an impossible choice when her old friend Simon Pensiera walks into her Philadelphia law office. Simon lost his sales job unfairly and needs legal help. Mary wants to take his case, but there's a problem. Her law partner Bennie Rosato already represents Simon's former employer's parent company. Bennie tells Mary she cannot represent Simon because it creates a conflict of interest. Mary refuses to back down. What starts as a professional disagreement explodes into an all-out war between the two lawyers. Their battle tears apart everything they built together. Colleagues must choose sides. Friendships crumble. The law firm that once united them now divides them completely. Mary and Bennie deploy every legal tactic they know against each other. Neither will surrender, even as the cost of their fight grows higher.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, legal-thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, professional-rivalry
Setting: Philadelphia
341 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press