releases january 27, 2026
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?
“An Appearance of Impropriety is filled with characters I cared about placed in challenging situations that compelled me to keep reading long into the night.” —Cara Putman, award-winning author of more than 40 books