The Belle Rive Ledger: A Scales of Justice Novel - Book 1

By: Carmichael, C. L.

What if winning every case came with a hidden cost?

Defense attorney Camille Durant is New Orleans' sharpest weapon-ruthless, brilliant, unbeatable. Evidence disappears. Witnesses falter. Juries sway. Guilty walk free. She calls it skill. New Orleans knows better.

Invited to a secretive retreat at Belle Rive plantation, Camille steps into the LeBlanc family's haunted estate, where old money hides older sins. There, she uncovers an occult ledger: a supernatural archive tracking decades of magical "corrections" for corrupt verdicts. Her own triumphs? Tragically imbalanced.

When her three worst clients die in ritualistic "accidents"-staged as heart attacks and crashes, marked by burned legal documents and tilted scales-the current, an ancient force of balance, demands payment for every outcome Camille tipped.

Bound by unbreakable scales etched into her skin, Camille must confess her complicity, betray her elite clients, and risk disbarment-or become the next correction. To survive, she'll have to dismantle the very empire her talent built and rebuild justice on new terms.

In a world where law bends to power and magic enforces truth, one attorney's reckoning could shatter Louisiana's shadows forever.

A razor-sharp supernatural legal thriller-gripping courtroom drama + Creole mysticism-perfect for fans of The Firm and Mexican Gothic.

Fans of razor-sharp legal thrillers, Gothic mansions, and morally complicated heroines will find a complete story with series hooks, perfect for readers of supernatural suspense, legal drama, and dark fantasy set in the modern South.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVT5Q2B7
• ISBN13: 9798995524908
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Nimble Resource, Inc.
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"