"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. So here's a thing I'm looking forward to: Worthy Brown's Daughter, by Phillip Margolin (Harper, 21 January 2014).
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed
Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue
his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a
powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that
lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma
that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
At the same time, hanging judge Jed Tyler, a powerful politician with a barren personal life, becomes infatuated with a beautiful gold-digger who is scheming to murder Benjamin Gillette, Oregon's wealthiest businessman. When Gillette appears to die from natural causes, Sharon Hill produces a forged contract of marriage and Tyler must decide if he will sacrifice his reputation to defend that of the woman who inspired his irrational obsession.
At the same time, hanging judge Jed Tyler, a powerful politician with a barren personal life, becomes infatuated with a beautiful gold-digger who is scheming to murder Benjamin Gillette, Oregon's wealthiest businessman. When Gillette appears to die from natural causes, Sharon Hill produces a forged contract of marriage and Tyler must decide if he will sacrifice his reputation to defend that of the woman who inspired his irrational obsession.
(Cover and description from Fantastic Fiction.)
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