Breach of Trust - Hardcover

MacDougal, Bonnie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671537202 ISBN 13: 9780671537203

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1996

Synopsis

Teaming up to defend a young attorney accused of stealing from a coal baron, corporate lawyer Dan Casella and recent law graduate Jennifer Lodge give in to their mutual passions and make critical career decisions.

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From the Back Cover:

Breach of Trust takes us into the '90s-style looting and plundering of a multimillion-dollar trust, an intricate conspiracy fueled by financial cunning and lethal greed, set against an unexpected white-hot love affair between Dan Casella, street fighter turned corporate lawyer, and Jennifer Lodge, his resourceful, winsome associate. A recent law school graduate, Jennifer is thrilled when Dan brings her on board to assist with a major case - the theft of two million dollars from the trust fund of a rival firm's client. Dan's job is to defend Scott Sterling, a naive, well-connected young attorney who swears that he took the money in a desperate attempt to cover up devastating stock market losses in the private investment account of the fund's trustee, coal baron Curtis Mason - who had been like a father to Scott. Now Mason is suing - for fifteen million dollars. Late work nights and a killer snowstorm bring Dan and Jennifer together - and the passion they've been suppressing finally explodes. But after an intense, unforgettable weekend at Jennifer's rural carriage house, Dan is pulled back into South Philly's streets and a family crisis he can't ignore. Mistaking Dan's strict business ethics for cold-bloodedness, Jennifer makes a crucial career decision, followed by a personal one that will drastically affect her future - and draw her deeper into the case. As their lives and careers intertwine once more, Dan and Jennifer enter a deadly vortex of scandal, jealousy, blackmail, betrayal, and murder - and expose a fraud that will rock the city's legal community, and the very foundations of Philadelphia society.

About the Author:

Bonnie MacDougal is a trial lawyer who has practiced law in Anchorage, Alaska, and Little Rock, Arkansas. The London Evening Standard has referred her to as the female John Grisham . She lives with her husband and two daughters on the Philadelphia Main Line.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0671537202
• ISBN 13: 9780671537203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 373