Raising the Bar Briefs

A series of legal thrillers set in small-town Georgia.

An Absence of Motive – Book 1 – August 2021

He was an outsider

And the only man she could trust.

Attorney Marlee Masters’s brother was murdered. Proving it means working with Sheriff Ben Kinsella and facing down the nasty gossip in their rural Georgia town. Although they accuse Marlee of being the real threat, there’s a stalker vowing retribution if they don’t end the investigation. Ben won’t abandon Marlee in her hour of need, but will she have to place herself in even more peril to catch the killer?

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CW: Talk of suicide

Fresh Fiction says: “Sweet romance + twisted mystery = amazing read!”

For the Defense – Book 2 – September 2021

She’d bring down a criminal

With or without his lawyer’s help.

Deputy Lori Cabrera is shocked to discover that a powerful local businessman is a front for a drug trafficking ring tucked away in her own rural Georgia community.  Figures his defense attorney is none other than the distractingly handsome Simon Wingate.  Can Lori convince Simon his client is guilty as sin? If she can, the big-city attorney could be putting more than his heart on the line to see that justice is served.

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Trial in the Backwoods – Book 3 – October 2021

A small-town DA faces a deadly threat…And fatherhood.

Thanks to the upcoming trial of a millionaire trafficking drugs and humans, Masters County D.A. Harrison Hayes finds himself the target of escalating attacks. So when the woman who once shared his bed blows back into town, claiming to be pregnant with his baby, Harry doesn’t want her anywhere near a situation that’s becoming deadlier by the day. But impeding motherhood won’t stop DEA Special Agent Alicia Simmons from springing into action. As the former lovers join forces, they confront danger from all sides—and an imminent threat that could take them both down…

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