As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a “faithless elector,” caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent—with each revelation more explosive than the next.The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote … winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod, the Machiavellian incumbent, was spared from impeachment only because his political foes were certain they would oust him at the ballot box. Now, he appears to have secured a second term, thanks to a narrow victory in the Electoral College.
His opponent, Florida Senator Evan Stahl, saw his campaign rocked by allegations of an extramarital affair—with another man. Despite the salacious headline-making scandal and the surrounding media frenzy, most Americans chose Stahl to lead the politically polarized nation. But Stahl is refusing to concede. Backed by millions of supporters, he looks to individual members of the Electoral College to cross party lines.
Gun lobbyist Charlotte Holmes is one of Floridas twenty-nine electors who is bound by law and by oath to cast her vote for MacLeod, who won Florida by the thinnest of margins. When Charlotte announces that she intends to vote her conscience and throw the Electoral College to Stahl, the president and his Florida machine haul her into court on felony charges—which, for some, isn’t nearly punishment enough.
Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is going to use every legal maneuver he can to keep his new client free—and alive. MacLeod’s hand-picked prosecutor is determined to prove Charlotte is unfit to cast a vote. Dredging through her past, he’s looking for skeletons to humiliate and discredit her, while others with far deadlier intentions have begun acting on their threats.
As the pressure mounts, Charlotte and Jack must decide how far they’ll go to stand their ground in the stand-your-ground state.
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Charlotte Holmes is on the electoral college board for Florida. In a close election, she chooses not to commit with her state for the Republican candidate. This leads to many political twists and turns and a “stand your ground” situation. Jack Swyteck is her lawyer. This is an engrossing thriller with comparisons to our current political situation. Highly recommended.
The worst book I have read by Grippando. It is a thinly disguised Trump who has an electoral college appointee change her vote from Trump because he is unworthy.
This book is wickedly reminiscence of the current political climate. It is an absolute joy to read. I highly recommend it.
A Jack Swyteck novel for the current political times. Perhaps too much “lawyering” for non-lawyers but, as a lawyer, I enjoyed it. The political intrigue is entertaining and one of the characters is spot on to a current political personality. Good read.
Awesome book
I liked this book, I have read a lot of books this author has written. This book somewhat parallels life in our country now.
A little transparent.
A very relevant book about what happens when an elector of the electoral college decides that she may change her vote. There are repercussions for the election as well as for her personally, so she hires Jack Swytek to be her attorney. Filled with action and a fast pace that is what I am accustomed to from Grippando’s books, this book did not disappoint. At first, I was leery about reading this one because of the topic. As a die hard supporter of the Electoral College system, I feared that this would represent liberal ideas about getting rid of it in favor of the popular vote. That did not prove true at all although I did learn something about the voting system by reading the book. Fans of Grippando and legal thrillers will enjoy this book. Faster paced than Grisham but with the same well-developed plot and characters, this book is a good one to read during these long days of isolation.
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I enjoyed this book! I have been a fan of James Grippando’s work for a long time. I haven’t read all of his books yet but I have read the majority of them. I have found his books to be consistently good and I look forward to each new release. I had a great time with this book from beginning to end.
I did want to mention that this story is a political one. I tend to go into books blindly if it is at all possible so I was a little surprised by this fact once I started reading. If I had read the book’s description, I would have expected to see a lot of politics. I thought that the story raised an interesting question regarding the duty of the electors. The President in this story looked a whole lot like our current President. Too close in my opinion. I tend to enjoy characters that don’t so closely resemble actual individuals but that is just my preference.
The book opens on election night and once again, everything hinges on Florida. The current President ends up winning the electoral college even though he was behind by eight million votes in the popular vote. If just a few electors cast their votes differently than their state voted, there could be a very different outcome. Charlotte is an elector in Florida and she decides that she will cast her vote for the candidate that did not win her state. Let’s just say that things get very interesting for Charlotte once this decision is announced.
I enjoyed this story quite a bit. There were a whole lot of twists and turns that I did not see coming and I found the story to be very exciting. I really enjoyed all of the legal ramifications and maneuvers in the story. There were several different mysteries throughout this book and it was great to see everything start coming together as the story progressed. This book can easily be read as a stand-alone but fans of the series will enjoy checking in with Jack, Theo, and all of the other characters from the series.
I would recommend this book to others. I found this book to have plenty of action and excitement along with a very relevant premise. This was one that I didn’t want to put down once I started reading. I cannot wait to read more of this author’s work.
I received a digital review copy of this book from HarperCollins Publishers – Harper via Edelweiss.