From former federal sex-crimes prosecutor Allison Leotta comes the first book in the Anna Curtis series—a riveting debut legal thrillerwith a vulnerable, tenacious heroine, surprising twists and turns, and equal parts romance and danger Library Journal, starred review. As a newly minted Assistant US Attorney in Washington, DC, Anna Curtis has already developed a thick skin to help her deal with the unsettling brutality she encounters daily in her overflowing stack of domestic violence cases. Yet when Laprea Johnson—battered to death by her boyfriend on the morning after Valentines Day—crosses Annas desk, theres something about this particular case that Anna cant quite shake, something that reminds the prosecutor of her own troubled past. Its also the biggest case of Annas career—and the most personal.
