No one has ever done that to him before, especially a woman. Justine works her way into his office and confronts him. One ‘dead-beat dad’ was an employee of Jack Mulligan. Justine took up their cause and tried to hunt these men down. Justine’s passion is helping those less fortunate, centering her philanthropy on women who's husbands have walked out, leaving them bereft. He is portrayed as the worst of the worst, but is he really? We were also introduced to Jack Mulligan in the previous tale. Seemingly mousy and timid, Justine comes into her own in this story. We were introduced to Justine Greene in the first two books of the series. This is the third book in the Uptown Girls series. Crime, corruption, graft, and greed were rife in this time period, and Ms. Love, love, love this author and the amount of time she puts in doing research on this time in history! It’s absolutely spot on describing the turn of the 20th Century in New York City. Is she ready to make a deal with the devil…? And when Justine’s past catches up with them, Jack may be her only hope of survival. 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.įorming an unlikely alliance, they discover an unexpected desire. Justine is devoted to tracking down deadbeat husbands and fighting for fair working conditions. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene―the very definition of an iron fist in a velvet glove―Jack may have met his match. Now he rules his territory better than any politician or copper ever could. Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery’s mean streets, Jack Mulligan survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. 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.
“Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!”―Sarah MacLean
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