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17-year old Lauren Sykes is the daughter of a mob boss and is promised into marriage to the son of another mob boss. When he tries to rape her she kills him and flees to the only man she trusts, a former employee of her father's, who's like a father to her. The two of them are now on the run, knowing her father will kill her, just like he killed her mother.
Lauren is a terrific character, brave, smart and very adult for her age. With the eventual help of an undercover agent and a young police officer, they manage to stay ahead of the mob, but with many harrowing near-misses.
The story is absorbing and very tense, it's hard to put the book down, I loved it. Highly recommended!

How strange it must be to be the teenage daughter of a crime boss. Knowing your every move is watched. Your only position is that of a useful commodity and if you stop being useful your father will kill you. All you can do is to learn as much as possible and keep your head down, even to the point of agreeing to marry an older man when told. This story is about what happens when she says no - emphatically.

Read it in one sitting.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I read an advance review copy of the book for free. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

Great read. Addictive, gripping and gets you thinking.
Haven’t read this author before but after devouring this in just one sitting I definitely will be reading more.

More like 3.5 since it's not my typical genre and for lots of graphic violence details. I enjoyed the second half much more and was so invested in the fast paced chase.