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I'm a practicing lawyer born and raised in Louisiana who graduated from Dartmouth College and then became the Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review. My 20-plus career has included a one-year clerkship for the appellate court with jurisdiction over Louisiana federal trial courts and 16 years of civil litigation.

Defense of an Other is my debut novel.

As a reader, my tastes are contemporary, and I read far more fiction than nonfiction. I try to only rate books to which I'd give four stars or more, though some of my unrated books were loaded long after I read them so I've not assigned a rating. Those rated four stars or above are recommend for anyone interested in that genre. I suspect only about a quarter to a third of the boo ...more

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Echoes of Insurrection (The Firebird Chronicles, #6)

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The Armored Saint (The Sacred Throne, #1)

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Curious Hearts: A Steamy Slow Burn Sapphic Romance (The Healing Hearts Series Book 2)

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“I’m meant to love you, no matter how you act, no matter what you do? I couldn’t respect myself if I felt that way.”
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