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Courting Trouble
The judge has always run a tight courtroom, until hot-tempered attorney Patrick McBride stormed in. The judge and the attorney had gone to the same schools together. Now sparks will fly!
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1986
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About the author
Janet Joyce
26 books4 followersA pseudonym used by
Janet Bieber, Joyce Thies
From the Richard Gallen edition of Conquer the Memories:
Janet Joyce is two Ohio housewives who have combined their first names and talents to form a writing partnership. They were introduced by a mutual friend who knew that Joyce wrote fast-moving stories about naked people in vague places, while Janet wrote of exquisitely dressed people locked in detailed times and places. The friend thought they would do better together.
Janet, a born Buckeye, lives with her optometrist husband and three children. She holds a degree in education from Ohio State University, loves history and is active in Girl Scouting. Joyce, a Minnesota native, recently moved to Ohio from New York. She majored in English at the University of Minnesota and lives with her architect husband and two children. Both women married dedicated professionals and, since the start of their writing partnership, have discovered that workaholism is a family trait they all share.
Their combined children, two boys and three girls ranging in ages from seven to twelve, have taken over as cooks, housekeepers, baby-sitters and advisors during the times when Janet and Joyce work on their manuscripts. Their two husbands share such similar attitudes and habits that Janet and Joyce have often speculated that they are married to one man who has devised an ingenious disguise.
Although many partnerships might falter because of personality conflicts, Janet and Joyce realized early that they were both too cowardly for confrontation. They appreciate each other's abilities and have formed a mutual support society, recognizing that each complements the other. Conquer the Memories is their first novel, and they are currently completing another.
Janet Bieber, Joyce Thies
From the Richard Gallen edition of Conquer the Memories:
Janet Joyce is two Ohio housewives who have combined their first names and talents to form a writing partnership. They were introduced by a mutual friend who knew that Joyce wrote fast-moving stories about naked people in vague places, while Janet wrote of exquisitely dressed people locked in detailed times and places. The friend thought they would do better together.
Janet, a born Buckeye, lives with her optometrist husband and three children. She holds a degree in education from Ohio State University, loves history and is active in Girl Scouting. Joyce, a Minnesota native, recently moved to Ohio from New York. She majored in English at the University of Minnesota and lives with her architect husband and two children. Both women married dedicated professionals and, since the start of their writing partnership, have discovered that workaholism is a family trait they all share.
Their combined children, two boys and three girls ranging in ages from seven to twelve, have taken over as cooks, housekeepers, baby-sitters and advisors during the times when Janet and Joyce work on their manuscripts. Their two husbands share such similar attitudes and habits that Janet and Joyce have often speculated that they are married to one man who has devised an ingenious disguise.
Although many partnerships might falter because of personality conflicts, Janet and Joyce realized early that they were both too cowardly for confrontation. They appreciate each other's abilities and have formed a mutual support society, recognizing that each complements the other. Conquer the Memories is their first novel, and they are currently completing another.
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May 29, 2018
Another nice category. The heroine is a conservative judge from a wealthy family and the hero is a bleeding-heart liberal. These two have been on the periphery of each others lives since they were kids competing for top spots and sharing a moment when they were 15. They cross paths in the heroine's courtroom and the hero who has always had a thing for her asks her out. Of course the heroine doubts his motives; she has a lot of scrutiny as a judge but the hero is serious about her from the start. I kind of got with the hero's programme that they had been dancing around each other their whole lives, he goes full speed ahead while it takes the heroine time to catch-up. I loved how she hauled him in cuffs to declare her feelings for him.
April 10, 2010
From the publisher:
ORDER IN THE COURT
Judge Blythe Cramer had always run a tight courtroom until hot-tempered attorney Patrick McBride stormed in. It wasn't her first encounter with the wild Irishman - Blythe and Patrick had attended the same grammar school and graduated from college together. But that was where the similarities had stopped.
He was the son of a liberal, fun-loving bartender; she was from a long line of socially prominent, conservative judges. He was a democrat. She was republican. He liked early-morning jogging. She liked breakfast in bed. Surely she knew that getting close to Patrick would only be courting trouble... so why did Judge Cramer want to settle this case privately?
ORDER IN THE COURT
Judge Blythe Cramer had always run a tight courtroom until hot-tempered attorney Patrick McBride stormed in. It wasn't her first encounter with the wild Irishman - Blythe and Patrick had attended the same grammar school and graduated from college together. But that was where the similarities had stopped.
He was the son of a liberal, fun-loving bartender; she was from a long line of socially prominent, conservative judges. He was a democrat. She was republican. He liked early-morning jogging. She liked breakfast in bed. Surely she knew that getting close to Patrick would only be courting trouble... so why did Judge Cramer want to settle this case privately?
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