From the back of the book: "The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track--until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired. In a matter of days, Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha's new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal."

A fish-out-of-water story with that superb Grisham view into the legal world. I enjoyed it very much, but would have eliminated the (half-hearted) romance altogether and played up some of the smaller side stories of the people who came to the legal aid clinic instead, which I found more interesting.

I forgot to journal the release of this book last year and honestly don't remember where I left it, but I think it was here :-) Let me know where you've found it!

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