Bridgett McGill – författare

Khalil Benson has taken on the biggest case of his legal career. His client pulled the trigger, but something else might be the cause of the victim''s death. Pressure mounts as the media and public press for answers in a city cover-up. Khalil will need his street savvy gained from growing up on Chicago''s West side, his experience winning cases that others considered lost causes, and a dedicated team, to unravel the threads of secrecy and betrayal to bring down a politically connected prosecutor and free his client.

Ava Penwood has settled in for the long haul after serving three of a thirty-five-year sentence, the aftermath of a night out that went horribly wrong. Until hope, packaged as a legal hotshot who has come into startling new information about her case, walks in with the promise of an appeal. Now she has to wrestle with her growing attraction for a man she barely knows who holds the balance of her life in his hands. 

Facts or Fate... which one will provide true Redemption?

Trafficked or Triumphant?

In ancient times, King Xerxes ruled the powerful Persian Empire and chose his wives from the most beautiful virgins in the kingdom. The young maidens lived in the palace harem, then moved to concubine quarters once they had a night with the King- at his discretion. Esther, orphaned as a child, was being reared by a family member and was brought to Xerxes like so many others. Did she live the rest of her life as a concubine, or did she rise above the rest?

Today, Viktor Batista heads a modern-day empire as housing project president, politician, and the criminal mastermind of the underworld called The Bayou. His inside connections give him direct access to young girls who are troubled, run-aways, or plagued by family tragedy-who become part of his million dollar operation. 

Hadassah Colton, who is being raised by her uncle after the untimely death of her parents, has suddenly become an unwilling member of Batista''s modern-day harem. Like Esther, does Hadassah hold onto her faith and escape the confines of the Bayou, or does she remain within its walls as a hopeful victim?