The Daughter Behind the Verdict

By: Voss, Sahara

Her name was hidden. Her marriage was arranged. Now she may be the only woman who can destroy the Circle.

Dr. Lila Cross has built a respected career and a carefully controlled life beside powerful judge Julian Reddick. Then Micah Grant-the man she loved and believed was dead-returns with evidence that changes everything.

Lila is the concealed daughter of Samuel Ellison, and her marriage to Julian was never a coincidence. It was a secret judicial order designed to give him control over her identity, her inheritance, and the final authority behind the Circle.

As the anniversary of the Mercer verdict approaches, Lila joins Claire Ward, Mara Ellison Thorne, and the women who survived the Circle's earlier betrayals. Together, they uncover a hidden system that has manipulated marriages, erased identities, stolen children, and controlled generations of women through sealed court records.

But exposing the Circle could reveal the protected identities of forty-three innocent women. To defeat Julian without destroying the people trapped inside his system, Lila must confront the mother who concealed her past, trust the man she once lost, and testify against the husband who believes he still owns her future.

This time, the women will not merely survive the verdict.

They will deliver it.

The Daughter Behind the Verdict is the powerful final installment of The Verdict Wives Trilogy, an emotionally charged romantic suspense filled with dangerous secrets, second-chance love, stolen identities, courtroom intrigue, and women reclaiming the truth that powerful men tried to bury.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HL7B1ZPZ
• ISBN13: 9798182823661
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Sahara Voss Publishing
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"