4.25 Stars
2.5/5 Spice

This book one in The Wicked duet and is the start of Luca and Olivia's crazy story.

Olivia has had a rough go of it. Her father left when she was young, and her mother died recently. She lives an ok life with a job she doesn't love and only a few friends. Olivia decided to enter herself into an auction with the hopes of making a little money to help pay some bills.

When the auction is over, she leaves out the back door and runs into something she shouldn't see and almost loses her life. She is saved by the man with the winning bid from the auction.

Except, saved is a loose term because what comes next is nothing like Olivia ever expected.

Luca is a ruthless mafia boss who sees her as a liability, yet something stirs in him, and he promises to keep her safe. He has to keep in control, so he treats her as if she is a prisoner, at first, and keeps her locked away. Slowly, he lets her in and vows to keep her, even though she doesn't belong in his world.

Someone wants Olivia dead, and there is a traitor among them. Luca protects Olivia until...

Cliffhanger. An amazing, agonizing cliffhanger that made me say "well, s**t."

I just love when the ruthless billionaire mafia boss falls for the ordinary yet beautiful girl, and he can help himself. Luca and Olivia are total opposites, yet she lets out some of her darkness around him, and he shows a softer side that no one else gets to see.