However, neatly dovetailing plotlines and plenty of family drama more than compensate. Jude and May are so graphically portrayed that it's impossible not to feel heat radiating off the pages, especially during their hard-earned love scenes, but their hostile back-and-forth makes their relationship, at times, forced and uncomfortable. When Jude discovers that the terms of the debt involve a personal threat, he steps in to protect both May and himself. May and her brother have no choice but to borrow the money from Jude and hide out at his palatial Stillbrook estate. Though May does her best to thwart Jude's bold advances, she winds up pleading for his help after her ne'er-do-well brother, $50,000 in debt, is beaten by loan shark goons.

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Since first publishing in January 1996, Foster has become a USA Today, Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. She also writes Urban Fantasy novels using her first and middle initials, L.L. “With her trademark blend of danger, humor, and passion, Foster has written another entertaining romance.”-Booklist (starred review) “It’s impossible not to feel heat radiating off the pages.”-Publishers Weekly Praise for Lori Foster “Foster writes smart, sexy, engaging characters.”-Christine Feehan “A Lori Foster book is like a glass of good champagne-sexy and sparkling!”-Jayne Ann Krentz “Lori Foster is a funny, steamy, guaranteed good read! Say YES! to Lori Foster.”-Elizabeth Lowell “Lori Foster writes about real people you’ll fall in love with.Sexy bad boy Jude Jamison, a former prize-fighter and wealthy actor who has given up Hollywood for sleepy Stillbrook, Ohio, develops a mad crush on curvy, conservative gallery owner May Price in this appealing contemporary romance from bestseller Foster (Wild). Lori Foster is a best-selling American writer of over seventy romance novels. And after that, she’ll have no delusions about just how much he wants her. Jude Jamison is going to lay down the law for May Price. If May can’t respond to his compliments and sexy innuendos, he’ll just have to spell it out for her. Joking? Joking does not involve lots of cold-shower therapy. Every time Jude tries to get close to the skittish businesswoman, to take her in his arms, she thinks he’s joking. She’s everything the former Hollywood bad boy actor came to Stillbrook, Ohio, hoping to find: open, honest, lovable, and full of those luscious curves you don’t find on stick-figure starlets-curves May doesn’t seem to appreciate in herself. For Jude Jamison, his frustration has a name-May Price. There’s only so much frustration a guy can handle before he gets a little nutty. The pages sizzle!”-Christine Feehan When it comes to love, he plays to win. First in the Law series from the New York Times bestselling author.

Jude's Law by Lori Foster