HISTROM for all: Justice Seekers
Do you have a need to see justice served? If you’re a reader who loves a courtroom drama, solving legal conundrums, or seeing villains get what they deserve, here are four historical romance recs for you.
These books feature barrister MMCs, FMCs, and side characters. They consider or take on controversial cases offering justice to those who need it most.
Some Winter’s Evening by Erin Langston
Gavin is a workaholic barrister considering a bid for a case that will progress his career, but also compromise his ethics.While stuck at an inn on a snowy night, this bespectacled, lonely professional is frowning over paperwork when he is approached by Emilia. She a lively woman on her way to a new career. Gavin shares one passionate kiss with her and thinks he must have become a total rake. Oh, Gavin. He’s riddled with guilt, but to his surprise and relief, it turns out Emilia is his sister’s new governess and he’s there for the holidays.
Bedchamber Games by Tracy Anne Warren
Trained by her late father, Rosamund poses as her male cousin, Ross, to serve as co-counsel to her barrister brother who becomes overcome with nerves and his stammer when speaking in court. She is successful, winning many cases, including her first against prosecuting barrister Lord Lawerence. Lawerence is a confident lawyer and rarely loses, so he is intrigued by this mysterious barrister who has just arrived to London. He requests to meet Ross at his home to learn more about him. Determined to maintain her cover until she finishes the legal cases left behind by her father, she forms a friendship with Lawerence. Lawrence can’t help but notice there’s something different about Ross and his feelings towards him.
The Lady Who Left by Ginny B. More
Archie Grant is making his career as a lawyer when he meets Mary at a Rugby afterparty. They have an instant connection, but after a passionate moment, she flees. When a divorce case is brought to his office, he is shocked to find out that Mary is actually Lady Marigold, the married Marchioness of Croydon. She is seeking divorce to protect her children from her cruel husband. Since her case has been denied by many barristers, he is her only chance. However, if the actions between Marigold and Archie become known, it will ruin her chance to save her sons and destroy his hopes for his budding legal business.
The Rogue of Fifth Avenue by Joanna Shupe
Frank Tripp is a celebrated and successful lawyer to New York’s most prestigious and wealthiest families. Despite his attempts to resist, he finds himself repeatedly rescuing one of his client’s eldest daughter, Mamie Greene, whether she needs his rescue or not. He’s pulled her out of casinos more than once and he is perplexed to catch her pickpocketing. He does not know that she is stealing from the wealthy to assist families in New York’s poorest neighborhoods. When one of the mothers is arrested for murdering her husband, Mamie appeals to Frank to represent her in the trial. Of course, he uses the situation to spend more time alone with Mamie, even though she is promised to another.
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