Bøker av Mark M. Bello

Can Opponents in the courtroom become lovers in the bedroom? An insurrection occurs at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan. A young woman is trampled to death by the rioters. The woman's father retains a rookie lawyer from small-town Saline, stunningly beautiful Andrea Kramer, to sue the state of Michigan and the former governor who contested the recent election and inspired the insurrection. Andrea is a struggling sole practitioner who recently decided to hang her shingle. The only office in her price range is a "haunted house and barn," converted to office space because a family was murdered in the home years before. Everyone who visits swears it "smells funny." Michael O'Hara wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there. A naked woman lies sleeping in his bed. His phone alarm alerts him that he is late for an important meeting at the office, a silk-stocking defense law firm in Detroit. He apologizes to the woman and rushes to the office, where the firm's senior partner meets with the Michigan Attorney General. The AG wants the firm to represent the state of Michigan in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the recent insurrection at the capitol. The senior partner has tapped the handsome, rugged, chiseled, 6-foot, 4-inch Michael, the firm's most successful trial lawyer, to handle the case. Andrea is passionate about justice, an advocate for the people, and wants to do well by doing good. Michael is a 'bad-boy' country club type lawyer, a sexy playboy who believes in winning at all costs, ethics be damned. The two attorneys clash from day one-when Michael first meets Andrea, he arrogantly informs her that she's too inexperienced to win this high-profile case. Who will emerge victorious? What will be the personal and professional effects of one's victory and the other's defeat? Can romance blossom from such troubled roots? Can a big city 'bad boy' win the heart of a small town 'good girl'? "Love-Hate-Law" answers these questions and more.

Can Opponents in the courtroom become lovers in the bedroom? An insurrection occurs at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan. A young woman is trampled to death by the rioters. The woman's father retains a rookie lawyer from small-town Saline, stunningly beautiful Andrea Kramer, to sue the state of Michigan and the former governor who contested the recent election and inspired the insurrection. Andrea is a struggling sole practitioner who recently decided to hang her shingle. The only office in her price range is a "haunted house and barn," converted to office space because a family was murdered in the home years before. Everyone who visits swears it "smells funny."Michael O'Hara wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there. A naked woman lies sleeping in his bed. His phone alarm alerts him that he is late for an important meeting at the office, a silk-stocking defense law firm in Detroit. He apologizes to the woman and rushes to the office, where the firm's senior partner meets with the Michigan Attorney General. The AG wants the firm to represent the state of Michigan in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the recent insurrection at the capitol. The senior partner has tapped the handsome, rugged, chiseled, 6-foot, 4-inch Michael, the firm's most successful trial lawyer, to handle the case.Andrea is passionate about justice, an advocate for the people, and wants to do well by doing good. Michael is a 'bad-boy' country club type lawyer, a sexy playboy who believes in winning at all costs, ethics be damned. The two attorneys clash from day one-when Michael first meets Andrea, he arrogantly informs her that she's too inexperienced to win this high-profile case. Who will emerge victorious? What will be the personal and professional effects of one's victory and the other's defeat? Can romance blossom from such troubled roots? Can a big city 'bad boy' win the heart of a small town 'good girl'? "Love-Hate-Law" answers these questions and more.

Who murdered a popular law professor on a northern Michigan college campus?Judge Rosaline Maxwell is living the good life. Retired from the circuit court bench, she now lives in the home of her dreams, lakefront in scenic Harbor Springs, Michigan. She's written a fascinating new book and is invited to speak at a local college. But her idyllic existence is rudely interrupted by a call from her best friend, Tyler Guthrie, the college president.A popular law professor has taken his final steps-he is found dead at the bottom of a popular outdoor staircase. The police suspect foul play. There are no witnesses, but key pieces of evidence make Tyler the number one suspect. After his arrest, Rosaline doubts her friend's innocence but still jumps into the fray, abandoning the law, antagonizing local police, becoming an amateur sleuth with one goal and one goal only: To prove, conclusively, that Tyler Guthrie is innocent of this brutal crime.Along the way, Rosaline receives anonymous death threats, warning her to stay away from the investigation, but the former judge will not be deterred from her quest for the truth. There is no shortage of interesting and quirky suspects as attorney/award-winning author Mark M. Bello keeps you guessing 'whodunnit' until the very end. If not Tyler Guthrie, who killed Professor Kevin Johnstone?Mark M. Bello is an attorney and award-winning author of eight Zachary Blake legal thriller series novels and two social justice/safety picture books for children. This is the first of a planned Harbor Springs cozy mystery series. Mark is currently hard at work on a new legal romance novel and his ninth Zachary Blake legal thriller. Mark and his wife, Tobye, live in Michigan and have four adult children and nine grand-children. For more information and a free offer.

Attorney Zachary Blake returns with Police Captain Jack Dylan in this intense legal thriller. Dearborn, Michigan has enjoyed relative tranquility after beating white supremacists in the field and in the courtroom. However, a second group of dangerous bigots plots revenge for its fallen brothers. The evil plan? To steal a cache of deadly Sarin Gas and release it in Dearborn. Jack Dylan and his taskforce discover the plot and are set to diffuse it. At the last minute, the FBI usurps the investigation and achieves uncertain results. Furious with the FBI and the operation's outcome, Jack defies orders, goes rogue, and chases evil to the small fishing town of Manistee. When his own plan goes awry, Dylan finds himself under arrest and on trial for murder. Ha calls on Zack Blake to defend him in the biggest trial the community has ever seen. The local cops and the FBI are hellbent on convicting Dylan, while Blake and his team seek proof that things are not as they appear. Can Zack pull off a courtroom miracle or will Jack fall victim to a Betrayal in Blue?