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    Heart vs. Humbug

    By M.J. Rodgers

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    He Said the Law Couldn't Afford a Heart

    Attorney Brett Merlinalias the Magicianwas certain he'd squashed one senior citizen's Christmas crusade against his Scrooge of a client. Until he met opposing counsel, the fiery, flame-haired Octavia Osborne and his open-and-shut civil suit escalated to murder in the first degree.

    Suddenly, the magician of law found himself up against a mistress of legal abracadabra, who pulled more countersuits out of her attorney's brief than Santa did presents out of his sleigh.

    What Brett saw as a matter of law, Octavia saw as a matter of heart. Either way, he was out to set some surprising new precedentsboth legal and personal.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin
    Release dateJul 16, 2012
    ISBN9781459283930
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    Heart vs. Humbug
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    M.J. Rodgers

    M.J. was one of those lucky children whose mother read to her every night, filling her imagination with the magic of brave heroes and smart heroines overcoming adversity to ensure their own happy endings. From as early as she can remember she wanted to be a writer so she could give readers that same kind of pleasure that had been given to her by the creators of those wonderful stories. But M.J. is very practical. She knew how few struggling writers were ever published-and how few of the published could support themselves by writing alone. She also understood that the best writers had extensive life experience that made their stories rich with meaning. So she set aside her dream of becoming a writer and focused instead on working hard to get the kind of education that would lead to a good job and lots of that important life experience. She attended Pepperdine University at Malibu, California, graduating summa cum laude with degrees in psychology and journalism. She received her MBA from St. Mary's college in Moraga, California. She held managerial positions in several corporations and traveled extensively throughout the world. The work was exciting and demanding; the people she met were intelligent and stimulating; the life experiences were invaluable. Yet despite all the years that had passed and the outward trappings of success that had been achieved, the dream of being a writer had never left her. And no wonder. The most important message in all those wonderful books her mother had read to her as a child-and she had continued to enjoy as an adult-was that happiness meant going for your dreams. She was now ready to go for hers. She gave up her high-powered job in the corporate world and turned her attention to writing romantic mysteries for Harlequin. But she was glad she'd waited until the timing was just right. Because to have tried to write before she could give it her best would have been a mistake. M.J. is the winner of the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for romantic mysteries, twice winner of their Best Intrigue award and a recipient of their Reviewers Choice Award for Best Miniseries Romance. She is also a winner of B. Dalton Bookseller's top-selling intrigue award. She lives with her wonderful husband, adorable cat and two loving dogs in a tiny community in the terrific Pacific Northwest until the winter, when they realize it isn't so terrific and relocate to sunny southern Nevada. M.J. loves to hear from readers via her email: mjuniverse@yahoo.com

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    • 3/5
      Attorney Octavia Osborne's grandmother is part of a group of seniors in a small community outside Seattle. They built a senior center on land they didn't own, but on which they had a 99 year lease. When the owner died, the heir raised their rent exorbitantly, hoping that they wouldn't be able to pay it and would have to vacate the land and improvements. He has plans for a new luxury condominium complex and to make their small town into Seattle's latest bedroom community.To help him in his legal battle to remove the seniors from the land, he has Brett Merlin. Known in legal circles as The Magician, Merlin is someting of a law-god, famous for winning huge cases for huge corporations. So why his he in this small down working for this small-fry developer who's also really a dick?Whatever the reason, Octavia knows she's got her legal work cut out for her. She has to do whatever she can to stop the condo project, even if her methods might be less than legal and get her disbarred.And, since this is Intrigue, mysterious things happen, people get hurt, then someone dies, people are suspected...I'm afraid a lot of this book was pretty predictable, and there were some "what are you, blind?" comments from me as the characters stumbled around interviewing each other and trying to find out who was behind stuff. But other than that, it was decent reading. There was a little overplay of the "heart" angle, and a little underplay of what made Brett Brett, but I liked Octavia and I often don't like heroines, so that was good. Except that she wore capes and had a furry swinging bed. What's up with that?