Her Best Defense

Her Best Defense
Jackie/Lori Merritt/Myles

Mills & Boon Silhouette
She was relentless in the pursuit of justiceStill, to get socialite Glory Witherington cleared of murder charges, savvy Chicago attorney Lisa Caputo Jensen needed another suspect. Yet Glory and her husband weren't taking the case seriously–despite the fact that Glory had been sleeping with the dead man.Between the lies and cover-ups, Lisa had a mess on her hands. And when research on the Witheringtons led to an old, unsolved murder–the death of Lisa's own father–she realized she was being set up by a cunning adversary whose plan might be for her to win, to lose…or to die.

“You’ve already convicted her!”

“Not me, babe. I’m not on the case.”

“Sorry, but I’ve never known the police to move that fast before.” Lisa leaned forward. “There’s something more, isn’t there? What is it, Kurt?”

He sat there and stared into her eyes for a long tension-filled moment. She neither blinked nor backed down.

“Well, you’re going to hear about it from the prosecutor soon, I’m sure, so I’ll tell you if you swear you didn’t hear it from me. I don’t intend to lose my badge over this.”

Lisa’s pulse quickened. “For the record, no one will ever hear from me that you gave me any information, all right?”

“There was an eyewitness.”

Dear Reader,

This book began as a plot suggestion—quite detailed—from my editor, Mary-Theresa Hussey. Besides being a wonderful editor, this lady has a great imagination and I have truly enjoyed working with her.

She phoned one day with an invitation to do a book for Silhouette’s new Bombshell line. After some discussion I agreed and it took off from there.

At this point I would like to introduce my coauthor, Lori Myles, who is my daughter. Kaye, her real name, has always wanted to write, ever since she was a very young child. I still have her first book, written in block letters on lined grade school paper. It’s about an elephant and rather amazing because she set up the story and carried it through to an appropriate ending.

We have loved working together and plan to continue writing as a team. We both hope that you’ll be seeing many books on the shelves written by Jackie Merritt and Lori Myles.

Jackie Merritt

A note from Lori: It’s been a wonderful experience writing with my mother, and I would like to thank Mary-Theresa and Silhouette for giving me this opportunity.

Lori Myles

Her Best Defense

Jackie Merritt and Lori Myles

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

JACKIE MERRITT

is still writing, just not with the speed and constancy of years past. She and her husband are living in southern Nevada again, falling back on old habits of loving the long, warm or slightly cool winters and trying almost desperately to head north for the months of July and August, when the fiery sun bakes people and cacti alike. She has written dozens of novels for Silhouette Books.

LORI MYLES

was born and raised in Idaho and moved to Nevada shortly after graduating high school. After college and many years of traveling for her job, including a two-year stint in Japan, she now calls Henderson, Nevada, home.

For the past several years she worked in the convention industry in Las Vegas, and while she enjoyed “show” business very much, her heart lay in the world of words. She still has boxes and boxes of stories she wrote over the years and her mother, Jackie Merritt, still has the first story she ever wrote, when she was in the third grade.

She is very excited to have this book out and hopes it leads to more and more and more…!

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21