***From New York Times and USATODAY best-selling author Nicole Williams, a modern spin on a classic story.***
While the city of Chicago sleeps, a war wages in the streets between two powerful families. While the public assumes organized crime is nothing more than a chapter torn out of Americaโs history, the Costa and Moran families battle for territory and domination.ย
Caught up in the middle of this sinister world is Josette, the only child of Salvatore Costa, the ringleader and notorious godfather of Chicagoโs Italian mafia. After the Irish Morans attempted to assassinate her when she was a child, Josetteโs parents hid her behind the walls of their sprawling estate and kept her contact with outsiders to a minimum. But now Josetteโs eighteen, and sheโs questioning if a long life behind walls is worth trading for a potentially short one filled with excitement and adventure and all the things sheโs only lived in her dreams.ย
On the night she decides to risk becoming just an anonymous face in the crowd, Josette realizes that death isnโt only a possibilityโitโs a certainty. Yet when a young man comes to her rescue, the turbulent waters between life and death are further muddied.ย
Rylan is everything Josette isnโt . . . and sheโs everything he isnโt. Sheโs sheltered; heโs worldly. Sheโs thoughtful; heโs hot-headed. Sheโs sweet; heโs rough around the edges. Sheโs harmless; heโs dangerous.ย
Despite all of their differences, one overshadows them all. One difference means they can never be together unless theyโre ready to accept being hunted by the entire crime world for as long as they live.ย
She's a Costa. And he's a Moran.ย