Wow what an amazing book. Costello a mafia prince has a run in with Scotch. He saves her and her friend from being killed. The roller coaster adventure begins. A must read..

Loved the mythology and the heat level between Costello and Scotch. A believable relationship. What I struggled with, however, was her giving up her dream to be a cop to work as a waitress in a strip club for 8 years. I understand wanting to watch over her friend but it felt like too much of a stretch for me. Thank you for the opportunity to read this title.

LOVED this book!!!! Scotch has been a cocktail waitress at the strip club owned by Costello's family for eight years. She followed her best friend there - Gina, who is a dancer. While Scotch knows of the Badd family and who they are, she doesn't really know them. Then she is thrown into a horrible situation while trying to save Gina's life.

Costello doesn't think, he just acts to protects Scotch and helps her escape. Before long, she's pretending to be his girlfriend. Soon the lines become very blurred between pretend and reality, but with Costello thinking he's not worthy and Scotch thinking she's a dead woman walking, neither can see a future for themselves.

Costello isn't the typical hero - he's brooding, bad, and not even his family likes him. Scotch is more like the damsel in distress, except this damsel packs some serious skills of her own. Combined this makes a wonderful story that had me turning pages just as quickly as possible.

Fans of the genre will love this book. While it is part of a series, this is a stand alone novel, although they're so good that you really owe it to yourself to read them all. The author is on my must read authors' list.