“Fine. Here’s what my problem is. In the past week I was off
the team, you never once came to see me. You didn’t tell me how stupid I was
being or try to make me see that you were innocent. And you didn’t stand outside
my window holding up a boom box and playing our song…you know, if we’d had
one.” ~ Jules St. James
I had the pleasure of reading an advanced copy of this book.
Raised mostly by her father and her grandparents, Julianna
St. James aka Jules isn’t your typical 16 year old girl. She is an Enforcement
Officer otherwise known as a Bounty Hunter in Texas. Her father is the owner of
Lonestar Bail Bonds . It is the family business and something she loves to do
and she is good at it- although she isn’t allowed to do the actual take downs or
bookings- she is very capable of incapacitating a full grown man in a matter of
seconds.
Her dad is offered a big case to help apprehend a million
dollar bail jumper in Florida and since Jules is too young to go along. Not only
can’t she go along, he sends her to her mother’s (Annabel) house in Savannah,
Georgia, her mother she hasn’t spoken to in years. Her mother that chose her
high society, money loving, snobby family and friends over them. Pissed off and
hurt she storms out of her house. Her dad goes to talk to her and lets her know
that not only does she have to go but he also has a jumper he needs her to do
footwork on and also gives her the opportunity to work with her cousin, Raye who
just started his own bail bonds company.. The jumper she needs to gather intel
on is one of Savannah’s high society males, Emmitt Marshall who is now a wanted
man. Her dad doesn’t want her focusing on Emmitt; he wants Jules to get close to
his son Jackson, who happens to be dating her cousin from hell, Bryn. Feeling a
little better about the situation, she reluctantly goes.
Jules and her mom have a strained relationship and it doesn’t
help that her mom is throwing her a party to introduce her to society. Jules is
not a happy camper, she doesn’t do ball gowns, waltzing, fancy food. Her Aunt
Vivian helps her through it all.
While doing her research she goes to visit with her cousin
Raye, and there she meets his soon to be stepson Wyatt. Realizing she had no
idea on how to flirt with Jackson and the complication of her cousin being his
girlfriend, Wyatt and Jules come to an agreement. He will teach her how to be a
flirt and she will teach him the ropes on becoming a Bond Enforcement Officer.
Friendships are formed, love is discovered and secrets are
revealed and forgiveness is found. Jules finds herself having to make a choice
to follow her heart or to follow the law…
Jules is a wonderfully written character she does have her
teenage tendencies but has a great head on her shoulder. She is pretty,
confident, smart and funny.
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