PURSUIT
When rookie lawyer Jessica Ford gets the call from her boss, John
Davenport, the senior partner at the illustrious law firm for which she
works, she can tell he is well on his way to being drunk. He needs Jess
to meet First Lady Annette Cooper, for whom Davenport is a personal
lawyer, at a Washington, D.C., hotel. Jess is thrilled: this
high-profile assignment must mean that she's earned her boss's trust and
she's on her way to bigger things. But unfortunately, bigger isn't
always better. Jess doesn't remember much -- only that in the course of
the late-night meeting with Annette Cooper, she ended up in the backseat
of a car, speeding off into the darkness. All Jess knows is that the car
crashed en route, and the other three passengers were killed, including
the First Lady. Badly injured, Jess is the only survivor of what is
trumpeted around the world as a tragic accident. Although she has no
memory about the events leading up to the accident, Jess is still
bothered by one question: Was it really an accident? The Secret Service
agent on the case, Mark Ryan, gets the feeling that Jess is hiding
something. As his suspicions grow, Jess's world starts falling apart. In
fact, everyone who might possibly know the details about the First
Lady's last few hours starts turning up dead. And then Jess understands:
If she remembers that night, she'll be dead too. Terrified and certain
that the First Lady's death was no accident, Jess has only Mark Ryan to
turn to....
JUSTICE
Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to comply with
the orders of the Secret Service's unofficial witness protection program
ever since she became the lone witness to the First Lady's murder.
Unfortunately, winning her first high-profile case for a prestigious
Washington, D.C., law firm, subsequently landing her face all over the
news, is not exactly "keeping a low profile." Or so says hunky Secret
Service agent Mark Ryan, whose newest assignment is keeping her safe at
all costs. It just so happens he's also her ex-boyfriend. The trial
earns Jess a permanent spot on the firm's legal defense team, replacing
an associate who eloped and never came back. But Jess's mind has raced
from the moment the prosecution's star witness shocked the courtroom
with a revelation involving the handsome son of a powerful U.S. senator.
Was the pretty young mother intimidated into changing her story on the
stand? Why won't she return Jess's calls? Did Jess's predecessor really
just abandon her successful career? Or did both women mysteriously
disappear? After Mark rescues Jess from an attack outside her apartment,
she begins to consider the possibility that she is a target. Maybe it's
not so bad to have her irresistibly charming and hard-bodied former
lover around for protection. The question is, which of the many
inadvertent enemies Jess has made recently is he protecting her from?
The investigation leads her to some startling coincidences -- and to a
teenage runaway who may just hold the missing link...if Jess can find
her.
