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Blue-blooded lawyer James Carlson is working on the case of his life. After winning this trial, his career will be set. He won't let anything…or anyone…alter his course. Then he meets his witness.
Maggie Eagle Heart makes him question everything—his family, his goals, his future. Because she's the one woman he wants, and she's the one woman who is completely off-limits. Yet even as he struggles to keep their relationship all about business, he can't deny the attraction is mutual—and irresistible.
James has always done what is expected of him…until now.
- Sales Rank: #3717352 in Books
- Published on: 2012-07-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.62" h x .50" w x 4.21" l, .21 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 192 pages
Review
RT Magazine: 4 1/2 Stars, Top Pick; July Seal of Excellence Nominee: Maggie Eagle Heart, former junkie and prostitute, is not your average sweet heroine; James Carlson isn't the typical alpha male...a refreshing twist on the typical Desire, featuring a raw and powerful love story that is at times dark and savage, and then sweetly sexy.
Harlequin Junkie: 5 Stars: Two words! Read it!
[T]he book has a fresh voice and is beautifully written. The conflicts the characters face are real and the romance heartwarming...'A Man of Privilege' is an excellent contemporary romance, with multidimensional characters, sexual tension and a bit of mystery to wrap things up nicely.
A Romance Author's Journey: I found this a throughly refreshing read. It was a nice change from the usual reformed bad boy meets good girl. Instead it was the exact opposite- a reformed bad girl meets a good boy! I highly recommend this book for fans of not only the Desire line but the other Harlequin lines as well! 5 stars *****
Night Owl 4 1/2 Stars, Top Pick: . . . will engage the reader to champion the results and keep guessing on how the hurdles to bring these two together will be overcome. A Man of Privilege is a great book and one I can easily recommend.
From Scorching Reviews: 4 1/2 Stars: The twists, turns and barriers in this relationship kept the story flowing at a lovely pace....it was a easy page turner. A sweet, sexy page turner which was a truly romantic read from beginning to end.
About the Author
Award-winning author Sarah M. Anderson loves to put characters from different worlds into new situations and see how their backgrounds and cultures take them places they never thought they’d go. When not helping out at her son’s school or walking her two rescue dogs, Sarah spends her days having conversations with imaginary cowboys and American Indians, which is surprisingly well-tolerated by her wonderful husband and son. Find out more about Sarah at www.sarahmanderson.com.
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"Mr. Carlson, Agent Yellow Bird is here with Ms. Touchette." His assistant's tone was clipped and professional, giving no clue as to what sort of woman was waiting out there.
"Thank you." James's hand hovered over the old-fashioned intercom switch. The intercom wasn't his favorite way to communicate with Agnes. Reminded him too much of how his father would bark out orders to the hired help from behind the closed doors of his home office. Luckily, his father wasn't here.
And his parents had certainly never stooped to visit him in South Dakota. The sight of this shabby office in the Judicial Building in Pierre, South Dakota, would no doubt send his mother into affected hysterics. In her view, his job here was not the shortest path between the family mansion in Washington, D.C., and the White House. The Carlson family dynasty was mentioned in the same breath as the Kennedys or the Bushes. For as long as he could remember, he had been groomed for a run at the presidency. His parents expected him to do whatever it took to win. It drove them nuts that James insisted on walking the straight-and-narrow path to power instead of letting them open all the doors for him.
He picked up the photo of Ms. Touchette from his desk. The decade-old mug shot showed a bruised, beaten woman trying to look mean and mostly looking like a dog someone had kicked too many times. Her scarred skin and browned teeth were consistent with those of a meth abuser. She had a hell of a rap sheet—arrests for transporting and delivering drugs, prostitution, breaking and entering. The later arrests, which had occurred almost ten years ago, had taken place at the same time James had been finishing at the top of his class at Georgetown with seven-figure offers from all the top firms.
His father had expected him to take the highest offer, but James didn't need the money. His grandfather had left him more than enough, so James had taken an entry-level position with the Department of Justice and earned every single promotion. He was one of the best lawyers in the country not because his mother was rich or his father was powerful, but because he worked hard and followed the rules.
Not everyone followed the rules. The paper trail on Touchette went cold nine years ago. Either she'd dropped off the face of the earth or gotten better at evading the cops. Both would explain why it had taken Yellow Bird months to track her down. James hoped she'd gotten clean, but he had to remind himself that it didn't really matter what had happened to her. What mattered was that James needed her. She was an insurance policy in his quest to clean up the courtroom.
If Yellow Bird hadn't been out there, James would have let Ms. Touchette sit. Nervous people were easier to manipulate than calm people. But FBI agent Thomas Yellow Bird was no criminal. Half the time, James got the feeling Yellow Bird would drop him with one shot, given the opportunity.
The other half, James was sure the man would take a bullet for him. James preferred to stay on the latter side as much as possible. He stood to put on his suit jacket and straighten his tie. "Send Ms. Touchette in, please."
Yellow Bird entered, motioning for the woman to follow him. James remained standing—even criminals deserved common courtesy—but when she walked into his office, he did a double take.
She was not what he was expecting.
The woman standing before him had long black hair that hung to her shoulders in loose waves, with bangs that swept down low over her left eye. Her skin was a clear, tawny brown and appeared to be scar free. She wore a brown, ankle-length, tiered skirt and a pink tank top, and she clutched a brown leather bag to her side. She was clean, her eyes bright and wary. She'd look good on a witness stand.
She'd look better in bed.
Where had that come from? He hadn't had such an instinctive response to a woman in a while. But it didn't matter. James shook that inappropriate thought out of his head. She was off-limits. Because she was a potential witness, James couldn't act on any attraction to her. It was inappropriate, unethical and could get him debarred—not to mention it was the kind of thing his father would do. And even if that wasn't the case, it didn't matter how beautiful or put together she was—former hookers didn't become first ladies.
At least, he thought she was the former hooker he'd asked Yellow Bird to bring in. He looked down at the mug shot, then back at the woman. He couldn't see the slightest similarity. Yellow Bird had never been wrong before—but there was a first for everything. "I'm Special Prosecutor James Carlson. Thank you for coming, Ms. Touchette."
"I'm not Touchette." Her voice was strong—no hint of nerves. Her eyes focused on a point behind James's shoulder. "My name is Eagle Heart."
Confused, James looked to Yellow Bird, who slouched against a filing cabinet as far off to the side as one could get in this small office. "Show him," Yellow Bird said in a low voice.
The woman didn't move.
"Maggie." The tone of Yellow Bird's voice changed, making his accent more pronounced. It was enough to be menacing. "Show him."
The woman took a deep breath as her gaze cut down to the mug shot on James's desk. "My name is Maggie Eagle Heart now," she said as she lifted the heavy bangs away from the side of her head.
She revealed a twisted knot of faded scar tissue that encroached on her hairline and sliced the edge off her eyebrow. James looked down at the mug shot and saw the matching wound. It had healed well, but the scar was still visible.
"And…" Yellow Bird said.
Ms. Eagle Heart turned, dropping one shoulder of her tank top. James's gut clenched as she revealed a wide swath of bare skin. He couldn't help it—his eyes dropped down to where the strap of her bra met the band. The rest of the shirt hugged her curves. What did her legs look like under that skirt? He wanted to see. Even though he shouldn't, he wanted to touch. But he couldn't—not now, not as long as he was a prosecutor and she was a witness.
She draped her hair over her front, revealing a tattoo that covered her right shoulder blade. In and amongst the flames, James could make out the letters that spelled "LLD." Margaret Touchette and Maggie Eagle Heart were the same woman—but different. Very different.
She stood, her back to him and her head held high. Under no circumstances should James find any of her actions erotic, but the way she'd dropped the strap of her top—and the bra strap underneath it. He cleared his throat and sat down to hide his lower region as he flipped through the file until he found the matching photo of the tattoo.
Damn it, this wasn't like him. He lived for his job. He never let himself get distracted by a witness. But he was distracted. What was it about her that did that to him? If he was having this much trouble just interviewing her, how hard would it be to actually work with her?
"Thank you, that will do." As much as he didn't want her to put that strap back up, he needed her to. Right now.
She turned back around, her eyes focused over his shoulder again. He motioned for her to sit as he said, "Thank you, Agent Yellow Bird. I can take it from here."
"I want Yellow Bird to stay." Again, no wobble to her voice. James was impressed.
"I can assure you, Ms. Eagle Heart, this is a strictly professional interview. The nature of what we discuss is confidential."
Her right eyebrow notched up, but otherwise, her expression stayed blank. "Easy to say. Hard to prove. Can he stay or not?"
The challenge was subtle—but it was still a challenge. This was not what James had been expecting. People who came to see him usually had something to hide. They either tried to cut a deal, be invisible or bluster their way out of the situation. In any case, they acted rashly. This woman? She was something else entirely. All Yellow Bird had said when James had asked him to find Margaret Touchette was that he'd need a little time. He hadn't said anything about knowing her.
James looked to Yellow Bird, who tilted his head in agreement. "Fine. Let's begin, shall we?" He motioned to the single chair in front of his desk as he turned on the digital recorder. "For the record, state your full name, all aliases and occupation."
She hesitated, then sat, pulling her bag onto her lap like a shield. She wrapped the strap around her fingers, then unwrapped and rewrapped them. It was the only outward sign of her anxiety. "My name is Maggie Eagle Heart. I used to be Margaret Marie Touchette, but I'm not anymore. I make dance costumes and jewelry and sell them online."
James wrote it all down. "When did you get married?"
"I'm not married."
He looked up, keeping the surprise off his face. She was available. That shouldn't matter, but the news pleased him anyway. Ms. Eagle Heart's gaze had shifted from behind him to the file on the desk. Still not looking at him, though.
"I see." He swallowed, not because he was suddenly nervous. James Carlson, special prosecutor, personally appointed by the attorney general, did not get nervous. He could trace his mother's side of the family back to the Mayflower, for God's sake. His grandfather had been the eighth billionaire in America, and he didn't get there by being undone by beautiful strangers. Nerves were not allowed. Not during interviews, not in the courtroom. "How do you know Agent Yellow Bird?"
She didn't say anything for a long moment. "Once upon a time, a boy named Tommy tried to save a girl named Maggie. But he couldn't. No one could."
"Are you seeing anyone now?"
Yellow Bird's head popped up, and Ms. Eagle Heart's eyes focused on his face for the first time. James's wildly inapprop...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
excellent contemporary romance
By Harlequin Junkie Blog
Two words! Read it!
James, a blue blooded lawyer has had his life all mapped out for as long as he can remember; His plan: Win this Case; get married to a woman hand-picked by his mother and run for President.
James is currently working on the case of his life and meets Maggie when she summoned to his office as a potential witness on the case.
I did a double take when Maggie a native American heroine is introduced in this book; Maggie had a hard life and a hell of a rap sheet, an ex-drug addict and a prostitute. I had to flip the cover to make sure I was reading a Harlequin series....to say I was a little bit surprised is putting it mildly. I was definitely intrigued by the characters and the storyline and interested to read how James and Maggie would get to their HEA.
I loved the flow of this story; the book has a fresh voice and is beautifully written. The conflicts the characters face are real and the romance heartwarming. I am so impressed with the author Sarah M Anderson for pushing the boundaries with this book and for taking the road less travelled.
Safe to say - Sarah 1st book 'A Man of His Word' is now added to my TBR list
`A Man of Privilege' is an excellent contemporary romance, with multidimensional characters, sexual tension and a bit of mystery to wrap things up nicely.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A Privilege to Read 4 and a half stars
By Fiona
This is the second of this series, the story of lawyer James Carlson who appears in A Man of His Word. He is a man of destiny, born to privilege and on a path to the White House. Never putting a foot wrong is his motto, doing what is expected, his mantra.
He never expected a former drug addict and prostitute to be the one to rattle his chains and make him rethink everything he's ever wanted.
Maggie Eagle Heart is well named. With help from the elderly Nan, another strong woman she met at her lowest ebb, she's rebuilt her life from the ground up. A respectable business woman she lives an isolated nun like existence off the beaten track until James needs her to be backup for a corruption case he's working on. This is the case that will launch his political career, a perfect political marriage and life in Washington D.C.
If only he could stop thinking about Maggie, wanting Maggie.
Maggie knows wanting James is a mistake. She's been screwed around by too many lawyers and judges, in every sense of the word. Besides which, his world is on a different planet and his ambitions make any chance of a relationship out of the question. But he says he's fond of her. And maybe she feels the same way.
With a background of corruption, following on from the revelations in A Man of His Word, Sarah M Anderson keeps us on edge wondering what will happen with the case, what will happen if Maggie has to testify and what will happen if James wins his case and goes all out for Washington.
It is at Washington that the crunch will come as James takes Maggie to further the case. There she will see the truth about who James is in his natural environment. There James will be confronted by the realities of the futures he's chosen and will have to make his decision.
Heat level was not as obvious in this story. Perhaps because the protagonists had less opportunities to explore that side of their relationship because of the restriction of the lawyer witness dynamic. They were well done and believable.
The story made me teary again at the end. These guys are really good guys. Looking forward to the next one. A Man of Distinction.
We see Rosebud and another of James Carlson's ex-lovers, his potential perfect political wife Pauline. Could have done without that one being spelled out but it was minor in the context of a very good and well written story. That was the reason why it didn't get the full five stars. Count it as four and a half.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
couldn't love the heroine
By Amazon Customer
I loved the writing of this author and felt the storyline was great. However, I couldn't stand behind the heroine. She was a drug addicted prostitute 9 years earlier, and then James finds her and wants her testimony for a case, dredging up the past. Then, he's supposed to be this really great lawyer, but he has sex with her with no protection and she thinks about getting a pregnancy test the next day. I've had a couple of kids. You won't know the next day if you're pregnant or not. There was too much unrealistic in this story. The other thing I really hated, is he was on track to becoming the President of the US, but just gives that all up for her. I love my stories to end with them both achieving their dreams. It was just too unrealistic for me, and I read thousands of romances, so I'm used to Cinderella stories and I like a lot of non-reality when I read, but this one wasn't fun for me. I gave it 3 stars for the original story line and because I enjoyed Sarah's writing style. Just didn't like the hero and heroine.
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