Opposing Counsel

Releases February 12, 2027

A Black Contemporary Romance by Katrina Y. Williams

He represented her ex-husband in their divorce. Now he might be the one man she can’t afford to fall for.

At forty-one, Kenya Riddick has rebuilt everything her marriage cost her—her name, her peace, and a thriving home care agency in Portsmouth, Virginia. The last thing she needs is another man complicating the life she fought to reclaim.

Especially not Malachi Whitfield.

Malachi is a respected family law attorney who has spent twenty years watching love become evidence. He also happens to be the lawyer who represented Kenya’s ex-husband in their divorce.

She hasn’t forgotten.

Neither has he.

But when a guardianship case involving one of Kenya’s elderly clients puts them unexpectedly on the same side, resentment starts giving way to something far more dangerous.

Attraction.

Between courthouse run-ins, seven-minute ferry rides across the Elizabeth River, late-night conversations, stolen kisses, and chemistry neither of them can keep pretending isn’t there, Kenya begins to see a different man from the attorney she remembers.

And Malachi discovers that wanting Kenya is easy.

Loving her without trying to manage the outcome is much harder.

Because when his instinct to protect her crosses the line into making choices for her, Malachi risks becoming another man who believes good intentions give him the right to decide what Kenya can handle.

And Kenya has already lost herself in love once.

She won’t do it again.

Opposing Counsel is a romance-rich, grown Black contemporary romance about desire, trust, second chances, and learning the difference between standing beside someone and standing in their way.

Perfect for readers who love:

❤️ Grown Black love
⚖️ Lawyer romance
🔥 Enemies-to-lovers tension
💋 Flirtation, chemistry & grown-folks heat
🖤 Black professionals in their 40s
🌊 Portsmouth & the 757
🏠 Family, community & meddling elders
💔 Emotional conflict with an earned HEA

Sometimes the person who once stood on the other side is the one you choose to stand beside.