Lori Foster Jude’s Law

Jude's Law

Lori Foster

Zebra, Feb 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 0821778021

Hollywood superstar Jude Jamison is not used to being rejected, but Stillbrook, Ohio gallery owner May Price declines his no longer subtle attempts at seduction. She refuses to believe that the famous hunk wants some Middle America spinster like her. Desperate, he decides to play hard ball with his polite rejecter, however swinging his hard bat fails as he strikes out once again.

Ready to lick his wounds as a loser and return to California defeated, Jude gets a break when May tells him she has a problem involving her brother. He insists on helping her and keeping her safe from her problem, but definitely not from him. However, as he closes in on the kisses of the century, his past arrives to cause the couple more trouble.

JUDE'S LAW is a fun screwball romantic farce, similar to the madcap movies of the 1930's. Jude is hilarious, as every time he is about to hit a home run, interference occurs. May is his innocent beloved who denies the Hollywood hunk is in love with her; she assumes he is playing and joking, though she admits his knowledge of art is a pleasant surprise. The suspense adds tension, but also amusement, as once again interference occurs into the seduction efforts of a former love machine who feels he is too young to be walking on three legs. Lori Foster provides a delightful lighthearted romantic romp.