LOVED this book! This book was a contemporary romance, a legal procedural drama, and a murder mystery. The main characters of David and Isla really work. David is a criminal attorney and former professional football player. His client is suffering from CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) a degenerative brain disease mostly found in athletes. Interacting with his client has an impact on David and colors his thoughts on the future he can have with Isla. Isla, also and attorney, works with David to solve the murder mystery and to help him accept he can a future, if he’s willing to give Isla a chance.
The characters from the first book in this series, Order of Protection, appear in this book as well, but this is absolutely a book that can be read on its own. In fact, I liked this book better than the first book in the Courting Justice series.
Evidence of Desire was well written, had insights into CTE and its effect on ex-athletes and their families, and witty dialogue.
I am greatly looking forward to the next book in this series which I am hoping focuses on the character of Noah. I have been wanting to read his story since he was introduced in the book Revenge by Lexi Blake from the Lawless series. I highly recommend the Lawless series. Book one was great, book two was good and book 3, Revenge, was wonderful. Great dysfunctional family that is always interacting with each other.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC

Evidence of Desire is Lexi Blake's Courting Justice series and I'd say it's a vast improvement over the first book in the series. In it, a social matriach has been murdered and her famous retired NFL quarterback husband is found covered in her blood. Their family attorney, Isla, quickly hires ex-NFL player turned criminal defense attorney, David to defend her client from murder charges. What unravels from there is part romance, part murder mystery, part treatise on CTE. I thought I figured this story out early wrong, but I was wrong. That never happens, so here I am to congratulate Lexi Blake. I look forward to the rest of the books in this series.

Lexi Blake has done it again! This series keeps getting better. Evidence of Desire has it all. It is a sexy, captivating page-turner. The characters are great. The story is riveting. You don't want to miss this book.

Evidence of Desire was slow to grab this reader. The clunky backstories of both main characters were not compelling.

This was a very enjoyable read, with well rounded and interesting characters. It hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't put it down. I loved David.

So I have never read this author before. NEVER and I have been missing out. THis book was 20 stars, beyond absolutely wonderful. It is a romance between an older couple who are both lawyers and who have loved and lost in the past. They come together over a murder of a friend who was married to Isla's client, TRey, a very famous ex football player. Think OJ and you get the picture.

This story centers on Traumatic Brain Injury and how football players are at risk to it and all the ways it can destroy a life, marriage and family. But can it make you commit murder?

This was a really great romance between, David, the lawyer Isla hires for her client and friend, Trey to defend him and find out who really murdered his wife. Was it the kids? was it Trey? was it a secret lover? There are so many suspects and it made this book so wonderul. I could not stop reading it.

I defnitely am a new fan of this author and I highly recoomend this story.

Great book! I wasn't so sure in the beginning but I'm so glad I stuck it out! It's not my normal type of read! This is David and Isla book, they're both lawyers David is a criminal lawyer and Isla is a lawyer for a famous pro football guy and his whole family, she worked for the football organization that her client used to be on now the client has CTE a football brain injury! David also played back in the day and he has always shied away from love because his fear of getting CTE! The family she represents and is very very close with the ex footballer is accused of killing his wife in a guy of rage from the CTE! It was all very exciting!! A lot of who done it! I definitely enjoyed trying to figure this one out! I'm usually very good at it but this one i didn't see!! Definitely don't miss out on this one! Thank you Netgalley and penguin random house publishing company for sharing this book with me!

I found David to be very charming, “food and information. What more could a man ask for?” He said something to the driver and then followed her out." There are times David doesn't need alot of convincing, “I changed my mind.” He leaned over and picked her up. “We have time. I’ll make time.” He carried her to the shower..." I liked this book, I fell in love with David.