What I’ve Done

What I’ve Done is the fourth book in Melinda Leigh’s Morgan Dane series, the romantic suspense and legal thriller franchise set in the upstate New York town of Scarlet Falls. The novel continues the connected world that the earlier Morgan Dane books established, with Morgan and her partner Lance Kruger working a new case that develops alongside the ongoing personal and professional storylines that the wider series has been building.

The central case in this entry involves a defendant Morgan has been hired to represent and a series of disturbing revelations that complicate the standard defense attorney work she had been preparing to do. The what I’ve done framing of the title points to the kind of confession or revelation that drives much of the central plot.

Melinda Leigh handles the suspense and romance balance with practiced confidence. The procedural elements are solid and the emotional beats land because she takes her characters’ interior lives seriously.

For longtime Morgan Dane series fans, What I’ve Done is a satisfying middle series entry. For new readers, the series rewards being read in order starting with Say You’re Sorry.