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Welcome to a snippet from Within the Law. The protagonist, Tom Hughes, was created in His Lucky Charm (formerly called Forgotten). Tom is cousin to the female main character in HLC. I fell in love with Tom, I think he might be my favorite hero from all of my books. His character and his history was so compelling that I HAD to write his story, one in which he has his own HEA.
I'm continuing in the courtroom. The defendant, Dunlop, was found with Tom's high school ring, a key piece of evidence regarding Tom's fiance's (Joyce) death. The senior Defense Attorney isn't showing any compassion for the witnesses, he is doing his best to put doubt in the jury's minds. Poor Tom has no idea what he is in for when he is called to the witness box.
Tom first made an appearance in His Lucky Charm, a story about Caitlyn Smythe (Tom's cousin) and Brandon Price. Caitlyn and Brandon are back in Within the Law. Here is a small piece from that first story with background on what happened to Joyce ...
I'm continuing in the courtroom. The defendant, Dunlop, was found with Tom's high school ring, a key piece of evidence regarding Tom's fiance's (Joyce) death. The senior Defense Attorney isn't showing any compassion for the witnesses, he is doing his best to put doubt in the jury's minds. Poor Tom has no idea what he is in for when he is called to the witness box.
The District Attorney’s office called Thomas Hughes to the
stand.
As Tom walked to the witness stand, he noticed Alli was giving
the senior attorney a folder. Then she looked up and saw him. It was impossible
to mask her surprise, but it didn’t take long for her to try to cover up her
recognition of him for the benefit of the jury. He gazed at her as he was being
sworn in, she looked away.
Tom never expected to feel the emotions he did as he was handed the
clear plastic bag containing his high school ring.
“Was this the ring Joyce Keller was wearing on a chain around
her neck the day she went on an outing with some girlfriends?”
He had to clear his throat in order to answer, “Yes. I gave this
ring to Joyce, she wore it on a chain.”
Series: Chelle Cordero's Cousins Suspense, Book 2.
Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart and fiancé. He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find her murderer and rapist. Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis-the defense attorney for the murdering rapist who took his love from him.
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Tom first made an appearance in His Lucky Charm, a story about Caitlyn Smythe (Tom's cousin) and Brandon Price. Caitlyn and Brandon are back in Within the Law. Here is a small piece from that first story with background on what happened to Joyce ...
When Tom left the night
before, he warned them that he would be back on his way to work to find out if
he was going to be an “uncle” or not. Tommy had been clearly thrilled that
Caitlyn had accepted Brandon’s proposal. He had even begun to ask about wedding
plans and dates.
Brandon had admitted to
Caitlyn that he was surprised that Tom was single. It was obvious that the man
treasured family, liked the thought of kids and certainly had a lot of solid
relationship advice to offer.
That was when Caitlyn
told Brandon about Tom’s lost love. The high school sweetheart he had proposed
to on graduation day was killed during a random act of violence. She had been
on a shopping trip to a nearby big-city mall with some girlfriends. Their
vehicle had been carjacked and she was abducted. Her assailant had never been
caught and Caitlyn thought that might have been Tom’s inspiration to become a
police officer.
She
didn’t know if Tom would ever again allow his heart to be so vulnerable. The
tragic story made Brandon realize even more how fortunate he was. He planted
tiny kisses on Caitlyn’s closed eyelids and was only slightly disappointed that
he hadn’t woken her.
About an hour later,
Caitlyn stretched in his arms, yawned, opened her eyes and smiled. Brandon felt
like he was ready to melt.
“Good morning.” She
whispered to him.
