Partners — John Martel

The pristine blue-chip law firm of Stafford, Parrish, and MacAllister stuns the nation by agreeing to step down from its ivory tower and litigate a shocking and sensational case. For ambitious attorney, Rachel Cannon, this is her make-or-break chance to earn the firm's first female partnership. For S. P. & M.'s best and brightest litigator, Kevin Stone, it is the greatest challenge of his career. For both, it quickly becomes the ultimate test of their loyalties, ethics … and deepest desires.

Suddenly the headline making, multimillion dollar trial explodes into a scandal of greed, power … and cold-blooded murder. For someone, the goal is no longer justice … it's winning … at any cost. As the S. P. & M. top brass â€"plan their courtroom strategy, and as streetwise detective Dan Conti tracks a killer, Rachel stands as a pawn in someone else's ruthless game … trapped with Kevin in a tightening web of intrigue, danger, and complicity … struggling within a nightmare case that could not only shatter Rachel's dreams of love, but destroy her golden career.