In this novel, I tried to take Anne Lamott's advice in her book on writing called Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. She advises writers to let her characters work their own way out of their messes (she tells a story and uses the phrase, "Leave him lay where Jesus flang him," and to me that means let the character find her own way out--no deux ex machina here). The protagonist, Samantha, manages to get herself into all kinds of trouble, and I hope you enjoy watching her get up from "where Jesus flang" her. Here's a little teaser for you, and I hope you decide you just have to read it:
Samantha T. Paulson, Attorney at Law, finds it hard to concentrate when new client Ryan Craig sits across her desk. She finds herself immediately drawn to him against her better judgment. Eventually the inevitable happens, and after an unforgettable night, Samantha realizes she has crossed the line of the attorney / client relationship and could lose her license to practice law. When she admits to Ryan that she shouldn’t have slept with him, he believes it’s Samantha’s clever way of dumping him. She is torn between her career and her feelings for him. She finally tries to reconcile with Ryan, but it might not happen, because her ex-lover tries to rekindle their romance, and a man who has long carried a torch for her threatens to have her disbarred for misconduct.
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