Mother's Ruling, My Death

Scott Durham spent his entire life trying to earn the love of his mother, Tricia Sullivan. But because Scott resembles the father who abandoned her after his birth, Tricia has always treated him as a painful reminder of the past. Everything Scott sacrifices goes to his younger half-brother, Miles West—the son Tricia truly cherishes. Then Scott is falsely implicated in a murder. For the first time in his life, he desperately needs his mother. As a respected judge, Tricia has built her career on justice and overturning wrongful convictions. Scott believes that if anyone can recognize the truth, it should be her. Instead, Tricia becomes the judge presiding over his case while Miles, still an intern lawyer desperate to establish his career, represents the opposing side. Tricia already knows how much winning could help Miles. So she asks Scott to sacrifice himself one more time. Confess. Accept a few years behind bars. Give his younger brother the victory he needs. When Scott refuses, she abandons impartiality and rules against him anyway. She tells him it isn't a death sentence. She is wrong. After Scott becomes known as an accomplice to murder, the victim's grieving family takes justice into their own hands and stabs him to death. Scott's spirit is inexplicably pulled back to his mother's side, where he watches her celebrate Miles's success while repeatedly ignoring calls informing her that her eldest son is dead. But when the truth behind the murder case finally begins to surface, Tricia is forced to discover exactly what her favoritism, abuse of judicial power, and blind faith in Miles have cost her. By then, there is no verdict she can reverse that will bring Scott home.