Review: This is not a Woman's Studies book, it's a novel!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2013
I get a kick out of reading some of the reviews for this book. Yes, it has some cliches and is not completely believeable, but how many novels are? And how enjoyable would most novels be if they were only based on what happens in real life most of the time? So sit back and enjoy this as a book of fiction. My complaint with this book is what I am encountering more and more in these days of self-publishing and ebooks. That is that this novel would benefit greatly from the services of a good copy editor. Typos, poor grammar, and bad punctuation are minor distractions throughout. The story is that Alexa is a successful criminal lawyer married to a successful pediatrian. They appear to have a perfect life together. But there is a secretary in David's office, Rachel,  who is bored in her own marriage and has decided she is going to have sex with David. She turns it into a game for herself. David resists at first but eventually gives in and they have sex several times. Unfortunately, Rachel becomes pregnant with David's child. After telling David, Rachel gets drunk at a bar and on her drive home accidentally hits and kills a young girl. By a strange twist of fate, her husband hires Alexa to be her attorney. What will Alexa do when she finds out that she is defending a woman carrying her husband's baby?