A Trial of Innocents

January 12, 2024 By

A special needs man is caught savagely beating a pregnant woman, leaving her in a coma, her unborn baby dead.

Prosecuting Attorney Lori Franks, beautiful and ruthless, will stop at nothing to advance her career, seeks the death penalty. When a chance meeting followed by DNA testing confirms the baby she sought to abort was switched at birth, she sues to gain custody of the little girl she once tried to kill.

Defense attorney Danial Solomon is drawn into both cases. Sparks and attraction fly as he and Franks clash in and out of the courtroom. With lives on the line, Solomon’s crusade for the truth thrusts him into a lethal labyrinth of conspiracy and corruption.

This fast-paced faith-based legal thriller combines the unique mix of legal intrigue and page-turning suspense that catapulted John Grisham to the Bestseller list.

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Friendly Fire

April 14, 2023 By

Friendly Fire
In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers, Friendly Fire is an explosive tale of greed, revenge, treason, and murder. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Free: Tilted Scales: Inhuman Trafficking

January 5, 2023 By

Tilted Scales: Inhuman Trafficking
Jayne Hart, dubbed the “Southern Serpent” by the media, is one of Texas’s premier attorneys, famous for representing magical and non-human clients in court. No one knows about her dark past or how much she’s had to overcome to make it to where she is and that is just how Jayne prefers it.

When a simple favor to a senior partner plunges Jayne into a war between two magical crime rings, Jayne’s past threatens to unmake her. The stakes are raised by the discovery that Jayne’s half-elven foster sister is not only alive, but still trapped in the life that she helped Jayne escape.

With the help of a mysterious tengu swordsman, who may or may not be on her side, Jayne must battle these monsters in the courtroom and in herself to save the sister who saved her. Free on Kindle.
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Music Notes: Texas Lady Lawyer vs L.A. Baron

November 24, 2017 By

Music Notes: Texas Lady Lawyer vs L.A. Baron
ATTORNEY MERIT BRIDGES IS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER! WHO’S BACK THERE?

When client Liam Nolan is slain with his own guitar, Davey Ray Bell shows up claiming to be Liam’s illegitimate son. L.A. Baron, Nolan’s former manager, makes a back-door music deal and vies for the estate.

When the probate court pushes Baron out of the power position, he pursues Merit with a vengeance. Using the dark web, he ruins her reputation, destroys her career, and finally attempts to take her life.

Who will come out on top of the scales of music and the scales of justice? $5.99 on Kindle.

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Beyond a Reasonable Death

October 4, 2017 By

Beyond a Reasonable Death
This legal thriller is the story of a very young lawyer in a small town who crosses the mob. They send a hit man after him. Trying to break free, he sues them and a courtroom drama ensues. Very quickly he learns you don’t sue the mob and go back to normal living. He is pursued relentlessly and runs west to the mountains of Arizona, where he seeks refuge with a Navajo shepherd. He sets up his office in a cabin while he pursues his case against the godfather.

The shepherd has many lessons for Thaddeus Murfee—lessons about surviving when all odds are against you. Together they face the first mob soldier sent after Thaddeus. Plus…the old shepherd has a granddaughter who attends medical school. Katy teaches him to fly-fish, and romance blossoms. Then, he is pursued again and must abandon her in this powerful crime fiction. $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Defendants

September 16, 2017 By

The Defendants

While Ermeline was passed out, her date carved his name in her breasts. Later, he is found murdered. Ermeline is arrested based on circumstantial evidence because she had motive and opportunity. She hires Thaddeus, who makes his criminal lawyer debut defending his first murder case in this intense courtroom drama. In The Defendants, John Ellsworth offers you a courtroom thriller that puts you right in the front row of the jury. See the politics that lurk behind criminal cases and discover how love can grow out of the strangest beginnings that anybody could imagine. $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Empty Place at the Table

August 30, 2017 By

The Empty Place at the Table

It was just a quick sandwich in the hospital cafeteria… But when she returned to her daughter’s room… Whatever happened to Melissa’s daughter is anyone’s guess. The police seal the hospital doors; a search proceeds but the four-year-old is nowhere to be found. The girl is gone, vanished without a ransom note, without a body being found, without a trace. The detectives believe she has most likely been sold into human trafficking. No matter, Melissa is determined. She is also very, very bright, a woman who refuses to give up, a woman who knows what motherhood means. She journeys to Mexico in search of her missing child. She confronts the Tijuana Cartel. Do they have her daughter? Twelve years have passed by and she no longer has any idea what the little girl even looks like. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Judge Roth’s Law

June 12, 2017 By

Free: Judge Roth’s Law
A different kind of legal thriller, about a judge with a past.

Judge Al Roth has everything going for him–great job, loyal friends, and a beautiful woman who loves him. When a congressman threatens to expose a murder Roth helped commit when he was stationed in Cold War Germany, he stands to lose everything. Roth instinctively turns to Jake Gertner, his boyhood friend in Detroit, who’ll do anything for him. But unless Roth can find a way of manipulating a murder trial, Jake will get whacked by the mob himself.

Fast paced story with penetrating cross-examination, shrewd backroom maneuvering, murder, and revenge. Free on Kindle from 6/12 to 6/16.

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The Mental Case

May 26, 2017 By

The Mental Case

Ansel Largent, partner of large Chicago Law Firm. Happy home life. Complicated office life. One day, both his wife and co-worker are missing. Along with 200 million dollars of client money. His sanity is questioned during trial. The conclusion? Shocking. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Dollar Signs

December 25, 2016 By

Dollar Signs

MERIT BRIDGES, an attorney and widowed mother in Austin, Texas, works hard, drinks too much wine, and sleeps with younger men. When Merit goes after a shady corporation threatening her client, she encounters hired gun Boots King. His charge is simple, “Stop her!” Merit and her team – including Betty, a mothering office manager with a bad-ass attitude – struggle to stay alive, while they navigate a labyrinth of legal issues, and prove once again that you don’t mess with a Texas lady lawyer. $0.99 on Kindle.

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