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Breach of Promise

Nina Reilly seriesbook 4 of 13Next:Acts of Malice(1999) →

Broken hearts. Broken promises. Deadly consequences.

In glitzy Lake Tahoe, couples break up every day. But few are as successful as Lindy and Mike Markov, who built a $200-million business togetherabefore Mike took up with a younger woman. Now he's claiming he doesn't owe Lindy a dime since they never married.

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Attorney Nina Reilly, struggling to make a living in her one-woman office and raise a young son alone, agrees to take Lindy's case. Nina knows winning is a long shot, even with a brilliant jury consultant and a palimony expert on her side. It's the kind of caseafull of passion and explosive secretsathat could make a fortune for a young lawyer. Or drive someone to commit murderafor love, money . . . or the right verdict.

New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy has created a wonderfully unique and unpredictable character in Nina Reilly, a tough, tenderhearted attorney and single mother who has been hailed by critics as "one of the most interesting heroines in legal thrillers today" (the San Jose Mercury News).

Audience
adult
Length
long · 560 pages

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