Criminal defense attorney Timothy Cross is paid to save dangerous men.Dorian Griggs is his newest client: a powerful syndicate boss facing federal charges, dirty witnesses, missing evidence, and enemies with money deep enough to bend the courtroom. Timothy knows how to win cases like this. He knows how to break witnesses, expose doubt, and walk guilty men through the front door of freedom.Then he meets Selah Burton.Beautiful, guarded, and sharper than anyone gives her credit for, Selah is Dorian’s girlfriend, the woman everyone treats like arm candy until she starts leaving Timothy clues.
A missing driver. A corrupt judge. A secret route tied to vanished children.
A list of names powerful men would kill to protect.Timothy should keep his distance.Instead, he falls for the one woman connected to the one client he should never betray.As the trial turns deadly, Timothy is forced to choose between the law he built his career on and the woman who makes him see justice differently. But loving Selah comes with a cost, and some men would rather burn the whole system down than let their secrets reach daylight.Plead the Fifth is a gripping courtroom crime thriller and tragic urban romance about forbidden love, syndicate power, legal corruption, revenge, and the moment one lawyer learns that the law can name the guilty, protect the guilty, and still fail the innocent.
