Will their love turn into a scandal before they can stop it?
As the youngest female judge in Los Angeles, Mahalia Jackson has her career on a fast-track to success.
Her polished exterior makes sure of that. But when she volunteers for the Junior Jurors and ends up working side-by-side with attorney JD Cash, her plans begin to falter.
JD heads up the program—born out of his own troubled past—where local teens learn about the legal system. He leverages his position as an attorney to fulfill God’s calling on his life: to support the orphans and widows of society who have lost beloved fathers and husbands to TransNation’s eighteen-wheeled time bombs roaming America’s freeways.
Mahalia’s rule—never date a lawyer—is a straitjacket that tightens when she presides over the case where
JD serves as a young widow’s attorney. But, placed in a vulnerable position, her resolve begins to waver.
Her increasing proximity to the sad-eyed lawyer sparks an onslaught from anonymous online adversaries attempting to destroy Mahalia’s reputation and career, throwing around claims of an appearance of impropriety. The digital disgrace pushes Mahalia to ask one hard question: Is love with JD worth risking her career?
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After a tragic loss, private investigator Nona Taylor swore off romantic entanglements and distanced herself from the world. Once a year, on New Year's Eve, she attends church to beg God for forgiveness, haunted by the guilt of driving her twin sister to her death.
Attorney DeMarcus Johnson is determined to climb the ladder to partnership by winning high-profile cases at his Los Angeles law firm, harnessing his ADHD hyperfocus to excel. He's everything Nona knows to steer clear of--an overconfident ex-jock willing to do anything for success.
Their worlds collide when Nona's pastor receives a mysterious letter claiming he's the sole heir to a substantial estate. Desperate for answers, Nona infiltrates a lavish charity ball, only to be found out by a suspicious stranger--so she latches onto DeMarcus and concocts a fib about being his fiancée.
Now bound by a false engagement, the pair reluctantly join forces to discover the truth about the inheritance. But when an unseen enemy strikes, they realize the stakes are higher than they thought. Can Nona and DeMarcus overcome their differences to keep the pastor safe, secure DeMarcus's partnership, and preserve a future for themselves?