I have really enjoyed this series about a group of friends that start a small law practice together, thinking they would be able to set the rules and create a nice work/life balance. But starting any business is hard work and they have found themselves busier than ever.

This is the 3rd book in then 'Legal Affairs' lineup. Grace Maldonado is the protagonist this time. She ends up volunteering to travel to another country to get Campbell's sister out of a jam. Grace remembers Perry as the younger sister who was always trying to tag along with them. But it is hard for her to reconcile that little girl with the attractive and opinionated woman she confronts.

I didn't click with this installment as much as I did with the others. To be honest, I didn't really like Perry all that much. She was way too holier than thou about all the usual things people try to preach to others who aren't interested. Just when I would think that Perry and Grace were getting closer, there was some stupid disagreement that would take me right out of it. It wasn't that cute type of argument that you feel like there is fire between the two characters. They were situations where I just felt like Grace should walk away and say good riddance.

I did think the premise was interesting. I love forbidden romance. Getting involved with your best friend's little sister seems super taboo to me. Grace coming to terms with her attraction and feelings for Perry was entertaining.

Overall, I liked it. I wish that I liked Perry more and I was a bit disappointed when things finally got revealed. I was hoping for something more climactic.

I recommend this to people who like to read about romance, lawyers, opinionated women, travel, friend's little sisters you should stay away from, and crazy ladies on the street.

This one is the third and final installment of Taite's Legal Affairs series. This is a series I have thoroughly enjoyed and this third book was the one I was most excited. If you haven't read the previous two books, you are definitely going to want to start this series in order. I wouldn't recommend starting with this one.

Perry Clark is the little sister to Campbell, and the is the rebel of the Clark family. She has chosen to spend her time abroad as a non-profit lawyer for Lawyers for Change. In the dead of night Perry and her co-workers must flee Crimea. The Crimean government is set to arrest them for helping a journalist who has been arrested for decrying the injustices the the country has inflicted upon its people. Perry in her hurry to leave, loses her passport and credentials and needs her sister's help to rectify the matter.

Grace Maldonado is set to take her long awaited vacation. She's been working her tail off to get their new law firm up and running and its finally time to rest and relax. Right before she is set to go on her trip, Campbell drops the bomb about Perry being without a passport, money and illegally in London. Grace has the time so she rushes to save the day and grabs the fist flight across the Atlantic to help out the younger sister she still remembers fondly.
Perry has always had a thing for Grace. She has been crushing on her since she was a teen. Unfortunately Grace has never seen her as anything but a kid. Perry's crush comes back in full force as soon as she meets up her sister's best friend. These two strong ladies have an amazing time enjoying London. The fun must end as they head back to Austin. Perry feels the force of longing for more with Grace, but also being labeled as the kid sister and Grace feels guilty for feeling more than she should for Campbell's sibling.

I have liked all the books in the Legal Affairs series. As excited as I was for this one, I felt like it was missing something. More than anything this book needed some angst and longing. Give me more feels! There as so much potential here and it just needed a bit more. Don't get me wrong this is a good book, Carsen Taite always delivers. I just wanted a bit more to put this book from the good to great category.

This is the 3rd book in the Legal Affairs Romances series.
Campbell has a little sister, Perry, working as a nonprofit lawyer overseas.
Unfortunately, she has to leave the country to avoid to be arrested.

Perry lands in the UK, without a passport. Campbell come's to her rescue.
Well, actually Grace goes to London to pick up Perry with an emergency passport back to Austin.
Perry still hang-up to her parents' death, she is not able to make Austin her home.

But.....
Maybe Grace can make a difference.
In between trails and tribulations Campbell and Wynne are arranging their marriage..

They are all powerful women, this is what I like in the books by Carsen Taite.
She's one of my favorite authors.

I hope there will be more in the future for Clark, Keane, and Maldonado.

Thank you Bold Strokes Books and Netgalley for this ARC

This is the third book in the Legal Affairs, although it is not necessary to read the first two, as each book is a standalone romance. Perry works for a legal non-profit and when she gets into trouble and has to flee a country without her passport she has to call on her sister Campbell for help. Grace offers to help out her childhood friend and law partner, Campbell, by offering to fly to Europe to help Perry out. Perry used to just be Campbell's little sister, but when Grace meets her in London she meets an attractive, brilliant, and passionate young woman. Perry used to have a crush on her older sister's friend Grace, and when they meet face to face for the first time in years, she finds that that attraction hasn't gone away. Grace and Perry have very different trajectories in life, but their attraction puts them on a collision course that could change everything.

This book was a breath of fresh air in this series - I loved Perry's character she was a very unique and passionate. I liked the contrast she made between Grace but also between Campbell, Abby, Willow and Roxane. It was refreshing. The chemistry between the two women was really good and then tension was fantastic. I love this group of friends and it was nice to experience the continuation of their stories in the background.

<spoiler>However, I honestly don't know if this relationship can last long term because Perry just seems so different than Grace, her goals and dreams and passions. The way their situation wrapped up was a way for a happily ever to happen after but Perry's character falls apart in the long run if this is what she settles for. I feel like her real passion that makes her character so special would be compromised. But if I just focus on the book as it is and their relationship without thinking about the future then I can enjoy their chemistry and their relationship. I think no matter what happens in the future, Grace needed a relationship like this. I love the way she blossomed. And I think Perry too, even if this doesn't work out long term, being able to form healthy connections and relationships with her hometown and her siblings was special.</spoiler>

I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Carsen Taite is one of my favorite author. I thoroughly enjoy her books. However, this one for me was a bit dry. I thought Perry was a very selfish individual who didn't appreciation the things that was done for her. Yes, she and Grace knew each other for years, but I felt that their romantic relationship wasn't fully develop and too abrupt. I would have loved seeing them being more emotionally and romantically involved before declaring their love for each other. I would still recommend this book.

Thank you NetGalley, Bold Stroke Books and Carsen Taite, Best Practice.

3 stars
I love Carsen Taite. I think she is a very intelligent writer. And I usually like her stories but this one was too dry for me. The first half of the story was about Perry and her obsession for defending the weak in dangerous foreign countries. She had to flee the last country so fast she left most of her belongings, including her passport. She then waits in London for a replacement. Perry's older sister Campbell, and her 2 best friends Abby and Grace, have a law firm in Austin Texas. Grace volunteers to go save Perry and bring her home.
Ok...most of this so far was boring.
Now comes the romance part.. Perry is Cambells "younger" sister. So she used to follow the 3 best friends around when they were young. Perry has secretly always had a crush on Grace. When Grace sees Perry, she is amazed at how she has grown. Grace is very attracted to Perry. So they have a few days enjoying London. And then they return to Texas to wait for Perry's official passport so she can get back into her crusade for justice.
Dry, dry,boring, boring.
50% into the book the romance somewhat starts while Perry works with Grace to pass the time while she waits for the passport. I didn't get the chemistry between Grace and Perry.
Ok...The remainder of the story is, will Grace and Perry fall in love, if so how can it work when Perry wants to go and Grace must stay. Well...There is, of course, a remarkable resolution.
This is book 3 of a 3 book series. Each book concentrated on a partner in the 3 women law firm. This one was about Grace. Unfortunately I didn't read the previous 2 books. Maybe I would appreciate this book better if I had.
I was given this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the 3rd installment of the Legal Affairs series and I recommend you read them in order. This 3rd installment is about Grace Maldonado. Her other two friends and partners at the law firm have already found love. Grace is hard working and very practical. I am not really what else to say about her as she is not a terribly strong character for me. Perry Clark is Campbell's younger sister. Perry has worked overseas since graduating from Law school. She ran from Austin the first chance she could get and when she loses her passport she is not eager to come home for any amount of time. Grace becomes point person on trying to get Perry home because Campbell is eager to have her sister permanently in Austin.

Best Practice was very easy to read, but it lacked the depth that I needed to really see this two characters together. Grace and Perry spent such little time together that I am not sure how they managed to fall for each other. Well, Perry has always had a crush on Grace so I could see how maybe she could fall for Grace, but otherwise the story moved to quickly and the mains didn't spend enough time getting to really know each other. As I read this book, I just always wanted more. More interaction and depth.

The most I can give this is 3 stars.

I found I wanted to like this story more than I actually ended up liking it. I just couldn't bring myself to like Perry. I thought she was condescending and selfish. She rarely thinks of anyone but herself and spends most of the book being self-righteous and telling people how many families they could feed off what they spent on (what she finds to be) frivolous things - but never considers that same concept when it comes to what she spent on law school. Because of all that I couldn't understand why Grace was so in love with her. Especially when Perry basically ignores Grace's concerns and then gets mad when Grace doesn't just do what she wants her to. I just thought Grace deserved so much better.

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review of the story.

The characters are complex and believable.

Perry has always had a crush on Grace - as a young girl, she was a constant shadow as Grace and Perry's sister, Campbell, hung out.

Flash forward and you find Perry l, a liberal bleeding heart lawyer, stranded in London - no passport, no way to leave the country, on hold with her job.

Campbell and Grace - corporate, well paid lawyers by now - conspire to get Perry home to Austin, TX for good. No more traipsing around the world doing non profit work to make life better for the underdog.

In London, Grace sees Perry as an attractive, intelligent adult. Perry remembers her childhood crush.

The bottom line, can Perry go home, find love and gainful employment.

Will Grace get her happily ever after?

Best Practice is a nice short-ish conclusion to the legal trio of Campbell, Abby, and Grace. There's not a lot going on here, which is nice if a low-angst book is what is needed right now, and I'm not sure I bought the manufactured chemistry between Grace and Perry. I think that anyone who has read the first two books in the series will be satisfied, but as a standalone it would be lacking. The final chapter takes place at the wedding of Campbell and Wynne, but as a hopeless romantic I would've loved more detail about what they wore.

As a positive note, the writing is what you'd expect from Carsen Taite - nice flow, clean editing, and snappy dialogue.

This is the third book in Carsen Taite's Legal Affairs series, although this story is standalone, it's better to have read the other two books. The main characters from the previous books play a big role in this book, as they do across the series.

Perry gets herself in a bind when she doesn't have her passport after fleeing from Crimea. She contacted her sister Campbell to get the documents she needs. One of Campbell's best friends and law partners offers to take the documents to London and to get Perry to come home to Austin. Grace remembers Perry as her best friend's little sister who was always following them around, but Perry has grown up to be a very opinionated and strong young woman. Grace and Perry have a wonderful time in London. Perry was almost living her childhood fantasy with her childhood crush. But when real life happens back in Austin they will need to figure out what their next steps will be, if there are even combined steps and what it will mean for Grace's friendship with Campbell and Perry's free spirit.

I like all the characters from the Legal Affairs series, but I have to admit they got a bit on my nerves in this book. I suspect it has to do with the story itself, I see so much potential in this story, but there is so little done with it. It feels like this book and the way the story develops, a romance unfolds, it's all too easy. The book is very low on angst, while it could have been a great addition to the book. A bit more tension here and there would have done this book really good. I did enjoy the read because I like the characters, but this story is extremely flat in my opinion.

I'm a great fan of Carsen Taite's books, and I'm always eager to read the newest addition to her bibliography. It had been the case with this book as well. However, this has to be my least favourite Carsen Taite's book of all. Not that it wasn't good - on the contrary, when it comes to content and plot, you can always expect superb descriptions and details. But I had a problem with one of the characters - Perry. Her behaviour was quite irritating to me, all throughout the book - it was like she kept saying to everyone how adult and mature she was, but somehow always ending up failing in proving that. It might be just my biased feeling on it, but it's how I saw her through the book.

“If you tumble out, I’m going with you.” Grace frowned. “I don’t find that particularly reassuring.”
“Then how about we both stay safe?

This is a book on an age gap romance between two characters who are part of a group of friends in a series by the same author. Impressions are quickly formed on Perry, a lawyer full of aspirations in serving those who have no voice and means to defend themselves. She lives life on the edge and does not care for material comforts and worldly possessions.

The other main character, Grace, the best friend of Perry’s sister is an established lawyer and part of the trio who owns and manages their own law firm. Stable in her career, Grace plays by the rules and is largely going with the flow in her life until she met Perry again.

There was potential of a great love affair where readers could be treated to a storyline where opposites attract, a childhood crush materialising into something more, characters having to struggle with age gap insecurities and gaining the acceptance of their relationship within their group of friends. It all made for a great premise especially when one of the pair refuses to settle and the other does not drift.

However, Perry was not easy to relate or connect with and for a large portion of the book i kept hoping to see her turn the corner and own up for her behaviour and actions. The passion between the characters does have its sizzle but the pairing did not seem to be able to last that attraction.

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This book checks all the boxes, but I still wasn’t really able to connect. The two main characters have some really difficult feats to overcome. There is a lot of built up and once they finally get together, the story ends too quickly for my tastes. They overcome their challenges, but it all seems too superficial and a little too easy.

Campbell who is busy ask her best friend Grace and business partner to help Campbell sister Perry who had to flee with her colleagues in London after defending a government critic.

Grace goes and help Perry issue a new passport because while fleeing she forgot to grab her passport. Perry always had a crush on Grace and Grace always saw her as her best friend kid sister but now she seeing the woman she become. While waiting on her passport she goes home and works at her sister law firm. Grace and Perry grow closer.

Here the thing the first two books in this series were better in developing the romance of each pairing then in this book. Grace and Perry chemistry was there but I don’t know it’s just lack that spark. Perry she works for Lawyers of Change which she traveled the world defending the defenseless but I don’t see that woman she came off judgmental and whiny that I was like where is this mature woman at.

It’s ok read the other two books were better in the romance part but I did enjoy the legal sides of this story I just think Grace and Perry shoulda been flesh out more.

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

* I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

I literally couldn't wait to read this new installment of Legal Affairs (and I think it's the last one from these series) with Grace and Perry as the MCs.
I was intrigued by Grace in the previous books and I couldn't wait to read about her more. Even though this book has weaknesses, it kept me interested and I finished it all in one evening.
Perry, Campbell's adventurous little sister, left me somehow conflicted. One second I liked her and the next not, plus her passive aggressive relationship with her sister was a little bit unsettling. And Campbell in this book lost many cool points as she was really invasive and annoying especially when it came to other people's relationships.
The relationship between the two mains was believable and they had chemistry but I wish it was explored more. I like that Taite in this last series was more focused on the romantic and not the legal part of the story and I wish she continues with the same dynamic in her next works.
I definitely recommend this book especially for those who are fans of this author like me.

I had no idea this was part of a series. I don't think I missed much by having not read the others. It was a fine book, but not much happened.

I think this could very well be my favourite book in this series. I liked the previous two well enough but, as I’ve written before, I missed the legal / court element that I enjoy so much in Carsen Taite’s novels. For some reason, I didn’t miss it as much here, either because I know not to expect it in this series or – and I think that’s the real explanation – because I really liked the energy between Grace and Perry.

When her little sister Perry calls for help after having fled Crimea without her passport, Campbell Clark hopes to get her to come home to the U. S. and stay. Too busy with work and planning her wedding, she’s very relieved when her best friend and business partner Grace Maldonado offers to meet Perry in London with the papers she needs to get a new passport and try and convince her to give Austin a chance. Grace remembers Perry as a kid but soon finds out that she’s very much grown-up now. And charming and sexy. Perry’s childhood crush on her sister’s friend comes back in full force, even though the way they view the world and their work as lawyers – Grace in corporate law, Perry always on the side of the little guy – seems irreconcilable.

Best Practice is a light and easy opposites-attract age-gap read. It’s well-paced and fun, not overly angsty, with just enough tension to be exciting.

I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

3 stars. Perry Clark loves working for a non-profit traveling around the world. When she leaves her passport since she has to rush to leave to not get arrested, she is stuck in the USA until her new passport arrives. Her sister Campbell offers her a job working at her law firm. Perry takes it just until she can escape again. One thing she does not count for is her feelings for her sister's best friend, Grace. Perry has had a crush on Grace for years, and now she is spending more time with Grace than she ever has. Grace now sees Perry has a woman instead of the little kid who followed her around. She cannot get involved with her best friend's sister, especially since Perry does not plan to stick around.

This book was the weakest of the trilogy. I did not like how their relationship evolved, it seemed rather quick. There was also not enough tension for the way they portrayed their relationship. Perry and Grace had okay chemistry and their chemistry seemed to be based on just that they knew each other for such a long time. Their conversations were good, but I did not feel how their relationship developed, it went too quickly. I would only recommend if you have read the other two books in the series. I felt like there was not enough build up and it did not seem at first like Grace was interested in Perry as much as they portrayed later on. It was not well written enough.

This wasn’t a bad book. If it was on Kindle Unlimited then I would read it and be happy but Carsen Taite’s book are not cheap and I would expect more in that case. This book had no depth. Yes, there was the start of a connection in London but it kind of stopped there. Where did they really spend time together to fall in love? Was it at work? I don’t know because the work scenes were more about work. Also, for 80% of the book Perry acts like a spoiled brat and then she’s suddenly grown up enough to fall in love and walk away from her dream? She’s ok with staying in American, with the big houses and big cars, and all that she preached about throughout the entire book doesn’t matter anymore? She had gone through emotional growth but we didn’t get to read about it because the store focused on topical matters.