title: In My Defense: An Unlikely Romance, a Deadly Gunshot, and a Young Widow's Road to Redemption
author: Leigh Ann Bryant
description: Leigh Ann Bryant, an award-winning writer, survived her marriage to an abusive man, whom she ultimately killed in self-defense. She was jailed and stood trial for capital murder. Leigh Ann has worked as a registered nurse in several areas of specialty, and currently works as an acute-care dialysis nurse. She speaks at prisons throughout the US telling her riveting story, and lives with her husband and son in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.<br /> <br />
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  **Also by T.R. Ragan**
  
   _Abducted_ (Lizzy Gardner Series #1)
  
   _Dead Weight_ (Lizzy Gardner Series #2)
  
   _A Dark Mind_ (Lizzy Gardner Series #3)
  
   **Also by Theresa Ragan**
  
   _Return of the Rose_
  
   _A Knight in Central Park_
  
   _Finding Kate Huntley_
  
   _Taming Mad Max_
  
   _Having My Baby_
  
   _An Offer He Can’t Refuse_
  
   _Here Comes the Bride_
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  Text copyright © 2014 T.R. Ragan
  
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  Published by Thomas & Mercer, Seattle
  
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