title: Fatal Judgment (Guardians of Justice, Book 1) (Volume 1)
author:  Irene Hannon 
description: <b>"Extraordinary writing . . . a not-to-be-missed reading experience."--</b><b><i>RT Book Reviews</i></b><b> on </b><b><i>Against All Odds</i></b><b> (4 stars, Top Pick)<br /></b><br />U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward the coldhearted workaholic haven't warmed in the five years since she drove her husband--and Jake's best friend--to despair . . . and possible suicide.<br /><br />As the danger mounts and Jake gets to know Liz better, he's forced to revise his opinion of her. And when it becomes clear that an unknown enemy may want her dead, the stakes are raised. Because now both her life--and his heart--are in danger.<br /><br />Full of suspense and romance, <i>Fatal Judgment</i> launches a thrilling series featuring three siblings bound by blood and a passion for justice.<br /><br /><b>Praise for the books of Irene Hannon<br /><br /></b>"Fast-paced crime drama with an aside of romance . . . [and] an ever-climactic mystery. Hannon's tale is engagingly sure-footed."--<i>Publishers Weekly<br /></i><br />"Hannon is a master at character development."--<i>Library Journal<br /></i><br />"Superbly written."--<i>Booklist<br /></i><br />RITA-award-winner (and four-time finalist) <b>Irene Hannon</b> is the bestselling author of more than thirty-five novels, including <i>Against All Odds</i>, <i>An Eye for an Eye</i>, and <i>In Harm's Way</i>. A former corporate communications executive with a Fortune 500 company, Irene now writes full time from her home in Missouri.
zlib_text: Guardians of Justice #1
  Fatal Judgment
  A Novel
  Irene Hannon
  
  © 2011 by Irene Hannon
  Published by Revell
  a division of Baker Publishing Group
  P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
  www.revellbooks.com
  E-book edition created 2010
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher.
  The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
  ISBN 978-1-4412-1422-5
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of
  Congress, Washington, DC.
  Published in association with MacGregor Literary.
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
  
  To Sister Marie Blanche Marschner,
  who taught me freshm