The Devil of Downtown

"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...?