Tony tried to keep that thought firmly in mind the following week while he prepared Manny Garcia’s defense, and on Friday when he and Hank went into circuit court to pick a jury.
He could hardly take his eyes off the assistant state attorney across the aisle from them.
Every prosecutor should look like her.
Never before had Tony let a thought like that intrude on the crucial task of selecting jurors favorably disposed to setting his client free. He couldn’t imagine why his mind wandered now. Kristine Granger looked young, even more conventional than was common for a prosecutor. From the occasional dirty looks she threw his client’s way, Tony surmised she thought Garcia was no better than the palmetto bugs that invaded even the cleanest Florida homes.
She questioned each prospective juror as though she thought the fate of the world rested on her choosing a jury that would convict Garcia. A sure sign of youth and inexperience. Tony tried to remember how long he’d been at it before realizing he could tell more from observing jurors’ facial expressions than he could by pummeling them with questions.
Certain he already had seated enough sympathetic jurors to ensure his client’s acquittal, he indulged his curiosity and focused his attention on his opponent. He had no idea why, but Kristine Granger fascinated him. On the surface, she was not anything he usually looked for in a woman.
She was about five-six. Slender. Pretty. Sexy in an innocent sort of way, even though the drab blue suit she wore would have looked prissy on a nun. Tony scrutinized her from the top of her shining blonde chignon to the scuffed soles of low heeled navy pumps. Gorgeous deep blue eyes. Good body, curved in all the right proportions, in all the right places. Great legs.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / ContemporaryAnn Jacobs' romance books have been selling since 1996. They have garnered multiple writing awards, and some have made Amazon Best Seller List (in their categories). IN HIS OWN DEFENSE, originally published in 2003, underwent a major revision and update in 2015, after rights reverted to her by an epublisher that went out of business.
In all, Jacobs' published works total more than a hundred, divided between sensual romances and frankly erotic ones. The Courthouse Connections series, of which IN HIS OWN DEFENSE is the second book, features stories set in and around Tampa, Florida where the author makes her home.
Tony tried to keep that thought firmly in mind the following week while he prepared Manny Garcia’s defense, and on Friday when he and Hank went into circuit court to pick a jury.
He could hardly take his eyes off the assistant state attorney across the aisle from them.
Every prosecutor should look like her.
Never before had Tony let a thought like that intrude on the crucial task of selecting jurors favorably disposed to setting his client free. He couldn’t imagine why his mind wandered now. Kristine Granger looked young, even more conventional than was common for a prosecutor. From the occasional dirty looks she threw his client’s way, Tony surmised she thought Garcia was no better than the palmetto bugs that invaded even the cleanest Florida homes.
She questioned each prospective juror as though she thought the fate of the world rested on her choosing a jury that would convict Garcia. A sure sign of youth and inexperience. Tony tried to remember how long he’d been at it before realizing he could tell more from observing jurors’ facial expressions than he could by pummeling them with questions.
Certain he already had seated enough sympathetic jurors to ensure his client’s acquittal, he indulged his curiosity and focused his attention on his opponent. He had no idea why, but Kristine Granger fascinated him. On the surface, she was not anything he usually looked for in a woman.
She was about five-six. Slender. Pretty. Sexy in an innocent sort of way, even though the drab blue suit she wore would have looked prissy on a nun. Tony scrutinized her from the top of her shining blonde chignon to the scuffed soles of low heeled navy pumps. Gorgeous deep blue eyes. Good body, curved in all the right proportions, in all the right places. Great legs.
Legs he’d love to feel wrapped around his hips while he claimed her hot little body
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