Pattie's Best Deal, Dawn’s first novel in a series of four romantic legal thrillers, is set in Lower Manhattan in 2003. It follows the life of Pattie Anwald, a young pu​blic defender at the start of her career. Pattie means well and she has a good heart, but her crushing New York lifestyle eventually takes its toll on her. When a client vanishes and a mysterious adversary terrorizes her, her life spirals out of control.