began reading Harlequin Flipsides for research, which is when I came across Dianne Drake's Lilly's Law. This book thoroughly entertained me.

To say traffic court Judge Lilly Malloy and newspaper owner Mike Collier have history together is like saying the Hatfields and McCoys had a minor misunderstanding. Lovers in the past, Mike's news stories twice precipitated Lilly's down fall. Hence she found herself presiding over traffic court in a small town. In the same small town, Mike owned a newspaper.

He appeared before her for nineteen parking tickets. She threw him in jail for contempt of court.

Thus began the trek to learn to trust each other. At the same time they joined forces to find out why so many people had been given parking tickets.

A scene where Lilly had to go on a date with a less than desirable suspect had me laughing out loud.

I'll admit I like to laugh more than I like to cry or even be moved by a book. Dianne Drake gave me multiple places in Lilly's Law to do that. She created three-dimensional characters that we care about through the story. I highly recommend this book.

Reviewed By: Chris Redding
© June 2004