Lori Foster

Contemporary

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I don't know much about mixed martial arts fighting, but I know what I like.

I like looking at a picture of Vitor Belfort on the Ultimate Fighting Championship Web site, www.UFC.com.

Vitor's body is a work of art. And like his fellow Ultimate Fighters, Vitor can do a lot of damage with many parts of his body because he's trained extensively in various disciplines of weaponless self-defense.

Which is not to say that these UFC boys are all, like, "wax on, wax off, Grasshopper."

Nuh. Uh. These men have at each other.

You might want to keep that, along with Vitor's body, in mind as you read "Jude's Law," the earthy, sexy, and tremendously entertaining new novel from Lori Foster.

Hollywood star-cum-small-town resident Jude Jamison isn't just buff, he's fought hard for and won two UFC world titles. His body's a beautiful machine, and it's running full-throttle for the one woman in Stillbrook, Ohio, who won't give him the time of day.

Even though she's wild about him, sweet-natured art gallery owner May Price is certain her best client, Jamison, is making sport of her when he intimates he'd like to see a lot more of her -- particularly in the Biblical sense.

When May's brother drags her into a life-threatening predicament, Jude's the only man May can count on to help her save the day.

Jude's got the brains and the brawn to do right by May and her brother. He just wants to know one thing:

Is May willing to share his bed in exchange for his protection?

In "Jude's Law," Lori Foster does that Lori Foster thing: tells a unique story about love and growth with an emphasis on fun and sexy.

Yet, Foster pulls no punches with dialogue or narrative. For instance, Jude talks and thinks like a guy's guy, which makes for hot love scenes and is essential to our understanding his frustrations and motivations.

And Foster's more than happy to throw her characters into sensual and moral fixes like May's. Because underlying Foster's work is a strong current of common decency.

It might have something to do with Foster's championing blue-collar characters and values. Her players are good people, often just working Joes and Janes made larger -- and way sexier -- than life by Foster's no-nonsense style of writing.

"Jude's Law" is yet another example of why Foster has few peers in writing consistently great romantically erotic themes and scenes. Fortunate for readers and romance in general, one sees her influence in the sensuality being written by many of today's best new romance writers.

Like I've said, I don't know much about mixed martial arts fighting. But I do know that "Jude's Law" is a fab read. I think you should --

Buy the book.

Don't miss the reissue this month of Lori Foster's four Winston Brothers novellas under the single title, "Wildly Winston." More info at www.LoriFoster.com

Next Week's Review and AuthorView: "Surrender," by Pamela Clare