Scandal - A One Reason Publication (Paperback)

He's in love...with a Murderess on the run Royce Murray is a prosecutor in the prime of his career. Great family, great friends, and access to all of the hottest venues featuring high-powered socialites. Growing up in a poverty stricken family, Royce is proud to be standing up for the helpless. Unfortunately, his love for work isn't enough. Royce needs love...true love. When he meets executive assistant Lani Waltz, he's for sure that he's found it. But he doesn't know the truth behind her smile... Lani Waltz didn't mean to kill her boss, Mitch Porker. All she wanted was the same love and affection that he showered his spoiled wife. When Mitch told her that he wasn't leaving his wife, all hell broke loose. Though she still works at his company, she knows it's only a matter of time before the police get hot on her trail. When she meets rising prosecutor Royce Goss, she latches onto him, sending her down another road of deadly obsession... Royce can't help that Lani is young, sexy, and a complete animal in bed. However, some things aren't clicking and before long, Royce is starting to have his suspicions about his new lover. When the do-no-wrong prosecutor finds out that Lani was behind the Mitch Porker murder, a case that he is currently trying, he's afraid for his life. Not only has he proposed to this woman, but she's about to have his baby too. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, what will Royce do? Prosecute the accused woman or save her for the sake of his unborn baby. Or will his own anger get the best of him? At the end of the day, will Royce's decision be the driving force behind a confession so powerful, that even he didn't expect. Love and hate will collide, truth and lies will be revealed, and murder and mayhem will be unleashed in the debut novel from Tayah Nicole Parker.