Morgan has a messy case land in her lap in this 4th outing of the series. A person from Lincoln Sharp past begs for his help after her daughter his accused of a viscous murder. He in turn asks Morgan to represent her and she and Lance are in a race against time to prove her innocence even though all evidence points to her guilt. But the deeper they dig into things it becomes obvious that someone doesn't want them proving her innocence and everyone's life is suddenly becomes in danger.

Full of suspense and harrowing moments. Also lots of character development in this one – one from a staple of the series and another from a surprising secondary character. This series gets better with each book. Cant wait to see what's next.

OMG.. I started reading this book, and had to stop to go to work. The kindle went to sleep, and when I got home from work the bottom of the kindle screen wouldn't come on (NOOOOOO.. yes I actually yelled that).
I dug out an old tablet, and of course it had to be charged (groan.. yes I did groan).
Finally get the tablet charged enough to read with the tablet plugged in, and OMG.. SOOOO much suspense in this book.
I sat up reading through the night and into the morning to finish the book hahaahaha. Have everything you'll need for snacks, drinks etc ready and beside you, because you aren't going to be able to walk away from this book for even a minute.
The amount of things that could go wrong for Morgan and Lance do indeed go wrong. Everything you can think of gets thrown at them throughout this book, and the intensity had me clenching my jaw. A very emotional read as well.. omg.. I went through so many different emotions it was ridiculous.
This is my new favourite book in this series.. yes I say that after each book, but seriously.. A fantastic story, and well worth losing a couple of hours of sleep over.
The book can be read as a standalone, but the whole series is so amazing it is definitely worth reading all of them in order.
Bravo Melinda.. Another outstanding book!

The fourth installment in the Morgan Dane series. Can be read as a standalone novel, but to truly grasp the relationships between the characters it would be worth your while to read all the books.

Complex character development is a hallmark of Melinda Leigh's writing. Her characters are always people I can relate to, people I would like.

Twenty-five year old Haley Powell goes out to the club with her friend one night, and wakes up in the morning with a gap in her memory and blood on her hands, and the body of the man she went home with dead in the yard. With the evidence overwhelmingly against her daughter, her mother Eliza reaches out to private investigator Lincoln Sharp, an old friend, for help. He asks attorney Morgan Dane to take the case and attempt to find out what really happened that night. What Morgan doesn't know is that by helping out her friend, she's walking right into the path of the killer, and putting the people she loves there too.

3.5 Stars. I enjoyed this; but didn’t realize I was jumping into a series four books in. The case itself was a good read. The dynamics that have been building since the beginning of the series threw me, though. I definitely don’t recommend reading this standalone.