Judge's Girls

Written by Sharina Harris

Narrated by Theresa Buchheister, Lori Gardner and Machelle Williams

Three very different women. Only one thing in common. But when their family patriarch dies and they must share his estate, the truths they discover will test them--and everything they think they know about each other.

Beloved Georgia judge Joseph Donaldson was known for his unshakable fairness, his hard-won fortune--and a scandalous second marriage to his much-younger white secretary. Now he's left a will with a stunning provision. In order to collect their inheritance, his lawyer daughter Maya, her stepmother Jeanie, and Jeanie's teen daughter, Ryder, must live together at the family lake house. Maya and Jeanie don't exactly get along, but they reluctantly agree to try an uneasy peace for as long as it takes...

But fragile ex-beauty queen Jeanie doesn't know who she is beyond being a judge's wife--and drinking away her insecurities has her in a dangerous downward spiral. Fed up with her mother's humiliating behavior, Ryder tries to become popular at school in all the wrong ways. And when Maya attempts to help, she puts her successful career and her shaky love life at risk. Now with trouble they didn't see coming--and secrets they can no longer hide--these women must somehow find the courage to admit their mistakes, see each other for who they really are--and slowly, perhaps even joyfully, discover everything they could be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980091752

Reviews for Judge's Girls

[donna.arnold · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I received the Judge's Girls as an advanced-copy to read and review from Bookishfirst, the author and publisher for an honest review.

The book is quick and easy to read and written with each of the 3 women's perspectives, in alternating chapters. Maya is the Judge's daughter from his first marriage, Jeanie his second wife along with her 16 yr old daughter, Ryder.

Maya is a well-respected lawyer at a small firm in Georgia. When her father, Judge Joseph, passes away and leaves her the family home with a stipulation that her stepmother Jeanie must be able to remain living there, her world is turned upside down. There is conflict, sadness, craziness, hate and love involving all three women.

The story focuses on each of the women's lives and how the each cope, individually and together to get through Judge Joseph's death and his final requests for each of them.