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Love Hate Law
An insurrection occurs at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan. A young woman is trampled to death by the rioters. The woman's father retains a rookie lawyer from small-town Saline, stunningly beautiful Andrea Kramer, to sue the state of Michigan and the former governor who contested the recent election and inspired the insurrection. Andrea is a struggling sole practitioner who recently decided to hang her shingle. The only office in her price range is a “haunted house and barn,” converted to office space because a family was murdered in the home years before. Everyone who visits swears it “smells funny.”
Michael O’Hara wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there. A naked woman lies sleeping in his bed. His phone alarm alerts him that he is late for an important meeting at the office, a silk-stocking defense law firm in Detroit. He apologizes to the woman and rushes to the office, where the firm’s senior partner meets with the Michigan Attorney General. The AG wants the firm to represent the state of Michigan in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the recent insurrection at the capitol. The senior partner has tapped the handsome, rugged, chiseled, 6-foot, 4-inch Michael, the firm’s most successful trial lawyer, to handle the case.
Andrea is passionate about justice, an advocate for the people, and wants to do well by doing good. Michael is a 'bad-boy' country club type lawyer, a sexy playboy who believes in winning at all costs, ethics be damned. The two attorneys clash from day one—when Michael first meets Andrea, he arrogantly informs her that she’s too inexperienced to win this high-profile case. Who will emerge victorious? What will be the personal and professional effects of one’s victory and the other’s defeat? Can romance blossom from such troubled roots? Can a big city 'bad boy' win the heart of a small town 'good girl'? "Love-Hate-Law" answers these questions and more.
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Book club questions for Love Hate Law by Mark M. Bello
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
The novel begins with an insurrection sequence at the Michigan State Capitol. A young woman is killed during the uprising which results in Andrea's first case for her new law office. This scene was based on current events. Putting aside political ideology, do you enjoy books that are pulled from real-life political or societal issues? Why or why not?
As you read "Love Hate Law," did you find yourself rooting for Andrea or Michael? The citizens or the government? Did your views about these characters and issues change as the plot developed?
How do you feel about lawyers and the legal profession? Do you think lawyers play an important role in society or do they deserve every lawyer joke you've ever heard?
Did you feel that Andrea and Michael were realistic characters? Could you see yourself represented by either or both?
Which antagonist did you dislike most, Rinke and/or the lawyers representing the government? Or Vincent Smith and Smith Toys? Or, were you sympathetic to their point of view and rooting for them?
Do you believe that citizens can rather easily obtain justice without a lawyer?
Do you believe that multi-district litigation (Class action) is a good way to resolve cases that have the same or similar issues? Have you had any experience with this type of litigation? Was it positive or negative?
Do you believe the justice system is fair to the "little guy?"
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