Jenna Mills continues her Midnight Secrets trilogy with A Little Bit Guilty, Gabe Fontenot’s story.

Gabe is a hard-core lawyer. His entire adult life revolves around avenging his father’s murder. The only problem is everyone thinks it was a suicide. Finally, he thinks he has the break he needs to find justice and prove Marcel Lambert guilty of murder. Until she shows up at his late night informant meeting…

Evangeline Rousseau is an assistant district attorney building a very important case. Lambert stands suspected of killing a young lady of the night. She will let nothing stand in her way, even the one man who can make her heart burn. She has a secret agenda however. Years ago, on Gabe’s first case as an ADA, her brother was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. There is no way Gabe could’ve won that case without some sort of outside influence and she’s determined to find out how he did it.

When it becomes apparent that Gabe and Evangeline’s agendas coincide, can they put aside the past long enough to work together for answers? What of the undeniably attraction still sparking between them?

In A Little Bit Guilty, we delve deeper into the history of the Robichaud family and discover how their past has so affected their present. A couple shocking mysteries are solved and a few more revealed, bound to be investigated deeper in the next book in the series. How all the players, heroes and villains, are interconnected is fascinating to uncover as we learn more and more about friendship and treachery.

Gabe is a long suffering hero, trapped in a dark place he longs to escape but not quite able to do it alone. When Evangeline re-enters his life, though he cannot overcome a tarnished history with her that included a harsh betrayal, he is nonetheless drawn to her. Evangeline is a strong woman, willing to do whatever it takes to fulfill her plans. However, a new side of each of them is discovered and this changes everything. Watching these two opposites attract and find love makes for an exciting story. Seeing Gabe finally leave the darkness behind and return to the man he was meant to be, brought strong emotions to the forefront for me and I couldn’t help but get a little choked up over the end of his misery.

Jenna Mills is a master of romantic suspense. With each additional book of hers I read, I find myself becoming more and more of a fan. Her skill at writing a compelling mystery intertwined with a strong romance and enough sexual tension to satisfy the most particular of readers has quickly moved her up on my auto-buy list.

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