UNTIL PROVEN

Maya Santos has one rule: never fall for a client.She's broken it.Julian Thorne sits across from her in a Portland courtroom, accused of murdering his wife. The evidence is damning—Rebecca was planning to leave him, and the day before her divorce consultation, she was found dead at the bottom of their basement stairs.But Julian swears he's innocent. And Maya believes him.Or she wants to.As the trial unfolds, Maya finds herself defending more than just her client. She's defending the man she's fallen in love with. The man whose wife described him as "e;controlling"e; in therapy sessions. The man whose calm demeanor on the 911 call sounds suspiciously like guilt. The man who might be exactly what the prosecution claims—or might be the unluckiest man in Oregon.With her career on the line and her judgment compromised, Maya must answer the question that will haunt her long after the verdict:Is she defending an innocent man, or has she been manipulated by a killer?A gripping legal thriller about love, doubt, and the dangerous space between innocence and proof.