The Soul of a Woman

<p><br>When Marcus King and Temperance Palmer first meet they are battling each other in court. At twenty-five she's the youngest public defense attorney in her hometown the small desert town of Death Hollow in Nevada. He's the brand-new district attorney fresh out of Portland charging in to save the day after the previous DA his grandfather passed away unexpectedly.<br><br>But Temperance's life unravels and her world is turned upside down when she discovers her mother has been alive for almost twenty-five years imprisoned in a maximum-security mental hospital in Utah and carrying a heavy secret about an Irish crime boss. Although Marcus seems to be the man of Temperance's dreams he brings with him secrets of his own along with a mysterious and seductive presence.<br><br>Can Temperance handle Marcus' sly wit and the sexual tension between them? Or will she give into his charming advances?</p>