Emma Chase, New York Times bestselling author of the Tangled series, returns with the first installment of the Legal Briefs series!

A Washington, DC, defense attorney, Stanton Shaw continues his head great, his questions clear, and his arguments irrefutable. They don’t contact him the Jury Charmer for nothing-with his southern drawl, disarming smile, and captivating green eye, he’s a difficult man to state no to. Males want to be him, and ladies desire to be thoroughly cross examined by him.

Stanton’s a man about Overruled with an idea. And for some time, life was going according to that plan.

Before day he receives an invitation to the marriage of his senior high school sweetheart, the mother of his beloved ten-year-old daughter. Jenny gets married-to somebody who isn’t him.

That’s definitely not area of the plan.

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Sofia Santos is a city-raised, no-nonsense litigator who programs to become one of the most revered criminal defense attorney in the country. She doesn’t possess time for associations or distractions.

However when Stanton, her ‘friend with mind-blowing benefits,’ begs her for help, she finds herself out of her element, out of her depth, and obviously out of her brain. Because she agrees to go with him to The-Middle-Of-Nowhere, Mississippi, to do all she can to help Stanton win back the girl he loves. Her head tells her she’s crazy…and her heart says something else entirely.

What happens when you mix a one-stop-light town, two professional arguers, a homecoming queen, four big brothers, some Jimmy Dean sausage, and a gun-toting Nana?

The Bourbon flows, passions rise, as well as the best-laid plans get overruled from the desires of the heart.