“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…?