Avalon (Jones)

Aiden Connelly's first case... Lawyer Aiden Connelly has traded the frenzy of Chicago for a slower pace in sleepy Avalon - and his first case appears to be as open-and-shut as he could hope for. Hired to defend a local ex-beauty queen accused of murdering her husband, he's confident that he'll have the case closed in record time. But below the surface lurks a darker truth... Will be one he'll never forget. Suddenly, a quiet backwater has transformed into a dangerous pressure cooker. In a town where everyone knows everyone, gathering evidence should be easy... but the harder Aiden searches, the more he appreciates how tangled this net of loyalties is. And as he digs deeper, Aiden begins to realise that his very first case in Avalon could be the beginning of his undoing... Don't miss a single book in the thrilling new Avalon series: First to Fall Second to Cry Third to Die Fourth to Run

Sometimes, behind the simplest cases... Lawyer Aiden Connolly's new case seems to be a run-of-the-mill paternity dispute. Millionaire Sam Fern suspects that his son is not his own flesh and blood, and he wants a paternity test to prove it. Fern's wife Deena, a glamorous former model, is desperate to convince Aiden of her innocence...and she will go to any lengths to prove it. ...hide the darkest truths. Meanwhile, Aiden is haunted by the memory of another beauty - Brandy White, who he worked to free from a murder charge. The woman he unwittingly fell in love with...and the woman who will once again draw him into a tangle of love and lies. With more than his reputation on the line, can Aiden hold his nerve - when nothing else seems certain?

Justice must prevail... Aiden Connelly has settled in to life in Avalon and is developing a reputation as an attorney who will fight for the truth ... no matter what enemies he makes along the way. ...whatever the cost. But when he is asked to look into the tragic death of an old friend ten years before, Aiden is drawn back to his hometown of Greensburg, the town he eagerly fled as a teenager. As the ghosts from Aiden's past resurface, and new dilemmas rise up to challenge him in Avalon, Aiden begins to wonder if everything he holds true has been built on lies.

Even happy endings aren't perfect. At long last things are looking up for Aiden Connelly. A successful lawyer, now running his own firm, he has earnt the respect of the townspeople of Avalon, and he has the woman he loves, Brandy Cotton, by his side. But Aiden can't forget the mystery surrounding the death of his friend Justin ten years earlier. When a new tip-off leads him to Mexico and an infamous cartel, he unwittingly unleashes a sinister and dangerous force that follows him back to Avalon. Threatened and afraid, Aiden must form an unlikely alliance with the man who once tried to drive him out of town: Avalon's sheriff, Buck Fern. These two men will have to turn their backs on the law they uphold to protect their town and those they love.