Ok. I messed up. I didn’t know what this book was about and I OBVIOUSLY ignored the trigger warning page assuming I’d be fine. I was not. Whew chile, I was NOT!

I'm still not sure I know what I read but imagine a virgin woman who knows what she wants but has not found the right man. Then imagine that the "right man" might be a little crazy and that is just a small sample of what's going on here!

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Leland’s book but I was pleasantly surprised. He was more nuanced and mature than I expected. And considering he’s the young one in the relationship, he was a good compliment to Kim.

Francesca is the oldest daughter from a Toronto mafia family. She’s a bit of a wild child but has helped raise her sisters since their mother died many years ago. She has plans to attend college now that’s she’s graduated high school, so she is understandably surprised and mortified to hear that she’s betrothed to the son of a mafia king in Italy. She doesn’t want go to Italy, doesn’t want to get married and is not interested in having kids right now.

I’m still not sure if I liked this book or not. To say there’s a lot going on is an understatement! We’ve got a high school in the worst neighborhood, teachers that don’t care, administrators giving BJs to other adults in their office 😳, school security that looks the other way and regular fights in the hallway.