When he awoke by the side of the road, with a throbbing head and a lovely woman bending over him, he couldn’t even remember his own name. Morgan Slater, U.S. Marshal, simply accepts pretty Mariah Penny’s word that he is her cousin, Cain Law. And that he is part of the family's medicine show. Mariah has good reason for misleading Morgan. The hard-headed lawman is hell-bent on shutting down her legitimate business. Soon Cain is running afoul of the law he's sworn to protect, and Mariah is caught in her own trap as cousinly banter turns into forbidden passion. AWARDS: Best Americana Historical ~Affaire de Coeur Best Western Historical Romance, Nominee ~Romantic Times REVIEWS: "Oh, what a tangled web Sharon weaves!" ~Literary Times THE LAW AND DISORDER SERIES, in series order To Love a Scoundrel The Outlaw was No Lady A Lawman for Maggie The Law and Miss Penny THE INCONVENIENT BRIDES, in series order: The Bride Wore Spurs Marrying Miss Shylo The Marring Kind THE WILD WOMEN SERIES, in order: Untamed Wildcat Wild Rose Wild Hearts

Maggie Thorne and her daughter Holly have been waiting for Holly's father who left seven years ago with the promise to return. Hopefully this year will be different, with the help of Texas Ranger, Matt Weston. It didn't take Matt long to find his quarry and nail the man for the scoundrel he is. But Rafe is the man Maggie wants, no matter how desperately Matt would like to claim the honey-haired beauty for his own. While Matt strives to turn the deadbeat father into something decent, Maggie faces a new dilemma: explaining to the man working so hard to make her 'almost' husband presentable that she has fallen impossibly in love with him—and only him. REVIEWS: "...just the right dose of humor and steam... a western romance packed full of flavor!" ~Amy Wilson, Literary Times THE LAW AND DISORDER SERIES, in series order To Love a Scoundrel The Outlaw was No Lady A Lawman for Maggie The Law and Miss Penny THE INCONVENIENT BRIDES, in series order: The Bride Wore Spurs Marrying Miss Shylo The Marring Kind THE WILD WOMEN SERIES, in order: Untamed Wildcat Wild Rose Wild Hearts

What kind of woman leaves three young daughters at home every morning to spend her days representing convicted murderers and rapists? That is the question criminal defense attorney Claudia Trupp confronts in this sharp and riveting memoir as she seeks answers—for herself and, mostly, for her daughters. Every working mother faces the challenges of balancing work and home, but the nature of Trupp's work makes her juggling act all the more precarious—and at times hilarious and bizarre. Trupp's domestic anecdotes of life with her kids run parallel to narratives of her most memorable, and often unsettling, criminal cases, each providing a platform to explore broader issues such as faith, perspective, and charm. The navigation of radically different realms—the criminal courts and maximum security prisons where clients serve hard time, and the home front where children demand marshmallows for breakfast—provides thought-provoking and entertaining reading. While the working mother has been a popular subject of fiction and self-help guides, this may be the only book offering a woman's deeply personal and unapologetic account of how embracing a challenging job while simultaneously guiding a family reaps unexpected benefits on both fronts. In a memoir that will resonate powerfully with all women, Trupp candidly conveys to the reader and to her daughters the struggles and rewards of the conflicting roles in her life, the joy she has found in being a mother, and the value of meaningful work.

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