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Harmony Road Press
Category:
Romance
Publisher: Harmony Road Press
ISBN-10: 0984909796
Type: Fiction
Pages: 293
Copyright: Dec 6, 2013
ISBN-13: 9780984909797
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
A partner and a paralegal’s office romance catches fire when they work together on a case. Before their fairy tale can come true, they have to battle their enemies—and discover if they can afford The Cost of Happiness.
Star law student Meghan Mattson is almost indicted for a crime her mother committed. She averts disaster but still has to quit her summer job at Fergusson & Leith and work as a paralegal instead. When a new partner recognizes her legal skills, she’s in heaven…and in bliss when he takes her in his arms.
Dan Howard joins the firm straight from working for Blackjack McIntyre, who taught him how to win a case. A paralegal as smart as Meghan is a gift, and not one that Dan can pass up. They shouldn’t get involved, but their desires can’t be denied. Dan’s willing to battle the forces against them. Can he fight Meghan’s past?
This book is the follow-up to Love in Reality and is the second in The Blackjack Quartet written by former Philadelphia lawyer Magdalen Braden. It’s a legal Cinderella story in which Prince Charming learns that a happy ending is not as easy as the fairy tale suggests.
Excerpt
Meghan only needed a single meeting to be shown her new place in the firm.
The Complex Litigation Group met every Monday morning at ten-thirty, right after the litigation lawyers’ meeting. The first Monday, Meghan got to the conference room before everyone else and sat far from the door, two seats up from the end of the table. The lawyers trickled in slowly, summer associates being the promptest, then junior associates, senior associates, and junior partners. Last of all, the senior partner rushed in, still tapping away on a BlackBerry.
Meghan had her pad out, her notes on the cases in a folder, a pen in her hand and her head down. She could tell, though, that she was causing some consternation. She glanced up to see one of the mid-level associates frowning at her. They stared at each other before Meghan got it—she was in his seat. Then Meghan noticed the empty seat diagonally opposite hers. Near the hall and…ah, yes, that was the point. It was closest to the phone on the credenza. That was where the lowly paralegal should sit, ready to fetch something or answer the phone so none of the lawyers needed to.
Got it. Won’t make that mistake again.
At the second meeting, Meghan again arrived first. She sat in the correct seat and was completely ignored. When Georgia Moran announced she was leaving the Complex Litigation Group and pointedly told Vicky Womack to coordinate with Meghan to help the new guy settle in, Meghan thought she detected a slight sneer on Vicky’s perfectly groomed lips. Otherwise, Vicky gave no indication she knew or cared who Meghan was.
Meghan ducked her head so no one could see her smile. It was like there was an ironclad rule—ignore the phony paralegal. The lawyers noticed her only when there was work for her to do. The other paralegals ignored her because she wasn’t a proper paralegal. The secretaries ignored her because she was neither a paralegal nor a lawyer.
Welcome to Fergusson & Leith, Philly’s number two law firm. Where a quasi-paralegal was better than a mailroom clerk, but not by much.
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