First published 1995
Jennifer Parker walks into a New York courtroom as a young assistant district attorney and walks out with her career in ruins. A piece of evidence she never knew was tampered with destroys her case and her reputation in a single afternoon. She rebuilds herself from nothing, becoming one of the most formidable defense attorneys in the country. Then two men enter her life and pull it in opposite directions. Adam Warner is a senator with a future that could reach the White House. Michael Moretti runs the most powerful organized crime family on the East Coast. Jennifer loves both of them. Each love carries a different kind of danger. Warner represents everything she has fought to become. Moretti offers protection, power, and a closeness she cannot explain or refuse. The deeper she moves into both relationships, the more her carefully constructed life becomes impossible to hold together. Sidney Sheldon builds the tension through courtroom battles, political ambitions, and the brutal mechanics of organized crime. Jennifer Parker is a woman who earned everything she has, and the novel forces her to watch it become a liability.
Genres: fiction, drama, american-fiction, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, legal-thriller
Vibes: dramatic, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, love-triangle, rise-from-ruin
Setting: New York, East Coast
Period: 20th-century
512 pages · Paperback · HarperCollins Publishers
Content warnings: violence