If you are familiar with Natasha Knight's Benedetti Brothers books, then you've probably run across Giovanni before. Now he has his own book. This book is a spinoff of that series, but you don't have to have read that series to read this book, since it's a standalone and any Benedettis you see are side characters.

Em has spent the past 4 years hiding. After her father died, she disappeared, but then she came back with a new name. Now her twin brother is running the cartel their father used to run, but she stays well away from it. She stays so far away from it that she even changed her name to avoid any kind of connection with her brother and the cartel.

Giovanni made a deal with Emilia's twin brother Alessandro, who promptly turned around and screwed Giovanni over. Now he wants what he's due. Giovanni managed to find Em and he tells her that she has one week to either tell him where her brother is or to get Alessandro to him. When Emilia tells him that she doesn't have anything to do with him, Giovanni doesn't believe her.

I didn't necessarily care for Giovanni all the time in this book. There were times when I thought that Emilia should've just given him a dope slap with a 2x4. I get that he is an alpha type of guy, but I think that he might've wanted to listen to Em a little more. However, I pretty much always loved Em. I thought that she was strong and a fighter, no matter what. Yeah, there were times when she learned to accept what was going on, but she would sit and bide her time until it was time to fight, which is really smart. Overall, I enjoyed the book, and Em was able to pull me into the book. ( )