Jingo Street — Sharon Ervin

Max Marco, 36, murdered his first man when he was eight years old. New attorney Anne Krease, 24, grew up sheltered like a hothouse orchid. When naive Anne meets the semiretired “enforcer,” the chemistry between them is magnetic. JINGO STREET is a love story, not a romance. It has an inevitable ending, not a happily ever-after one.

"In Jingo Street Sharon Ervin has outdone her ability to create a story about people we immediately love and wish the best for. From the moment Judge Delmonico sentences Annie to a few weeks at a shelter on Jingo Street, I know I'm in for an “out of the box” tale by this talented author. Then Annie meets Rosco, a lovable boy/man and his brother Max, a man living on the wrong side of the law. More than that, he is charming, affable, and Annie falls hard. But wait, there is definitely going to be more to this story than two people in love. Ervin does the twist in a plot better than anyone I've read. I won't do a spoiler, but let's just say that the rest of the story is so enticing, so poignant, so distinct, that I could scarcely put it down till the last line was read. This is truly a love story you'll never forget, by an author you'll need to remember." --Velda Brotherton, author of The Purloined Skull and other novels