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Ambitious (2nd edition): Two Lawyers. One City. No Mercy.
In Atlanta, the law is a weapon—and the people who know how to aim it never lose sleep.
Malik Townsend is the city’s most notorious defense attorney, the man who can save a guilty client and walk out of court smiling while the public spits at his shoes. Janelle Braxton is the corporate shark who clawed her way into the old guard, turning boardrooms into battlefields and judges into spectators. Once mentor and mentee, they are now rivals with polished smiles and sharpened knives.
When a “simple” civil case exposes a development deal tied to City Hall contracts, Malik discovers the paperwork is too clean and the witnesses are disappearing. Janelle is ordered to crush the same suit for her biggest client—until she finds a memo that spells out the truth in one removals.
As a fixer circles closer, the State Bar tightens its grip, and Atlanta’s elite closes ranks, Malik and Janelle face the same protect their careers—or burn the machine that made them. Because once the evidence hits the record, there’s no return to normal life. Only fallout.
One will keep their license at a brutal cost. One will keep their freedom after losing their last illusion about power. And in a city that always moves on, ambition isn’t just a ladder—it’s the deadliest weapon in the room.
Malik Townsend is the city’s most notorious defense attorney, the man who can save a guilty client and walk out of court smiling while the public spits at his shoes. Janelle Braxton is the corporate shark who clawed her way into the old guard, turning boardrooms into battlefields and judges into spectators. Once mentor and mentee, they are now rivals with polished smiles and sharpened knives.
When a “simple” civil case exposes a development deal tied to City Hall contracts, Malik discovers the paperwork is too clean and the witnesses are disappearing. Janelle is ordered to crush the same suit for her biggest client—until she finds a memo that spells out the truth in one removals.
As a fixer circles closer, the State Bar tightens its grip, and Atlanta’s elite closes ranks, Malik and Janelle face the same protect their careers—or burn the machine that made them. Because once the evidence hits the record, there’s no return to normal life. Only fallout.
One will keep their license at a brutal cost. One will keep their freedom after losing their last illusion about power. And in a city that always moves on, ambition isn’t just a ladder—it’s the deadliest weapon in the room.
662 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2025
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