I loved how Jack became so vulnerable with Justine and how they did have some conflict near the end that almost ripped them apart. If the beginning wasn't so slow and sweet, this book would have easily been a five star read. Once we got halfway through, though, this book picked up, the sparks flew, we knew more about Jack, and there was some serious suspense that kept me on my toes. Their relationship is very sweet and slow and I wish it had more oomph in the beginning. He's dangerous, but when Justine asks for help, he decides to help her if she returns the favor in whatever way he asks. She enlists the help of Jack, who is a bad guy who is basically the head gangster of New York. She's still do whatever it takes to help the women of the city in need, though. Justine is a do-gooder like her sisters but she's more kind and not as risk-taking. When this book first started, it was definitely a soft, sweet story. I was excited to read the story of the last sister and her romance with a bad guy! I devoured the first book in this series earlier this month and already know that I need to read more of Joanna Shupe's books. 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 beautiful do-gooder who must decide if she can team up with one of New York's brashest criminals without losing something irreplaceable: her heart.

The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe