Description
Judge Anne Bandereth thrives on a life of impeccable precision. Within the sterile walls of her courtroom and the quiet solitude of her chambers, she is defined by her ironclad restraint. Every second Friday, she trades her judicial robes for anonymity, escaping to a dimly lit bar in Loring Park where she can finally breathe. She lives by a singular rule: never leave a name, never leave a trace.
That wall of caution crumbles the moment she meets a captivating stranger with a distinctive dagger tattoo and a reckless pull that demands surrender. For one night, the Honorable Anne disappears, replaced by a woman who is finally allowed to want something.
The fantasy ends in a nightmare on Monday morning. When a new case lands on her docket, Anne finds herself staring into the familiar, dark eyes of her weekend lover. Jesse Celt, a twenty-five-year-old facing theft charges, is standing right across the aisle. Anne recuses herself in a frantic heartbeat, but she cannot so easily recuse herself from her own desires. As she is drawn into an impossible, forbidden orbit with a woman she shouldn't know, Anne must decide if her pristine reputation is worth more than the only person who has ever truly seen her.
