A Court of Contempt (Oakland Book 1)

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Fledgling lawyer.
Notorious crime boss.
A shocking bias against women in court.
Cora has battled hard to be Canada’s first female lawyer.

Desperate to destroy her, the all-male law society conspires to hand her an impossible case: represent Adeline Pitman in divorce court.

Cora knows two things Adeline doesn’t. In 1904, Canadian divorce courts allow husbands to keep a mistress with impunity, and Adeline’s husband, crime boss Eli Pitman, kills any lawyer who dares to cross him.

Presented with an impossible choice, Cora must choose whether to abandon her career and run to safety, or take her stand and go to war with a dangerous man.

Her choice will affect a nation.