What is the title of your latest release?
AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
When an ambitious judge and a plaintiff’s attorney collide in a high-stakes case, an earthquake, online attacks, and strict ethical lines force them to decide whether protecting their careers means sacrificing the love neither of them expected.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I practiced law for over a decade in downtown Los Angeles, and it is my adopted hometown. I wanted the book to capture the sights, sounds, and flavor of practicing there.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
This is a tough question. At the start of the book, Judge Mahalia Jackson is aloof and career-driven. I think I would be intimidated by her. By the end, she has changed. After career and personal setbacks, her faith has grown. She is still complex and brilliant, but much more approachable.
What are three words that describe your hero?
Chivalrous, driven, and compassionate.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
Writing is a team effort. The various rounds of editing and polishing only make it better.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
My writing process is chaotic. I write scenes out of order as they occur to me. Some chapters I polish repeatedly, while others I leave untouched until the manuscript is complete.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Jasmine green tea by Rishi. It may not be very foodie, but it is the fuel that keeps me writing.
Describe your writing space or office!
I wish I had a dedicated writing space, but I do not. I write on my phone. I also write in coffee shops, the library, or any flat, uncluttered surface in my house.
Who is an author you admire?
There are many, but Jaime Jo Wright is one of them. She has an impressive output and a sharp understanding of the business side of writing.
Is there a book that changed your life?
The nonfiction book Losing My Cool: How 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture by Thomas Chatterton Williams. His father’s approach to education reshaped how we raised our children.
Tell us about when you got “the call.”
I had a lot happening in my life, and I am terrible at pausing to celebrate big moments. I was honored and humbled to sign with Kregel, but unfortunately, the exact moment my agent called is lost to me.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
I read across genres – Agatha Christie, Christian romance, historical fiction. I’ve recently discovered hockey romances.
What’s your favorite movie?
My kids tell me I constantly quote Moneyball. I love A Few Good Men for the courtroom scenes and almost anything directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
What is your favorite season?
Fall. I love changing leaves and the absence of humidity.
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
My birthday and my kids’ birthdays fall during Christmas week. Chaos seems to be the theme of my life, and Christmas birthday week is no exception.
What’s a recent TV show, movie, book, or podcast you highly recommend?
The new Matlock reboot starring Kathy Bates and Elsbeth. I am a sucker for TV shows featuring lawyers and legal cases.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, sausage.
What do you do when you have free time?
I watch Law & Order reruns and play WordFeud.
What can readers expect from you next?
Romantic legal dramas with courtroom scenes, high-stakes cases, faith journeys, and satisfying romances.
AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY by Jayna Breigh
A Romantic Legal Drama
As the youngest female judge in LA, Mahalia Jackson has her career goals carefully aligned. But when her mentor tells her she needs to break her shell of professionalism and show a little heart by volunteering for the Junior Jurors program, her plans begin to falter.
Attorney JD Cash heads up the Junior Jurors program, a project born out of his own troubled past. He leverages his position as an attorney to fulfill God’s calling on his life, supporting the orphans and widows of society who have lost beloved husbands and fathers to TransNation’s eighteen- wheeled time bombs roaming America’s freeways.
Mahalia’s rule—never date a lawyer—is a straitjacket that tightens when she presides over the case where JD serves as a young widow’s attorney. But when an earthquake leaves JD and Mahalia in a vulnerable position, her resolve begins to waver and she finds herself opening up to the sad-eyed lawyer. But online, anonymous colleagues and adversaries attempt to destroy Mahalia’s reputation and career.
A legal drama threaded with romance, An Appearance of Impropriety will show readers that real love is worth the risk.
Thriller Legal [ Kregel Publications, On Sale: January 27, 2026, Paperback, ISBN: 9780825448874 / eISBN: 9798897564712 ]
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About Jayna Breigh
Jayna is an award-winning writer of Romantic Legal Dramas – Suspenseful, Twist-Filled Mystery/Thrillers with Romance. She practiced “Big City Law” in Los Angeles for over a decade. Jayna loves funny, inspirational and painfully cute social media. The only real life drama allowed—British period pieces and games of Wordfeud.
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