Inner Voice

When ambition and vulnerability collide, can two lawyers who've built walls around their hearts find their way to real connection? Madison Montgomery has spent fifteen years perfecting the art of control. As a brilliant corporate attorney at one of Manhattan's most prestigious firms, she's built a life of razor-sharp strategy and carefully maintained distance—from colleagues, from entanglements, from anything that might threaten her carefully constructed independence. Love is a luxury she abandoned long ago. Career is everything. Then Ethan Ashford walks into her corner office. A sophisticated independent counsel brought in to partner with Madison on a $14 billion tech merger, Ethan should be nothing more than a temporary obligation. But as they navigate the complex regulatory landscape of the Everett-Halliday deal, something unexpected emerges—a collaboration that feels less like professional necessity and more like finding someone who actually understands you. As late nights in conference rooms turn into stolen moments between depositions, Madison discovers that Ethan sees through her carefully maintained façade. He challenges her assumptions, makes her laugh when she's running on coffee and spite, and worst of all—he makes her wonder if the life she's built is actually a life at all, or just an elaborate escape. But when Madison learns Ethan has been keeping secrets—an ex-wife, an eight-year-old son, a whole life outside the firm—she faces a choice she's spent seven years avoiding: Risk everything for something real, or retreat to the safety of work and isolation. Set against the high-stakes world of corporate law, Inner Voice is a story about two people learning that the most important arguments aren't the ones you win in court—they're the ones you have with yourself about what you're actually willing to fight for. A contemporary romance about ambition, vulnerability, second chances, and the courage it takes to listen to your inner voice.