A Casey Cort Legal Thriller Series

A mother with an explosive secret. A daughter who spills it. The rookie lawyer with something to prove. Cleveland lawyer Casey Cort is desperate to get her law practice off of life support. When a federal judge seeks her out for her expertise in juvenile court, Casey thinks she’s found a lifeline. Frustrated with Cuyahoga County’s arbitrary handling of abuse and neglect cases, Casey’s determined to keep the judge’s daughter from the clutches of foster care. But she’s unprepared for a system that snubs its nose at justice. With a client prone to self-sabotage, can Casey redeem herself by saving them both? Judged is the first book in the high-stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, shocking political corruption, and gripping stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s explosive novel. Download Judged to experience Casey’s fight for justice today!

⚖️ The Brody family destroyed her. Now they want her back. Like a ‘B’ list actor finally getting her fair share of recognition, Cleveland attorney Casey Cort is riding an unfamiliar wave of popularity. For the first time, her services are in demand. Well-heeled clients are knocking at her door. Even her rich ex-boyfriend, Tom Brody, wants her back. But entry into the upper echelon comes at a price. Newly minted assistant U.S. Attorney, Miles Siegel wants to jumpstart his career with the single case that will assure a promotion, prosecution of the corrupt Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court judge Eamon Brody. The jurist’s powerful brothers—one a presiding judge and the other Ohio’s attorney general—aren’t about to let that happen. When Casey gets hired by single mom Claire Henshaw, to terminate the rights of her irresponsible baby daddy, the redeemed lawyer handles her first case before the beleaguered Judge Brody. While visiting the judge’s chambers Casey stumbles upon a secret that could shatter everyone’s lives. As Casey knows from agonizing personal experience, blowing the whistle and seeking justice are two completely different things. She’s not going to make the same mistake twice. Ransomed is the next installment in the high-stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, gripping political corruption, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning tale. Get Ransomed to experience edge-of-your-seat suspense today.

⚖️ Stolen. Trafficked. Caged. ⛓️ Struggling to pull together the pieces of her life after another falling out with Ohio’s most powerful political dynasty, Cleveland attorney Casey Cort turns her attention toward her budding relationship with rising assistant U.S. Attorney Miles Siegel. But their courtship comes to an abrupt halt when a single phone call catapults them from their first date and onto the scene of a horrific crime. The discovery throws Miles into a frantic search for a criminal mastermind, known on the streets as Sledge Hammer. Meanwhile, Casey realizes she may hold the key to solving the ‘Container’ case—and to the freedom of innocent women and children in Cleveland’s heinous sex trafficking ring. Can Miles and Casey put the clues together to solve the mystery before the trail runs cold? Caged is the next installment in the high-stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, gripping crime investigation, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning story. Download Caged to experience edge-of-your-seat suspense today.

Two rich families. One poor student. Who will win? Casey Cort is proud of her struggles. She’s the first in her family to graduate from college. After finishing her legal education, she’ll be the first in her family to have a job in an office. Her rags-to-riches tale is her immigrant parent’s dream come true. Then weeks before law school graduation, Casey discovers that the son of Cleveland’s most admired family—one that saved the city’s football team—is at the center of a cheating scandal. When she blows the whistle not everyone is on her side. The decision to do the right thing turns Casey’s once-solid future to quicksand under her feet. Will Casey pay the price for an offense she didn’t commit? Disgraced is the next installment in the sensational Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, engrossing political intrigue, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning story. Buy Disgraced to read Casey Cort’s rags to almost riches story today.

One bullet. Two stories. Troy Duncan has just one thing on his mind: how he is going to give his two young children and fiancé a nice Christmas when it’s unclear whether his job at a struggling restaurant will last through the winter. When he leaves work early on another slow night, he steps into a confrontation that changes his life forever. Cleveland Police Officer Marc Baldwin has been on the job for more than two decades, risking his life every day to keep the city streets safe for others. One cold night in December, he gets a routine call to break up drug activity in the newly popular Flats district, but what happens there is anything but routine, as circumstances prompt Marc to draw—and fire—his service weapon. Attorney Casey Cort is finally changing her life for the better. After an uplifting year of pro bono adoption work under her belt, she is hoping to start a practice free of the emotional turmoil and the moral ambiguity of criminal defense and divorce. Easier said than done, particularly when a new, high-profile referral comes from a most unlikely source. Once again, Casey finds herself in the middle of a major controversy—and a city on the verge of a riot. Unarmed is the next installment in the high stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, the fight for justice, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning story.

One baby. Two mothers. King Solomon’s choice was easy compared to this. Ready to pivot her legal practice away from the stress and moral ambiguity of criminal law, Casey Cort accepts lucrative referrals from the Hudson Adoption Agency. But when she’s ready to finalize a client’s first adoption, she learns the child’s origins aren’t all they seem. After escaping a brutal home life, Alile Rubadiri is denied asylum in Britain. To avoid being deported to Africa, she ventures into the shady world of illegal au pairs…and discovers that her new young charge may be the child stolen from her. Without family, money, or legal status, Alile has no means to fight for her daughter. And the ambitious surgeon who claims to be the little girl’s adoptive mother is fighting to keep her at all costs. Caught in a battle of Biblical proportions, Casey prays for the wisdom of Solomon because both women will do anything for their daughter, but a judge can only choose one mother. Kidnapped is the next installment in the high stakes Casey Cort legal thriller series. If you like strong women, the fight against child trafficking, and stories ripped from the headlines, you’ll love Aime Austin’s page-turning novel.