Trapped inside a melodramatic novel, Marco Rossi has one goal: ace his exams. Unfortunately,he’s also the sole heir to an Italian-American mafia family, with a crime boss father and an elite assassin mother. Supposed to be a forgettable runner-up, Marco keeps outscoring the story’s hero—and drawing the wrath of four powerful heiresses. Sabotage and romantic traps barely distract him. Kidnapping, however, exposes his family’s identity. At college, Marco tries again for an ordinary life, finding love with brilliant, resilient Zoe Anderson. Now he’s determined to take the family business legitimate—and write a better ending of his own.
