"Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!"--Sarah
MacLean
The final novel in Joanna Shupe's critically acclaimed Uptown Girl
series about a beauitful do-gooder who must decide if she can team up
with one of New York's brashest criminals without losing something
irreplaceable: her heart.
Manhattan kingpin.
Brilliant mastermind.
Gentleman gangster.
He's built a wall around his heart...
Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery's mean streets, Jack Mulligan
survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. Now he rules his territory
better than any politician or copper ever could. He didn't get here by
being soft. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene--the very definition
of an iron fist in a velvet glove--Jack may have met his match.
She wears hers on her sleeve...
Justine is devoted to tracking down deadbeat husbands and fighting for
fair working conditions. When her mission brings her face-to-face with
Jack, she's shocked to find the man behind the criminal empire is
considerably more charming and honorable than many "gentlemen" she
knows.
Forming an unlikely alliance, they discover an unexpected desire. And
when Justine's past catches up with them, Jack may be her only hope of
survival. Is she ready to make a deal with the devil...?