{"product_id":"watershed-law-ross-richdale-9798469900733","title":"Watershed Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eLawyers, Alina Hanlon and Jarin Boyd meet while participating in a white water rafting trip at an in-service retreat for their profession at the \u003ci\u003eWhite Water Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e. They survive being tossed from a raft and over a waterfall in the upper Rangitikei River of the central North Island in New Zealand and manage to reach a bush hut just before a summer storm arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins this romantic thriller about their lives and those in the two Auckland law firms where they work. \u003ci\u003eSilverstone Law \u003c\/i\u003ewhere Alina works is an upmarket firm with a devious hidden agenda and corrupt leaders including Titan Silverstone. Jarin, is the owner of a small law firm \u003ci\u003eBoyd and Boyd \u003c\/i\u003einherited from his father, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edealing with mainly family law clients\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they become closer, Alina tells Jarin about a previous Silverstone\u003ci\u003e Law\u003c\/i\u003e Christmas party where she along with other female colleagues had been drugged and sexually abused. Her selection to attend this in-service course was made to pacify her but she is still humiliated and angry about the incident. She is, however, bound by a contact to remain with \u003ci\u003eSilverstone Law\u003c\/i\u003e for two years and fears that to break this contract will ruin her law career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Auckland, Jarin tries to help Alina out of the contract but it is her father Stan, a retired police sergeant with knowledge about Titan Silverstone who unknown to Alina threatens to expose the man if he doesn't release her from the contract. Titan does this but vows vengeance against her for even trying to lay a complaint against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlana resigns and joins Jarin at\u003ci\u003e Boyd and Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e to become a highly successful lawyer in family law with her mainly women clients. She also helps other women from her old firm to further antagonise Titan Silverstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJarin and Alana research the practices of \u003ci\u003eSilverstone Law\u003c\/i\u003e and find it owns \u003ci\u003eWhite Water Lodge and\u003c\/i\u003e is under investigation by the police for illegal drug offences and the importation of young women to service a prostitution sham there. Alana and Jarin along with Doug McCann, a private detective set out to expose the firm and bring Titan and others responsible to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir findings led to a police raid on the lodge but danger and retaliation from the powerful Titan and \u003ci\u003eSilverstone Law. \u003c\/i\u003eIn his eyes, if this slut of a girl thinks she can ruin his reputation and that of his firm she along and her new boyfriend would both suffer the consequences of meddling in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well, Alina and Jarin help Mukta, Freja, Darsha, Farzeen and other women caught up in the scandal at \u003ci\u003eWhite Water Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e with their passports seized and little hope of ever paying off the fake debts they incurred to bring them to New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso there is Henrick, the hermit who owns the bush hut above the lodge who reluctantly accepts help in his time of need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan they succeed against the odds or does the ruthless Titan Silverstone and the powerful\u003ci\u003e Silverstone Law \u003c\/i\u003eoverwhelm\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eevery effort made for justice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Richdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798469900733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Ross Richdale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167803908351,"sku":"9798469900733","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watershed-law-ross-richdale-9798469900733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}