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YA
Translated by Anthea Bell.
Now the head of a Sicilian shape-shifting Mafia family, eighteen-year-old Rosa (Arcadia Awakens) has to contend with rivals who want to kill or manipulate her. And dating the head of her family's rival clan doesn't make things easier. A shrewd narrator and a focus on entertaining action and romance help balance out the more emotional undercurrents of secrecy and violence.