Osage is a doctor with her own practice who is the backbone of her family Holding down her incarcerated brother, supporting her grandmother and cleaning up her sister's mess, plus being a single mom while her daughter's father is also imprisoned is a lot for one person. So she supplements her income by patching up street hustlers who can't always go to a legit hospital when they get injured. One night, she gets called up to save none other than Jude Carbine, her long lost childhood connection whom she never forgot. And he never forgot her.

After Safe to Surrender and Feel Me in the Dark, I couldn't wait to meet Jude. I love a hotheaded younger brother. He was just as brash and arrogant as I imagined and I ate it up. I love the way he dictated his own circumstances, even going away from his family. It was misguided but it reflected his need to control his own life. But I do still love his bond with Preach, Duke, and Iman, and how he made amends when it was time and it mattered. He was careless in some places, but it was his emotions getting the best of him, you could tell.

Osage seemed a bit uptight to me and a bit too judgmental of street life for someone who was waist deep in it herself. But she suited Jude--the calm to his storm. Her relationship with her daughter was good reading and I liked the way she handled business. I loved seeing her talent on display but also loved when she opened up and felt like she could relax. They were a good couple and I liked this book so much.