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𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲🕒: 2 minutes

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Susie Tate ✍🏻𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 339📖

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.”
“𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
“𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠.”

⚖️Barrister x Schoolteacher
📚Age Gap
⚖️Found Family
📚Grumpy MMC
⚖️Single Dad
📚Forced Proximity
⚖️Protective Hero
📚All. The. Groveling.

Susie delivers yet another scrumptious serving of a groveling hero. 🤌🏻

Rafe is peak Tate MMC—dashing, protective, just self-assured enough to occasionally trip over his own ego, and the type to act first and grovel later (which, frankly, I’ll never be mad about).

Clara, on the other hand, is the opposite—quiet, careful, and doing her best to slip through life unnoticed. Enter one sweet boy and his entitled lord of a father, and suddenly “unnoticed” is no longer an option.

Their relationship builds slowly and steadily. The heat isn’t off the charts, but it simmers beautifully. Like most of Susie’s books, you’re so pulled into the story that the spice feels like a reward rather than the main event.

Mrs. Clayton, though—an absolute icon. She channeled full Queen Headmistress energy every second she was on the page. I adored how little she cared about Rafe’s status and how she refused to defer to him. I about imploded when she strutted up to a gang of thugs, scolded them, and basically sent them to time-out. 😂

And Clara’s showdown with her father? Perfection. Picture me at a Super Bowl touchdown celebration—but less jerseys and chips, more wine and pajama pants.

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.”

“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯.”

Give that woman a crown—she’s clearly royalty. 👑

And while we’re handing out love, let’s not forget Ruben Mason. He genuinely cared for his sister and did what he could to protect her while surviving his own circumstances. My heart broke a little when he ended up locked up too. Someone, please, give that man his own HAE.

Law Maker is book 1 in Susie Tate’s new 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 series, releasing 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵—and all three books are dropping next year. Cheers to having something deliciously romantic to look forward to in 2026. 🥂