"A super romance"

In San Diego, Attorney Juliet McNeil defends client Eaton James, CEO of Terracotta Industries by discrediting key prosecution witness Blake Ramsden. It was not easy to remain professional as over eight years ago the independent Juliet shared a one night stand with Blake leading to her intelligent precocious and always in trouble in school daughter Mary Jane. Blake went overseas for a few years and is unaware that he sired a child.

Not long afterwards, Blake finds himself in need of a solid defense attorney and based on her recent court performance, he hires Juliet to defend him. As they work closely on his case, they fall in love, but she fears his reaction when he learns the truth about Mary Jane.

This engaging legal romance stars two fine independent protagonists and a delightful matchmaking child who has attended four schools in three year (Guinness beckons for Mary Jane). The story line is more legal than romance as Juliet sets the tone of the client-lawyer relationship by insisting on no hanky panky while she defends him. Though that seems realistic and ethical, the romantic relationship takes off late, but is fun as the two adults struggle between the case and the libido.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 28, 2004

Ms. Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author who has written 32 books since 1993. She has been a finalist for the RITA awards numerous times, the Holt Medallion, the Reviewer's Choice Awards and was recently a Reader's Choice finalist. Where the Road Ends published in July of 2003 marked Tara's debut with MIRA books, which was followed by Street Smart in July of 2004. Ms. Quinn just recently sold four books to Harlequin Superromance. Check out Tara's latest release What Daddy Doesn't Know... "Juliet is a high profile lawyer. She does her job. She will do her job... Even if the other side's star witness is the father of her child. Even if he doesn't know about it...or their daughter..."

Summary

He's a father—but he doesn't know it

Juliet McNeil has been keeping a secret for more than eight years—a secret from Blake Ramsden. They spent one night together all that time ago... and Mary Jane McNeil was the result.

Juliet and Mary Jane are a pair, a family of two, and they're happy that way. So what happens when Blake, the man who unknowingly fathered Mary Jane, returns to San Diego? What happens when Juliet, an attorney, develops a professional—and then a personal—relationship with him?

What happens when he meets his daughter?