The River - 5 Min Preview

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(drama, romance, legal) Reis Crawford made a name for himself in the legal field by winning cases other attorneys thought were lost causes. Courted and groomed by one of Seattle’s oldest and most prestigious law firms, Reis enjoys a life of money and power he could only dream of as a child. One of Reis’ most high profile clients is Ray Lyons, a prominent Seattle real estate developer. Reis has successfully represented him in six DUI cases, all of them dismissed through artful legal arguments and dogged fact-finding. But the stakes escalate when Lyons is arrested again for drunk driving. This time, he's also charged with vehicular homicide. Realizing that having kept a client with a drinking problem out of jail may have resulted in someone’s death, Reis takes a sabbatical from the firm and escapes to the Skykomish River to fish for steelhead and to work through his guilt. On the river, Reis meets Amanda Black, a wholesomely beautiful woman who, like him, enjoys the solace of chasing steelhead. Amanda is the first woman in a long time who's stirred his interest beyond a simple one-night-stand. The couple share more than a passion for steelhead fishing and a romance ignites, the perfect relationship - until Reis makes the sickening discovery that his DUI client was the party responsible for the death of Amanda’s daughter. Will Reis hide the truth from her? Or disclose his involvement in the death or her daughter and risk losing her forever.