In the Company of Killers
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Gossip Girl meets The Sopranos in this fast-paced drama about a teenage mafia heiress who would do anything to avenge her family, even join forces with her handsome enemy.
Inside the tony suburb of Scarsdale is New York’s worst-kept secret: The mob runs everything, and the Nicastro family is at the center. Seventeen-year-old Tasha Nicastro lives a life of glitz and glamour, but she has no idea her family harbors a dark truth.
Tasha might look like your classic high school mean girl, but behind the designer clothes is a sharpshooter who knows how to bring anyone to their knees. The only person who has ever gotten under her skin is her former best friend, Leo Danesi, the youngest son of the Nicastro family’s rivals. After Leo returns to New York older and more handsome, Tasha thinks he’ll be the worst of her problems—until the life she thought she knew takes a violent, shocking turn. When her father and beloved older sister are murdered before her eyes, Tasha learns the dark truth: Her family runs the most powerful Mafia branch in New York, and now she’s set to inherit it all.
Tasha vows vengeance on the mysterious new mob behind the hit, but she can’t do it alone. She needs someone who already knows the underground world to help track them down. And that person is none other than Leo, the heir to his own family’s dangerous empire.
But Tasha is a Nicastro. She’s been raised in the company of killers, and there’s absolutely nothing she won’t do to avenge her family. That is, if the enemy doesn’t put her in gold chains first.
Perfect for fans of:Mafia RomancesSecond Chance RomanceRivals-to-LoversThrillersMysteries
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen-year-old Natasha "Tasha" Nicastro is used to the power and prestige her name brings. After all, the Nicastros "ruled over this town and Westchester with my father wearing the crown." Headstrong Tasha has even been tapped to take over Nicastro Developments, the family business. When, during a party, an ambush results in the murder of her father and older sister, Tasha learns the truth—Nicastro Developments is a front for the Nicastro Mafia, "the most powerful criminal organization in New York and along most of the East Coast." With her life and her family's reputation on the line, Tasha must partner with her former best friend Leonardo Danesi, heir to a rival mafia family, to track down her father and sister's killer and uncover who—or what—has been targeting their organizations. As it becomes clear that a third mafia group is making a play for power, Tasha finds her childhood crush on Leo growing while her ex-boyfriend attempts to win her back. In this supenseful debut, Cook deftly wields swiftly paced alternating POVs to weave gripping romantic tension that doesn't get bogged down by political details. Characters cue as white. Ages 12–up.
