Someone to Believe In by Kathryn ShayMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ten years ago Clay Wainwright prosecuted Bailey O'Neill for harbouring a known criminal and hiding him from the police, she went to jail. Now, Clay is a senator with Vice Presidential aspirations and Bailey is the 'Street Angel' running an anonymous hotline to help kids get away from gangs. The two of them clash on a regular basis, especially since they have both been put on a task force to determine how spend the city's allocation of money from a Youth Crime Bill.
As the two of them argue on the task force the sparks fly, yet a chance meeting outside the task force shows that Clay and Bailey have another kind of spark. But is there any future for a scion of a political dynasty, groomed for the White House, and a single mother from an Irish Catholic background?
Set against this background romance is Bailey's attempts to help a young girl called Taz escape from a vicious gang called the GGs, but as Clay and Bailey get more involved Clay gets more concerned about Bailey's safety and tries to get her to quit.
I liked this a lot. Okay I could 'feel' it was a little out of date (often because of the clothing choices and colours) but the age old dilemma of a strong man, used to being in charge, being confronted by a strong-willed woman pursuing a career which puts her in danger, and how he reacts. Loved the romance and I thought the gang plot was suitably graphic and scary.
On to find book 2.
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