Midnight Before Christmas, William Bernhardt, 224 pages

Lawyer Megan McGee has plans for a quiet Christmas with her adopted bulldog when Bonnie Cantrell shows up at her office.  Claiming to be a battered wife, Bonnie wants a restraining order to keep her ex husband Carl away from her and her son.  When the reader meets Carl he seems to be everything that Bonnie describes.  As Megan interacts with Bonnie and Carl, she develops some doubts about the couple.  This book was a interesting read with some twists and turns that the reader may not see coming.