![]() While in the Senate, Sabé is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. ![]() Meanwhile, with Padmé on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sabé steps into the role of Senator Amidala, something no handmaiden has done for an extended period of time. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. Padmé is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he's in, plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca-and the end of his freedom.Ī peace-loving senator faces a time of war in another thrilling Padmé Amidala adventure from the author of the New York Times best-sellers Queen's Peril and Queen's Shadow! He rejects Kate's legal standpoint, but can't resist their ill-timed attraction to each other. It isn't lost on him that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca's murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. ![]() Kate's mission to send Eban back to prison for good depends wholly on Zach. Rebecca's parents have kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to change-if she were to die-Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state prosecutor, is determined to bring him to justice. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks away, letting Rebecca's parents have the final say.įour years later, Rebecca's attacker, Eban-the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family-gets an early release from prison. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he-despite their divorce-has medical power-of-attorney. #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a riveting thriller where ethics and privilege are put on trial-and the stakes for a former football player and an ambitious state prosecutor are life-and-death.įormer Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for years-not since their volatile marriage imploded-so he's shocked to receive a life-altering call about her.
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