



Courtroom Drama
A Novel
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- Expected May 20, 2025
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Legally Blonde and Jury Duty meet The Real Housewives in this high-stakes courtroom love story—a sexy and sweet but heartfelt novel about friendship, romance, and reality television from the acclaimed author of Love Buzz and In a Not So Perfect World.
Sydney Parks thinks she might be the first person in the world to look forward to serving jury duty. When Margot Kitsch, an OG cast member of the hit reality show Authentic Moms of Malibu is arrested after the untimely death of her cast member husband, Joe, Sydney knows being selected for the jury is the most interesting thing that ever happened to her.
However, it doesn’t take long for Sydney to realize that being part of a sequestered jury in a high-profile case is not at all what legal dramas had led her to expect—especially when she learns that her childhood best friend, Damon, whom she hasn't seen in ten years, is also a jury member.
As the trial wears on, Sydney realizes there's a lot more to the case than she first thought. And there's also a lot more to Damon—she soon finds herself falling under his spell despite the court’s instructions not to fraternize. His tendency to break the rules and find adventure is hard to resist in their otherwise dull juror's world. But getting close to Damon also means having to face the complicated reasons their friendship abruptly ended just when they were on the precipice of something more.
With all the drama in and out of the courtroom, how is Sydney supposed to ignore the fraught history between them? How is she supposed to avoid him when he’s sitting next to her in the jury box every day with his broad shoulders and intoxicating smell? And how is she supposed to ensure Margot gets a fair trial if her unfinished business with Damon causes the mistrial of the century?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Taking the forced proximity trope to the limit, Tubati Alexander (In a Not So Perfect World) delivers a wildly entertaining romance between two members of a sequestered jury. On trial is Margot Kitsch, one of the stars of Real Housewives–esque reality TV show Authentic Moms of Malibu, who stands accused of killing her husband. Jury member and reality TV superfan Sydney Parks is thrilled to be there—especially when she finds herself seated next to her childhood best friend, Damon Bradburn, in the jury box. The pair fell out of touch after discovering their parents' affair when they were high school sophomores, causing a rift between the two families. Now, 10 years later, unresolved feelings rise to the surface. To their frustration, there's not much opportunity for them to clear the air during court as they listen to housekeepers, other reality TV stars, and family members offer increasingly alarming testimony about a woman Sydney held on a pedestal. Instead they pass notes and steal moments at their dingy hotel. Though the setting occasionally feels claustrophobic, Tubati Alexander impressively drives forward both the murder trial and the romance, conjuring real chemistry between her leads and soapy, salacious intrigue in the courtroom. This is pure popcorn.