When We Were Married Vol 2 Second Acts — Daniel Quentin Steele

Four words ended their marriage. In the wake of those four words, the 18-year marriage of Jacksonville Assistant State Attorney William Maitland and University of North Florida Professor Debbie Maitland ends in a painful divorce. As Volume Two begins, Maitland faces the greatest challenge of his professional life as he must stand against the African American community, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and his own boss in his prosecution of a heroic black cop who killed three men during a home invasion. AND he must decide whether to undertake a court case he almost certainly cannot win against a cold blooded murderer who beat his ex-wife and his unborn son to death. AND he must prepare for a possible prosecution of a kingpin in a Mexican drug cartel. But for their part, the shadowy men in Mexico must decide if they are prepared to take on "The Angel of Death," as Maitland has become known. And they will soon find they are challenging a man at whose back stands a deadly criminal organization. The Columbian Crime cartel is headed by the legendary Old Man. And if they strike at Maitland, the Colombian crime lord has put the Mexicans on notice that he can and will reach into the deserts of Mexico to strike at their heart. In his personal life, Maitland has transformed himself from the flabby couch potato who lost the love and lust of his wife, Debbie Maitland/Bascomb, to a younger man. But he now finds himself facing the question of what to do about Aline des-Jardins, the married French woman he has fallen in love with. Aline has followed him to Jacksonville. He walked away from her once before, because she is married to a French federal prosecutor he considers a friend. But now that Aline is in Jacksonville, can Maitland send her away again? Can he do the right thing, especially when he isn't sure anymore what the right thing is?While Maitland is preoccupied with professional challenges and Aline's presence, Debbie is finding that beauty is no shield against loneliness and pain.A